Africa & Middle East

NERSA approved licences for four REIPPPP Bid Window 7.3 solar projects, clearing over 1GW of new capacity in South Africa.

Polysilicon producer United Solar has reached financial close on a US$50 million equity investment from the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC) for its polysilicon facility in Oman.

Sunpro Power discusses its new back-contact PV modules and why it is branching out into the battery storage business.

The LCOE for solar PV increased marginally in 2025, reaching US$44/MWh, up from US$43/MWh in the previous year.

Chinese PV manufacturer LONGi has unveiled a new containerised solar solution designed for remote off-grid industrial-scale applications.

LONGi's Louis Liu discusses the company's evolution from module supplier into an integrated clean energy systems partner.

Trade association the Global Solar Council (GSC) has launched an agrivoltaics (agriPV) task force aimed at accelerating solar PV’s growth globally.

PV Tech spoke with Hanersun's chairman about the company's PV-storage strategy, global expansion and the Chinese market outlook.

Aiko has signed a 1.2GW module supply deal with Infinity Power to supply modules for the latter’s Nefer Menya solar-plus-storage project.

US tracker supplier Array Technologies has launched an enhanced version of its DuraTrack system that supports a two-row module format.