When the 47th solar panel exploded, Henrik Eskilsson began to fear he’d signed on with a madman. In his SUV, he and Anders Olsson were accelerating across Sweden’s Lunda Airfield, towing a trailer fitted with a steel mast that suspended the panel. As they gained speed, the panel did something unusual: it floated, catching the
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A tender is open in Bangladesh seeking consultants to support the development of the 220 MW Sonagazi solar project. The deadline for expressions of interest is February 3… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/bangladesh-seeks-consultants-for-220-mw-solar-project/
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A draft decree from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is proposing rooftop solar owners could sell up to 50% of the energy produced back to the grid, in a bid to increase future uptake… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/vietnam-proposes-increase-to-surplus-power-sale-from-rooftop-solar/
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Latest Aspen Power plans to use the financing to advance its US pipeline. Image: Aspen Power. US distributed generation platform Aspen Power has raised US$200 million in capital to support what it called “growth initiatives” across the US. The financing was secured through Deutsche Bank and will be used to facilitate “vendor engagement” and project
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Solar power has a dark side: panels are still built to be thrown away, and we risk creating a mountain of waste that locks away valuable minerals. The world already faces up to 250 million tonnes of solar waste by 2050, as panels installed during the solar boom of the 2000s and 2010s reach the
France’s fourth PV tender for non-interconnected areas allocated 40 MW across Corsica, Réunion, and French Guiana. The weighted average tariff fell to €92.04 ($107.59)/MWh, while overall subscription remained well below the 99 MW available… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/12/france-awards-40-mw-of-solar-projects-in-non-interconnected-zones/
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Croatia’s solar capacity is on course to exceed its wind energy capacity for the first time in early 2026. With utility-scale projects facing regulatory deadlock and the end of net-metering for the residential market, growth is being led by commercial and industrial customers… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/12/croatia-deploys-417-mw-of-solar-in-2025/
Croatia deploys 417 MW of solar in 2025 Read More »
A campaign group in Portugal is challenging large-scale solar developments in Beira Baixa, Portugal. Developers of a proposed 867 MW solar site told pv magazine sustainability is central to the project, including biodiversity measures and tree planting at a rate 18 times higher than removals. January 8, 2026 Patrick Jowett A public petition against the
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The Chinese perovskite solar technology developer said the result is currently under testing by an unspecified third-party authoritative laboratory in China. The achievement is part of the company’s efforts to bring its perovskite cell technology closer to commercial production… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/08/chinas-hefei-boe-solar-technology-claims-27-37-efficiency-for-perovskite-solar-cell/
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The Ecuadorian government has announced plans to tender 2,100 MW of new power generation capacity, with large-scale solar projects expected to account for a significant part of the mix… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/08/ecuador-plans-2-1-gw-power-auction-with-high-share-of-solar/
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