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How political and economic disruption is causing a rethink in solar and storage financing

How political and economic disruption is causing a rethink in solar and storage financing

Certainly, much of this stems from the ongoing uncertainty, and increasing hostility, of federal policies aligned against the clean energy transition, but according to Ronak Maheshwari, director of US renewable energy investment bank CRC-IB, there has also been a struggle for renewable power projects to secure the equity necessary to get off the ground. “The

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Scatec to deploy 60MW/10MWh pre-assembled solar and storage in West Africa

Scatec to deploy 60MW/10MWh pre-assembled solar and storage in West Africa

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The company has entered into lease agreements with the power utilities in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Image: Scatec. Norwegian renewable energy firm Scatec has signed lease agreements for 64MW of solar PV and 10MWh of energy storage capacity in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Through its subsidiary Release by

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Over 20 US states sue EPA over ‘illegal’ US$7 billion Solar For All cancellation

Over 20 US states sue EPA over ‘illegal’ US$7 billion Solar For All cancellation

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads California attorney general Rob Bonta said the state was owed almost US$250 million by the EPA. Image: Unsplash. A group of over 20 US states are suing the Trump administration for the cancellation of the US$7 billion Solar For All Scheme. Attorneys general from 20 states and representatives

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Watch Europe’s upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its ‘wings’ (video)

Watch Europe’s upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its ‘wings’ (video)

Europe’s next planet-hunting spacecraft just spread its “wings” in preparation for launch. PLATO ‘s twin solar panels, which will power the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars spacecraft’s search for Earth-like exoplanets , spread out successfully during engineering tests last month in a European Space Agency (ESA) clean lab. That’s a big deal, as “PLATO

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Supply Shocks and Solar Shifts Drive Copper Prices Higher

Supply Shocks and Solar Shifts Drive Copper Prices Higher

Metal Miner MetalMiner is the largest metals-related media site in the US according to third party ranking sites. With a preemptive global perspective on the issues, trends,… More Info Premium Content By Metal Miner – Oct 14, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT Copper prices climbed 3.7% month-over-month as global supply tightened sharply following production losses at

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Elderly woman killed by flying solar panel as nor’easter pounds NYC with strong winds

Elderly woman killed by flying solar panel as nor’easter pounds NYC with strong winds

A 76-year-old woman in New York City was killed Sunday by a 7-foot solar panel that came loose because of strong winds as a powerful nor’easter battered the East Coast. At around 10:30 a.m. ET, a woman was found unresponsive on a walkway in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York police said Monday.

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‘The industry is producing more than it can install,’ says Gaëtan Masson as world exceeds 2.2TW of solar

‘The industry is producing more than it can install,’ says Gaëtan Masson as world exceeds 2.2TW of solar

“The PV industry is facing huge overcapacities. It’s something that has existed for a very long time,” said Masson. “Manufacturing capacity was always higher than the demands, but production was almost similar for many years to install capacity, and then the discrepancy started. “And from 2019 until now, we had annual production capacity for PV

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European solar module market reaches supply and price ‘equilibrium’

European solar module market reaches supply and price ‘equilibrium’

Latest Only bifacial TOPCon modules saw a slight, 2% price decline. Image: Michael Pointner/Unsplash. The European solar module market has reached a “state of equilibrium” in recent weeks, with stable prices and regular demand. The latest pv.index report from online solar marketplace sun.store shows that prices for passivated emitter rear contact (PERC), monofacial tunnel oxide

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