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Maharashtra issues tender for 100MW floating solar project

Maharashtra issues tender for 100MW floating solar project

Interested parties have a February 13 deadline to submit their bids, with the offers expected to be opened on February 16.  As per the tender, bidders are required to submit an earnest money deposit of INR54.6 million (US$600,700) and a tender fee of INR29,500 (US$325), while the selected developer must provide a performance bank guarantee of INR546 million (US$6.01 million).

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Atlas Renewable Energy signs 128MWp solar PV PPA in Colombia

Atlas Renewable Energy signs 128MWp solar PV PPA in Colombia

Atlas Renewable Energy did not disclose the name of the company with whom it signed the offtake agreement, other than it being a “leading Colombian energy trading company”. The project in itself was awarded under Colombia’s 2024 Reliability Charge Auction, which aims to strengthen the country’s power system This solar PV project is the second

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Australia to fund national solar panel recycling pilot

Australia to fund national solar panel recycling pilot

Australia’s federal government will invest AUD 24.7 million ($16.9 million) over three years in a national pilot to recycle end-of-life solar panels, aiming to reduce landfill disposal and recover valuable materials from the country’s growing rooftop solar fleet… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/23/australia-to-fund-national-solar-panel-recycling-pilot/

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Hotels.com Get a Room 2026 Forecast: Searches Skyrocket 445% for Summer’s Total Solar Eclipse

Hotels.com Get a Room 2026 Forecast: Searches Skyrocket 445% for Summer’s Total Solar Eclipse

Americana Motor hotel on Route 66 — Photo by Hotels.com DALLAS – From championship games and global music tours to once-in-a-lifetime celestial events, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for event-driven travel. According to Hotels.com® search data, travelers are already planning trips that will put them front and center for some of

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Strong fundamentals, solar baseload and balcony PV will define 2026, says Woodmac

Strong fundamentals, solar baseload and balcony PV will define 2026, says Woodmac

In the world’s two largest national solar markets, China and the US, headwinds slowed progress for solar PV last year. Regulatory changes in the Chinese energy market saw solar PV installations decline significantly in the second half of the year, while sweeping changes to federal incentives, permitting laws and other executive actions by the Trump administration

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Fujiyama Power to commission 1GW DCR-compliant solar cell facility

Fujiyama Power to commission 1GW DCR-compliant solar cell facility

Latest The manufacturing facility will produce mono passivated emitter rear cell (PERC) solar cells compliant with India’s domestic content requirement (DCR). Image: Fujiyama Power. Indian rooftop solar provider Fujiyama Power has announced plans to commission its 1GW solar cell manufacturing plant in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh.   The newly inaugurated in-house solar cell manufacturing facility will produce mono passivated emitter rear cell (PERC)

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Solar Philippines denies liability in 12GW solar PV contracts cancelled by Department of Energy

Solar Philippines denies liability in 12GW solar PV contracts cancelled by Department of Energy

The terminated contracts represented a combined potential 17.9GW of renewable energy, of which 12.3GW were from solar PV across 59 projects. According to news outlet the Philippine News Agency, Sharon Garin, DoE Secretary, said: “Unfortunately, we had to cancel these contracts because the developers were not complying with the requirements under their GEA contracts.” Garin

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Casio finally brings its gold full-metal G-Shock square with MIP display and solar charging to the UK

Casio finally brings its gold full-metal G-Shock square with MIP display and solar charging to the UK

The GMW-BZ5000GD-9 feature a new Memory-in-Pixel (MIP) LCD, offering a wider viewing angle and improved sunlight visibility. (Image source: Casio) The gold full-metal G-Shock GMW-BZ5000GD-9 has finally arrived in the UK, completing Casio’s latest premium square lineup. Priced at £619, it joins the silver and dark grey models that launched in the country in December

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Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal

Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal

New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection events, unleashing vast energy and ‘raining’ plasma blobs across the Sun’s atmosphere. Overview of the impulsive phase of an M-class solar flare, observed by ESA’s Solar Orbiter. Image credit: ESA / Solar Orbiter / Chitta et al.,

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