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A faster rollout of solar and storage could cut the operating costs of European energy by 49% by 2030, according to SolarPower Europe.

Global corporate solar financing reached US$11.1 billion across 53 deals in the first quarter of 2026, according to Mercom.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has posted increased sales and income for the first quarter of 2026.

US solar is 'relatively strong [because] the fundamentals for solar are really strong,' Aurora Solar's Fox Swim tells PV Tech Premium.

The US$1 billion Clean Energy Fund will expand renewable energy infrastructure across the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS). 

According to documents from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 24, Chinese PV inverter and BESS manufacturer Sungrow re-filed its listing application to HKEX.

The European Commission has reportedly banned EU funds from supporting energy projects using Chinese-made inverters.

UAE state-owned renewables developer Masdar has established a joint venture (JV) with the national power utility of Montenegro to develop “large-scale” clean energy projects in the country.

ILOS Projects has upsized its structured credit facility to €450 million, as it targets more than 2GW of solar PV and BESS capacity across Europe by 2028. 

France remains an 'attractive' solar market, and a 'stable environment' for potential investors, according to Ksenia Dray.