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‘You said, we did’: How a UK solar developer acted on community feedback

May 8, 2025
Molly Green tracks the efforts made by Elements Green to respond to the concerns of local opponents to solar projects in the UK.
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‘Local opposition wasn’t a thing we had to deal with as an industry for many years’

May 7, 2025
Jonathan Touriño Jacobo profiles Silicon Ranch, a US IPP whose ‘Regenerative Energy’ concept takes a holistic approach to PV development.
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Do solar farms boost biodiversity?

May 6, 2025
The biodiversity benefits of a solar farm can help garner support. Tom Kenning looks at the scientific understanding of PV’s ecological impact.
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The solar backlash and how developers are responding

May 5, 2025
Tom Kenning investigates the scale of local opposition to solar projects and the measures developers are employing to win back support.
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NEM data spotlight: Solar generation increases 13% year-on-year in April

May 1, 2025
April 2025 saw solar PV generation, both rooftop and utility-scale, decrease marginally month-on-month in Australia’s NEM by almost 11%.
An off-grid solar project in Myanmar.
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Engaging investors amid cyclical investment trends in off-grid solar

April 29, 2025
“There is an adjustment in the industry [where] there are cycles,” explains Laura Fortes, senior manager for access to finance at GOGLA.
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Rising module prices and a rush to complete projects – welcome to China’s PV ‘Hunger Games’

April 28, 2025
Carrie Xiao assesses the impact of Chinese policy changes as developers rush to complete projects before rules change and module prices go up.
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PV Price Watch: polysilicon prices decline again as market turns pessimistic about H2 demand outlook

April 23, 2025
The latest polysilicon pricing report from the Silicon Industry Branch reveals a lukewarm spot market with modest price drops.
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Why was China’s historic 51GW PV module tender terminated?

April 23, 2025
Analysis: Carrie Xiao explores the factors behind the recent cancellation of China’s PV module mega-tender and their wider implications for equipment procurement.
Europe’s largest PV power plant seen from the EU’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite.
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Is PV woke and other reflections on the PV industry

April 22, 2025
Solar’s rapid expansion has attracted the attention of those opposed to its ongoing success, writes Becquerel Institute CEO Gaëtan Masson.

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