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‘Rocky road ahead’ for US solar, SEIA CEO warns

The CEO of America’s main solar trade body, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), has predicted a difficult few years ahead for the US solar industry as it navigates tariff and policy disruption.

Global solar installations set for slow 2025 as Europe falters and US hits ‘inflexion point’

The global solar market will continue to slow in 2025 after 2024 saw the total capacity growth rate decrease by over 50%, according to a report from SolarPower Europe (SPE).

PV Tech Power 42 out now: winning back local support, module underperformance and predicting inverter reliability

The Q2 2025 edition (Volume 42) of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.

Renewables handed boost as Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party wins 2025 Australian federal election

Australia’s Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese, secured a landslide victory and a second consecutive term, in the 2025 federal election.

Tight supply sends European module prices upwards in April, says sun.store

Continued supply strain has sent module prices on an upward trend in Europe during the month of April, according to the latest pv.index report from solar trading platform sun.store.

Floating PV needs policy and incentives to realise considerable potential

Building floating PV (FPV) projects on just 10% of the world’s water reservoirs could almost single-handedly meet global electricity demand.
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The NSW government has also imposed a cap on the proposed BESS. Image: Lightsource bp.

Australia: 10 renewable energy projects secure access rights to connect to New South Wales REZ

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7.15 GW of renewables and energy storage projects have been granted access rights to connect to Australia's first REZ.
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‘Tariff outlook manageable’, says Sunrun as storage attachment rate reaches 69% in Q1 2025

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The attachment rate of energy storage with a solar array has reached 69% in the first quarter of 2025 for US residential installer Sunrun, while the company expects the tariff outlook to be manageable.
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AEMO: Q1 2025 grid-scale solar PV output increases 10% year-on-year in Australia’s NEM

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AEMO has found that grid-scale solar PV generation achieved an all-time high in Q1 2025, reaching 2,386MW, a 10% year-on-year (YoY) increase.
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National Renewable Energy Lab announces 114 job cuts

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The US National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has laid off 114 employees as proposed federal cuts affect the Department of Energy (DOE).
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JinkoSolar, LONGi, JA Solar, and Trina Solar ship 65GW modules in Q1 2025, all report losses

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May 7, 2025
Four leading Chinese PV companies, JinkoSolar, LONGi Green, JA Solar and Trina Solar, recently released their financial reports for Q1 of 2025, all with a decrease in their revenue. 
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The Scarlet II Solar Energy Park currently features 200MW of solar capacity paired with a 40MW/160MWh BESS.
“We’ve always focused on innovation, but historically that’s been more on the hardware side, but now we’re also looking at the software side,” said Christelle Barnes. Image: SolarEdge.

SolarEdge ships over 1GW of PV inverters in a quarter for the first time since 2023

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May 7, 2025
Israel-headquartered inverter producer SolarEdge has shipped 1.2GW of PV inverters in the first quarter of 2025.
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‘Local opposition wasn’t a thing we had to deal with as an industry for many years’

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May 7, 2025
Jonathan Touriño Jacobo profiles Silicon Ranch, a US IPP whose ‘Regenerative Energy’ concept takes a holistic approach to PV development.
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JA Solar inks 100MW DeepBlue 4.0 Pro module supply deal in Australia

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May 7, 2025
Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar has penned a 100MW supply agreement with YES Group to provide its DeepBlue 4.0 Pro modules in Australia.
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Cypress Creek Renewables closes US$150 million financing for 104MW Washington solar project

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May 6, 2025
Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has secured US$150 million in financing to advance the construction of its 104MW Ostrea Solar project in northeast Yakima County, Washington. 
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Midsummer receives turnkey 15MW thin-film solar cells machinery order

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May 6, 2025
Swedish thin-film solar manufacturer Midsummer signed a 15MW order for a turnkey thin-film solar cells production line.
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Growing complexity and more hybrid projects: mitigating risk in solar offtake agreements

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May 6, 2025
The rapidly changing nature of the world’s energy mix has necessitated similarly rapid changes in the solar PPA space.
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