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The high cost of capital and growing community opposition to projects will be pressing challenges for the European solar industry in 2025.

Origis Energy has closed a US$415 million finance package for its 145MW Swift Air Solar project currently under construction in Texas.

Australia’s Essential Services Commission (ESC) proposes dropping the minimum flat feed-in tariff for solar PV to AU$0.04/kWh from 1 July 2025-26, down from the current AU$3.3/kWh in 2024-25.

The Australian Energy Market Commissioner (AEMC) has released a final determination to enable virtual power plants (VPPs) to compete directly with large-scale generators in Australia’s energy market.

The portfolio comprises 780MWp of solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets at “various stages of development.”

Trinasolar has become the first company to achieve certification under the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) ESG Standard.

Service provider company RES has secured a contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) work at a 400MW solar PV plant in Chile.

India has added a record 24.5GW of solar PV capacity in 2024, according to data from energy consultancy JMK Research.

With the close of this deal, LS Power takes ownership of 44 solar PV and wind projects across North America.

The German Federal Network Agency's provisional figures for 2024 include the addition of 16.2GW of new solar capacity.