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Reducing volatility impacts, managing cannibalisation and investing in grids will help solar energy cement its role in global energy systems.

Security solutions DeterTech has unveiled its rapid response solution for solar PV farms and battery storage to address the threat of cable theft.

The world could meet the targets set out at last year’s COP28, as long as 'additional international efforts' are made, according to the IEA.

Utility Puget Sound Energy has signed contracts for a solar PV project developed by Qcells and a standalone battery storage project from Brightnight and Cordelio Power in Washington, US.

Graphene manufacturer First Graphene revealed a supply agreement yesterday (27 September) with Australian perovskite (PV) solar cell manufacturer Halocell Energy to provide a new coating product for the PV cells.

Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has been granted consent to develop a 120MW solar PV project in Tai Tokerau Northland.

The global target to treble renewable energy capacity to 11TW by 2030 is off track, according to a report from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

The Saudi Arabian government’s power procurement arm has invited bids for up to 3GW of new solar PV capacity.

Last week, Better Energy postponed the deployment of a 3GW solar PV portfolio in Denmark, blaming “lagging” demand for renewable power.

Australia’s Energy Corporation of New South Wales (EnergyCo) has granted a transmission operator’s licence to the ACEREZ Partnership for the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) transmission project.