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Huge Announcement! PM Shahbaz Approves 100MW Solar Project to Transform Gilgit-Baltistan Forever

Huge Announcement! PM Shahbaz Approves 100MW Solar Project to Transform Gilgit-Baltistan Forever

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 […]

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IEA sets distributed solar, storage policy path for Ukraine

IEA sets distributed solar, storage policy path for Ukraine

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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Distributed PV employment globally outpaces utility-scale solar, says IEA

Distributed PV employment globally outpaces utility-scale solar, says IEA

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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Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

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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Low income earners pay highest price for off-grid solar

Low income earners pay highest price for off-grid solar

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 sets world record for fastest solar pump deployment

Maharashtra sets world record for fastest solar pump deployment

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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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

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/

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Sicily opens €246 million tender for solar, battery storage projects of any size under new EU-aligned programme

Sicily opens €246 million tender for solar, battery storage projects of any size under new EU-aligned programme

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/

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