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Inox Clean Energy, RJ Corp acquire Skypower Services, targeting 570MW of African solar PV capacity

Inox Clean Energy, RJ Corp acquire Skypower Services, targeting 570MW of African solar PV capacity

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads As a part of the joint venture, the companies have acquired Skypower Services MENA, targeting around 570MW of renewable capacity in its initial rollout. Image: Inox Solar. Inox Clean Energy, the independent power producer (IPP) subsidiary of India’s INOXGFL Group, has partnered with integrated renewable energy platform RJ Corp […]

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India’s 2026-27 budget backs solar supply chain growth, but execution remains key

India’s 2026-27 budget backs solar supply chain growth, but execution remains key

The budget also announced a INR200 billion (US$2.3 billion) Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) scheme targeting hard-to-abate industrial emissions.  A series of customs duty exemptions, aimed at strengthening domestic clean-energy manufacturing, was also welcomed by the Indian solar sector, and Charith Konda, energy specialist, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), who spoke to PV Tech Premium about the

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Germany contracts 2.4GW of ground-mount solar capacity in 2X oversubscribed auction

Germany contracts 2.4GW of ground-mount solar capacity in 2X oversubscribed auction

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The auction closed on 1 December with 634 bids for a total of 5,247MW of ground-mounted solar capacity. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn via Unsplash. Germany’s federal network agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced the results of its latest ground-mount solar auction, which closed with bids for more than twice as much

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Pace Digitek secures 250 MW of solar and 1.1 GWh of storage in India

Pace Digitek secures 250 MW of solar and 1.1 GWh of storage in India

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL)) has issued a letter of award to Pace Digitek for a 250 MW solar project with a 250 MW, 1.1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Pavagada Solar Park in Karnataka, India, with an interim tariff of INR 5.51 ($0.061)/kWh adopted by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/11/pace-digitek-secures-250-mw-of-solar-and-1-1-gwh-of-storage-in-india/

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SolarEdge ships US-made inverters to Europe, ramping up BESS manufacturing

SolarEdge ships US-made inverters to Europe, ramping up BESS manufacturing

Single-phase inverter products manufactured in Texas are now being shipped to multiple European markets as SolarEdge adapts its international export strategy. The manufacturer tells pv magazine key components will increasingly be manufactured in the United States in the coming years. February 11, 2026 Matthew Lynas US-made SolarEdge inverters are now shipping to the United Kingdom

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Someone’s attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials

Someone’s attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials

Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims’ IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege credentials, according to Microsoft researchers. But one mystery remains: which flaw in the popular help-desk ticketing app did the unknown miscreants abuse in these attacks? “We have not yet confirmed whether the

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US federal government drops appeal in retroactive solar tariff case

US federal government drops appeal in retroactive solar tariff case

Latest With the federal government withdrawing from the case, Auxin will have 40 days to file its response. Image: Stephen Walker via Unsplash. The US federal government has withdrawn its appeal against a US Court of International Trade (CIT) ruling requiring Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to retroactively collect two years of tariffs on imported

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Solar Energy UK expects lower solar strike price in forthcoming UK renewables auction result

Solar Energy UK expects lower solar strike price in forthcoming UK renewables auction result

Using 2024-benchmarked prices, the solar strike price was £64.09/MWh in AR4, £65.49/MWh in AR5, and then, of course, £72.92/MWh in AR6, which awarded contracts to 3.3GW of solar PV.  Factoring in a “healthy” solar project pipeline and the £310 million budget allocated (this is for all technologies that are not offshore wind), SEUK predicts a 9-16% discount

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Trees May Not Anticipate Solar Eclipses, Calling Past Research Into Question

Trees May Not Anticipate Solar Eclipses, Calling Past Research Into Question

Solar eclipses have been shown to confuse animals and disrupt their typical routines, but how do trees respond to this phenomenon? A Royal Society Open Science study published in April 2025 asserted that trees can anticipate a solar eclipse before it takes place, but some scientists have taken issue with this idea. A new paper

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Winter Storm Fern disrupts North American solar in late January

Winter Storm Fern disrupts North American solar in late January

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that January 2026 began with relatively mild, solar-favorable conditions across much of the eastern U.S., but ended with Winter Storm Fern, as a polar vortex disruption triggered widespread cold, clouds, and sharply reduced solar generation. A rare S4-level solar radiation storm was

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