Markets & Finance

Spain has announced plans to create a capacity market for the national electricity system in order to secure 'security of supply'.

Zelestra has signed a PPA with German steel manufacturer Salzgitter Flachstahl for a new solar-plus-storage portfolio in Germany.

SEIA and CCSA will combine to form a single trade organisation representing the full breadth of US solar PV deployments.

ARENA has unveiled Launchpad, an AU$30 million (US$20 million) funding programme aimed at early-stage clean energy startups.

Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar has adjusted its enforcement of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) intellectual property (IP) strategy.

Two community solar platforms in the US have closed over US$370 million of financing to fund 200MW of new projects in New York and Illinois.

DYCM’s co-founder Sriram Das talks about US solar manufacturing, domestic supply chains and navigating shifting policy.

Europe’s Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) has been implemented “too slowly” to revive the continent’s solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a report by the industry group SolarPower Europe.

The EU’s REPowerEU plan to shift away from Russian gas is “faltering” despite ongoing turmoil in global fossil fuel markets, according to analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

The average price of a renewable energy PPA signed in Europe in August reached €46.02/MWh, up from €45.01/MWh in July.