News

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping global tariffs on imports to the US, which have heavily impacted major solar PV manufacturing regions.

Potentia Energy has acquired a 1.2GW renewable energy generation and energy storage portfolio in Australia from CVC DIF and Cbus Super.

Solar manufacturer Canadian Solar has partnered with Australian energy retailer Flow Power to supply anti-hail solar PV modules for a solar PV power plant in South Australia.

India has nearly trebled its annual nameplate for solar cells from 9GW to 25GW between March 2024 and March 2025, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

GCL Technology has removed itself from the Xinjiang region and abandoned the Siemens method of polysilicon production.

Held by Italy’s energy management agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE), the tender will allocate €323 million (US$349 million) to fund agriPV projects.

A round-up of news from China with the price of solar wafers going up, TCL Zhonghuan shipping over 200GW of 210mm wafers and Complant securing an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a PV project in Congo.

Brazilian mining giant Vale has sold a 70% stake in a renewable power portfolio in the country, generating around US$1 billion in cash.

Enlight Renewable Energy has secured US$773 million in debt financing for its Country Acres solar-plus-storage project in California.

PERC solar PV technology is “all but obsolete” in Europe, as the flow of cheap N-type products coming from China is unlikely to abate.