US POLICY FOCUS: Section 232 tariffs on polysilicon imports have changed the landscape of the country’s solar industry overnight.
The US introduced a 15% tariff on imports of products using polysilicon and set minimum prices for polysilicon and its derivatives.
The Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security has approved the operating rules for the FER X decree with a 10GW allocation to solar PV.
This week’s PV Chart of the Week profiles the technology breakdown of projected US solar cell production capacity.
Scatec has started commercial operations at the second and final phase of its gigawatt-scale Obelisk solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.
Tesla has submitted plans for a US$10.1 billion vertically integrated solar manufacturing campus in Fort Bend County, Texas.

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Dr. Jan-Philipp Mai, CEO of Solar Materials, speaks to PV Tech about the potential for manufacturing in European solar at the 2026 edition of Solar Media’s Solar Finance & Investment Europe summit.
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CIP has closed at around US$3 billion to develop large-scale energy infrastructure projects across emerging markets.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €120 million financing package for a 342MW solar-plus-storage project in Romania.
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The ACC voted last week to cut the export rate—the price at which residential solar consumers can sell electricity back to the grid—by 10%.
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Saatvik Solar has signed an MoU with the Government of Odisha for a 3.6GW solar cell manufacturing facility at Gopalpur in Ganjam district.
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India is set for record solar installations in 2026, while ALMM-II drives cell shortages and higher system prices, according to Wood Mackenzie.
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Global investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and investment group La Caisse have completed the acquisition of Canadian independent power producer (IPP) Boralex.
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China’s polysilicon market saw no new transactions last week, with quoted prices remaining at the previous week’s baseline.
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New South Wales (NSW) has released a Data Centre Policy Framework that ties streamlined planning approval for new data centres to commitments on renewable energy, water use and cost recovery, becoming the first state to translate Australia's national data centre policy direction into detailed operating rules.
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German solar inverter producer SMA Solar increased its sales and earnings in the first half of 2026 (H1), returning to profit compared with the same period last year.

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