Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given the green light for a major 100MW solar power project in Gilgit-Baltistan. This initiative is part of a wider effort to improve electricity supply across the country, including significant projects in Gwadar, aimed at ensuring continuous and affordable power for residents and businesses. The solar power plan in Gilgit-Baltistan […]
A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) recommends three strategies to accelerate the deployment of distributed solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Ukraine as the country works to increase its energy security. December 8, 2025 Patrick Jowett The IEA has proposed three potential policies to increase the deployment of distributed solar and
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The latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Employment report found employment in the PV sector surpassed 5 million in 2024, with distributed solar accounting for two-thirds of all solar employment globally, despite representing only 43% of installed capacity… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/08/distributed-solar-employment-vastly-outpaces-utility-scale-solar-globally-iea-reports/
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This story was originally published by Capital & Main. The Southwestern Public Service Company has asked the state of New Mexico to grant exceptions to the state’s Energy Transition Act for two proposed gas-fired power plants, including one exception that would see approximately one-third of the energy produced at one plant qualify as a “zero-carbon resource” like solar panels
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Across sub-Saharan Africa, off-grid solar has long been marketed as a cheaper, decentralised, cleaner and entrepreneurial alternative to limited public electricity. However, new analysis reveals the poorest Africans are paying the highest unit price for the smallest amount of electricity. This is the poverty premium, and it is reshaping how governments, investors, and energy-access civic
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis receives the Guinness World Records certificate on behalf of the Government of Maharashtra Maharashtra has achieved a landmark feat by installing 45,911 off-grid solar agricultural pumps in just 30 days—a scale and speed now submitted to the Guinness World Records. Led by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL),
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By Julianne Geiger – Dec 05, 2025, 1:30 PM CST India’s solar sector has hit that awkward stage of adolescence where ambition seems to be outpacing demand. And now the adults in the room are issuing critical warnings. A new letter from the clean-energy ministry, quietly circulated to the finance ministry, urges lenders to think
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Japan has allocated 75.3 MW of PV capacity in its latest procurement exercise. The lowest price in the auction was JPY 4.97 ($0.032) /kWh… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/05/japans-26th-solar-auction-concludes-with-average-final-price-of-0-046-kwh/
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An international team of researchers completed a preliminary techno-economic study on the global potential for offshore floating PV (OFPV). The results provide project cost benchmarking, country-specific economic assumptions, and a global assessement of offshore solar’s levelized cost of electricity (LCOE… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/05/offshore-solar-could-achieve-lcoe-of-less-than-0-06-kwh-in-thailand-malaysia/
Offshore solar could achieve LCOE of less than $0.06/kWh in Thailand, Malaysia Read More »
Sicily has launched a significant funding window for companies to install photovoltaic systems and battery storage, with preliminary applications due between 15 December 2025 and 13 February 2026… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/05/sicily-opens-e246-million-tender-for-solar-battery-storage-projects-of-any-size-under-new-eu-aligned-programme/
