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There is ‘no way around AI’ for solar companies or Europe’s solar industry as a whole, according to Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe.

The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), previously known as the National Renewable Energy Lab, has laid off 134 employees.

Canadian Solar has appointed Colin Parkin to its presidency to replace Dr Shawn Qu, who will remain as the company’s chairman and CEO.

The US SEIA has named board chair Darren Van’t Hof as interim president and CEO, to begin work 20 January 2026.

Abigail Ross Hopper, the president and CEO of US trade association the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), has decided to step down from her roles at the end of January 2026.

German solar inverter manufacturer SMA Solar will cut 350 jobs in 2026 as it adapts to the “weak” residential PV market.

The European solar sector will lose around 5% of its jobs in 2025, the first contraction in employment for the sector in nearly a decade.

The US added 6,012 new jobs in the solar industry between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2024, according to E2.

Swedish independent power producer (IPP) OX2 has appointed Matthias Taft as its new chief executive officer.

The first half of 2025 has been the strongest year for UK solar energy generation on record, according to a new report think tank Ember.