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We close our round of interviews with a look at the Italian market, which has had legislative setbacks in 2024 that may continue in 2025.

The report said that tandem modules need a minimum efficiency of 25% to be competitive with other solar technologies on price.

Investment firm EQT has acquired US-based distributed energy company Scale Microgrids for an undisclosed amount.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has awarded polysilicon producer Hemlock Semiconductor up to US$325 million in direct funding.

Linea Energy has closed project debt financing for a 109MWdc utility-scale solar PV power plant in Wilcox County, Georgia, in the US.

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.”