dee karen/Shutterstock The benefits of generating power from solar panels in regards to being climate-friendly are known, but it turns out solar panels offer widespread benefits even beyond that. A study examined years’ worth of data regarding solar panel usage and its impact, ultimately finding that this technology saved nearly 600 people from premature deaths […]
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ACWA Power says commercial operations for the Starah wind IPP, Al-Humaij solar PV plant, and Bisha solar PV plant are expected in Q1 2028 ACWA Power Co. announced the financial close of two major wind power projects, Starah and Shaqra, located in the central region of Saudi Arabia, with production capacities of 2,000 MW and
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Earlier this month, US independent power producer (IPP) Syncarpha Capital and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Distributed Energy Infrastructure (DEI) completed construction work at the Acton project on the site, combining 7.1MW of solar PV capacity and a co-located 4.1MW battery energy storage system (BESS). This week, the project cleared the final milestone, receiving
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Switzerland is implementing a new winter electricity bonus for solar installations larger than 100 kW that generate over 500 kWh/kW of electricity in the winter half-year from October 1 to March 31. The country’s Federal Council has also raised the target for electricity generated by photovoltaics to 18.7 TWh by 2030… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/switzerland-introduces-winter-electricity-bonus-for-solar-installations/
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Latest government figures record 20.7 GW deployed PV capacity at the end of October 2025, up 10.4% in a 12-month period. Surge in contracts for difference (CfD) supported connections recorded in 2025 with more large ground-mount projects in the pipeline… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/uk-adds-1-9-gw-of-solar-in-12-months/
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is seeking a consultancy to conduct a feasibility study for a utility-scale solar plant in Ukraine, with applications due Dec. 23… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/irena-seeks-consultant-for-solar-feasibility-study-in-ukraine/
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Erbil, Kurdistan Region – 26 November 2025 – Thirty-eight years after Iraqi forces dropped chemical weapons on Sheikh Wasan village, killing 211 civilians – mostly women, children and elderly – the same streets are now lit by clean, off-grid solar energy. The transformation is the work of the Rwanga Foundation and its founder, Idris Nechirvan
Latest Vikram Solar now has an annual nameplate module production capacity of 9.5GW. Image: Vikram Solar. Indian solar PV manufacturer Vikram Solar has started commercial operations at its 5GW Vallam module manufacturing facility in India. The new facility brings the company’s total nameplate module production up to 9.5GW, and includes a number of technologies Vikram
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Solar PV accounted for 69% of the 16GW of new power generation capacity added in India during Q3 2025, bringing solar’s total installed capacity in the first nine months of 2025 to 29.5 GW. This represents a 68.9% increase from the same period a year ago, when India registered 17.4GW of solar PV additions. As
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Naturgy and BlueNewables are developing a 1 MW floating solar installation off Spain’s Mediterranean coast, with two 500 kW units designed for open-sea operation and scheduled to begin testing in 2026… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/25/naturgy-bluenewables-build-1-mw-offshore-solar-plant-in-spain/
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