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Global solar installations set for slow 2025 as Europe falters and US hits ‘inflexion point’

May 6, 2025
The global solar market will continue to slow in 2025 after 2024 saw the total capacity growth rate decrease by over 50%, according to a report from SolarPower Europe (SPE).
Prescinto makes the case for artificial intelligenceenabled monitoring of solar assts. Pictured here is the Andasol 150MW power plant in Andalusia, Spain. Image: Wikicommons, Kallerna.

Solar’s ascendancy: how crystalline silicon will dominate global energy by 2050

May 6, 2025
While other technologies exist, c-Si solar PV technology is the leading candidate for large-scale energy production, writes Radovan Kopecek.
The 110MW Moura solar PV plant (pictured) ranked second in Rystad's leaderboard. Image: OX2.

Australia: Queensland dominates best-performing utility-scale solar PV assets in April 2025

May 6, 2025
Research firm Rystad Energy has revealed that the top five utility solar PV plants in terms of AC capacity factor in April were all located in Queensland.
Image: APA Group.

Western Australia’s Mid West ‘well-placed’ for green hydrogen production and export

May 6, 2025
Western Australia’s Mid West region is “well-placed” to export green hydrogen to the EU, owing to the area’s vast solar PV resources.
PV Tech Power 42 is now available

PV Tech Power 42 out now: winning back local support, module underperformance and predicting inverter reliability

May 2, 2025
The Q2 2025 edition (Volume 42) of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.
Maxeon’s module production plant in Mexico. Image: Maxeon Solar Technologies.

Maxeon’s revenue halves from 2023 to 2024 as CBP maintains module detention

May 2, 2025
Maxeon shipped just 211MW in the fourth quarter of 2024, driving a year-end revenue of less than half of what was reported in 2023.
The Kingaroy solar farm in Queensland, Australia. Credit: Mytilineos

AEMO: commissioning for renewables and energy storage in Australia’s NEM increases 366% YoY

May 2, 2025
AEMO said that new renewable energy generation and energy storage projects in the final commissioning phase in the NEM have reached 7GW.
Genex’s 50MW Kidston Solar Project in Queensland. Image: Genex Power

Australia: Queensland government unveils rigorous approval process for solar PV

May 2, 2025
The Queensland government has announced plans to reform the approval process for solar PV and wind generation sites in the Australian state.
The plant has already shipped its first US-made TOPCon modules earlier this year. Image: Thomas Koerner via LinkedIn.

Canadian Solar’s manufacturing arm sees Q1 profits fall, considers ‘relocation’ due to tariffs 

May 1, 2025
CSI Solar, the PV manufacturing subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has posted massively decreased profits in Q1 2025 amid what it described as “high trade barriers” and “severe supply-demand imbalances”.
Image: EnergyCo.
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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%.

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