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The Spanish government has unveiled plans to require data centres to have at least 80% of their hourly generation be powered by renewable energy.

Importing solar modules to the US will “no longer make any economic sense” under new Section 232 tariffs for polysilicon-based products, according to Intertek CEA.

Solar cell and module manufacturer Canadian Solar has shipped 3.1GW of modules in the second quarter of 2026, a 60% year-on-year decrease.

Deep Patel at Gigawatt Inc. writes about the emergence of FEOC restrictions that are reconfiguring the supply chain.

Hawke's Bay Airport has opened an EOI process for the delivery & co-investment partners for a proposed 12-17MW solar PV plant in New Zealand.

US President Donald Trump has banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment that pose a potential risk to US grid security.

Germany-headquartered inverter manufacturer SMA Solar is expanding its Large Scale and Project Solutions business to cater for the fast-growing data centre market.

US eBOS manufacturer Shoals has been granted a successful verdict and US$96 million in damages by a court in North Carolina in its intellectual property dispute with fellow US manufacturer Voltage.

JinkoSolar shipped 15.9GW of modules in the second quarter of this year, which represents a 34.4% year-on-year decline.

UL Solutions warns that US plug-in PV faces key safety challenges, with UL 3700 aiming to address fire, shock and circuit-overload risks.