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Power loss at solar PV projects has more than doubled in the last five years despite maturing markets and advancing technology, according to new data from US-based  solar asset analysis firm Raptor Maps.

Co-located storage has been “overhyped” as a prop for commercially underperforming solar assets in Europe and should not be regarded as a “silver bullet”.

Wooderson Solar Development Co has secured federal environmental approval for a 450MW solar PV power plant with 3,600MWh of co-located battery energy storage in Queensland, Australia.

GameChange Energy has acquired the electrical balance-of-system division of Terrasmart, a US provider of tracker, racking and wiring solutions.

Developer FRV is to hybridise a swathe of its Spanish PV fleet with batteries as part of a wider storage push in the country.

Enel has acquired an 830MW portfolio of operating solar and wind assets in the US from investment firm Excelsior Energy Capital.

NTPC has commissioned 165MW of solar capacity at its 1.25GW Khavda-II solar project in Gujarat.

Microsoft met all of its electricity demand with renewables in 2025 and has said it will continue to do so through 2030.  

Origis Energy has commissioned three 145MW Swift Air solar facilities in Ector County, Texas, to supply power to Occidental’s operations in West Texas. 

SolarPower Europe has released two new technical due diligence reports for utility-scale hybrid solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.