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EU member states awarded a record 25.2GW of new solar PV capacity through auctions in 2025, according to SolarPower Europe.

The California Court of Appeals has upheld the state's ongoing net energy metering programme, NEM3.0, dealing a setback to rooftop solar.

VDE Americas has updated its hail risk model with new wind data, claiming it will improve the accuracy of hail-damage predictions for PV projects.

The selling price of several solar PV module technology types in Europe has increased between January and February of this year.

Speciality insurer Beazley has reached an agreement to acquire US-based climate insurance provider kWh Analytics.

The Western Australian government has unveiled an AU$153.3 million (US$109 million) 'Made in WA Energy Affordability Investment Program (MEAIP)' designed to accelerate decarbonisation across the state's manufacturing sector through low-interest loans of up to AU$15 million per business.

Amazon, Google, OpenAI and other tech firms have signed the 'ratepayer protection pledge' to build, bring or buy the energy required to build and operate data centres.

The US installed 43.2GW of new solar PV capacity in 2025, a 14% decrease from the previous year, according to data from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

A roundup of European solar stories, with developments from Sonnedix, Helleniq, Nuveen Infrastructure and Nord/LB.

The Tunisian government is seeking proposals for a 300MW/150MW solar-plus-storage project in the south of the country.