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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.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council has appointed Jackie Trad as its new chief executive officer, following the departure of Kane Thornton.

Matthias Taft, the chief executive officer of renewables developer BayWa r.e., will leave the company at the end of August.

Inside the European Solar Academy's steps to equip Europe’s workforce with necessary skills as it approaches its first anniversary.

Spanish energy utility giant Iberdrola has appointed the former CEO of its US renewable energy development subsidiary, Avangrid, as its new head.

US residential solar installer Sunnova has laid off more than half of its workforce, while a subsidiary from Delaware filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Australia’s Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has called on Australia’s climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, to “urgently intervene” on a rule change that could threaten to derail the uptake of rooftop solar PV.

Struggling Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has announced that its two German subsidiaries, including the owner of its solar cell manufacturing facility in Thalheim, are insolvent.