Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

A total of 83% of module manufacturers have had at least one test failure in the Kiwa PVEL 2025 Module Reliability Scorecard, up from 66% a year ago.

Canadian solar manufacturer Heliene has opened a 500MW module assembly plant in Rogers, in the US state of Minnesota.

The US Department of Energy has downsized a loan to US residential solar installer Sunnova from an initial US$3 billion to US$371.6 million.

Solar and wind curtailment have increased by 29% between 2023 and 2024 in California, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) has unveiled two new solar-plus-storage projects, one in Central Chile and the other in Spain.

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has launched a Federal Council initiative to accelerate the development of floating solar (FPV) on artificial lakes.

Renewables developer Solaria has reached an agreement in principle with Spanish bank Banco Sabadell to finance a 175MW solar PV plant in Spain.

The Turkish Ministry of Trade has started an antidumping investigation on solar PV aluminium frames and junction boxes coming from China.

India has shipped 12.5GW of module capacity in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from energy consultancy JMK Research.

China has installed a record of 104.9GW of solar PV between January and April 2025, according to data from the Chinese National Energy Administration.