Markets & Finance

Israel-headquartered inverter producer SolarEdge has shipped 1.2GW of PV inverters in the first quarter of 2025.

The CEO of America’s main solar trade body, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), has predicted a difficult few years ahead for the US solar industry as it navigates tariff and policy disruption.

Australia's Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese, secured a landslide victory and a second consecutive term, in the 2025 federal election.

Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has secured US$150 million in financing to advance the construction of its 104MW Ostrea Solar project in northeast Yakima County, Washington. 

The rapidly changing nature of the world’s energy mix has necessitated similarly rapid changes in the solar PPA space.

The global solar market will continue to slow in 2025 after 2024 saw the total capacity growth rate decrease by over 50%, according to a report from SolarPower Europe (SPE).

Continued supply strain has sent module prices on an upward trend in Europe during the month of April, according to the latest pv.index report from solar trading platform sun.store.

Research firm Rystad Energy has revealed that the top five utility solar PV plants in terms of AC capacity factor in April were all located in Queensland.

Western Australia’s Mid West region is “well-placed” to export green hydrogen to the EU, owing to the area’s vast solar PV resources.

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