Ben Willis

SmartHelio, the Swiss solar predictive analytics specialists, has secured new investment from the technology funder quantumEDGE Ventures to develop its technology and expand into new markets.

Lu Chuan, chairman of CHINT and its subsidiary Astronergy, outlines his prudent approach to navigating the difficulties facing China's PV manufacturers.

South African national utility Eskom has launched a new unit to focus on large-scale renewable energy projects.

JA has dropped ‘solar’ from its name to reflect its shift from PV manufacturing to a wider clean energy technology and services brief.

New figures from SEIA and Wood Mackenzie reveal that solar and storage accounted for 91% of new additions to the US grid in Q1 2026.

US solar installer SUNation Energy and merchant cell manufacturer Suniva have agreed to merge to create an integrated platform combining US-based solar manufacturing with residential and commercial installation services.

Sigenergy has moved into agentic AI with the launch of its all-domain intelligent energy agent, SigenAgent.

The opening of this week’s SNEC show in Shanghai was marked by a shared recognition of the need for China’s PV industry to move beyond unchecked capacity expansion and brutal competition, writes Carrie Xiao.

Global Solar Council CEO Sonia Dunlop highlights the pressing need for concerted action to prepare for the coming wave of PV decommissioning and help the industry achieve its goal of circularity.

The solar industry’s readiness for an expected surge in end-of-life PV projects and equipment is the subject of a special report that leads issue 45 of PV Tech Power, out now.