Markets & Finance

The price of solar panels in Europe has declined for a sixth month in a row, according to the latest pv.index report.

While most coal-fired power stations in Australia are expected to close in the 2030s, UK-based research group Cornwall Insight predicts that the last will not close until the 2050s.

National Party of Australia senator Ross Cadell has questioned whether Australia’s Solar Sunshot initiative promotes a ‘Made in Australia’ solar industry.

Primergy has secured US$225 million in project financing to support its “Valley of Fire” portfolio across Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.

Recurrent Energy and APS sign tolling agreements and Avantus sells a solar-plus-storage project to DESRI in Arizona.

The Amicus was filed against FOMB's legal attacks on Act 10, a law that extended Puerto Rico's net metering programme until 2030.

Scatec has published its latest financial results, which include revenues of NOK2.97 billion (US$270 million) in the third quarter of 2024.

US residential solar installer Sunnova has published its financial results for Q3 2024, which include net losses of US$52.5 million.

Swiss-based solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has registered a net loss of CHF317 million (US$365 million) in the first half of 2024, a nearly fivefold increase from H1 2023 when it had a net loss of CHF65 million.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has been named the product listing body for solar PV modules and inverters eligible under the Australian government’s ‘Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme’.