JP Casey

The biodiversity benefits of a solar farm can help garner support. Tom Kenning looks at the scientific understanding of PV’s ecological impact.

Tom Kenning investigates the scale of local opposition to solar projects and the measures developers are employing to win back support.

Maxeon shipped just 211MW in the fourth quarter of 2024, driving a year-end revenue of less than half of what was reported in 2023.

US tracker manufacturer FTC Solar has announced a 57.6% quarter-on-quarter increase in revenue in the first quarter of this year.

QatarEnergy has inaugurated two solar projects with a capacity of 875MW, which will more than double Qatar’s installed solar capacity.

Almaden has announced plans to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates, via its existing subsidiary Almaden (MENA).

Stonepeak has acquired a 46.3% stake in Repsol’s 777MW solar and storage portfolio currently in operation in New Mexico and Texas.

Daqo New Energy has posted gross losses of US$81.5 million, and a gross margin of -65.8% in the first quarter of 2025.

Reassessing the role distributed solar operators have to play in minimising cybersecurity risks is key to Europe's solar cybersecurity.

“There is an adjustment in the industry [where] there are cycles,” explains Laura Fortes, senior manager for access to finance at GOGLA.