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Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think

Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think

The future of solar is looking bright fuyu liu/Shutterstock Is solar power going to take over the world? The past few years have seen a frankly astounding acceleration in the rate of its deployment, with total generation capacity doubling between 2022 and 2024 to supply a full 7 per cent of the world’s electricity. Just

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Solar PV retains most competitive LCOE globally in 2025 – Wood Mackenzie

Solar PV retains most competitive LCOE globally in 2025 – Wood Mackenzie

Latest The funds will be used to expand our solar projects in Thailand, including rooftop, ground-mounted and floating systems. Image: Unsplash. Solar PV technology has maintained its leading position as the most cost-competitive power generation source in 2025, according to analyst Wood Mackenzie. The Middle East and Africa achieved the lowest levelised cost of electricity

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Ingeteam inks 100MW solar-plus-storage project supply contract with European Energy Australia

Ingeteam inks 100MW solar-plus-storage project supply contract with European Energy Australia

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The installation is expected to generate 227GWh of clean energy annually across a 256-hectare site. Image: Ingeteam. Spanish power electronics specialist Ingeteam has won a contract to supply inverters and control systems for European Energy Australia’s 100MW Winton North solar-plus-storage project in northeast Victoria. The Winton North

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Powerlink Queensland seeks federal tick for substation to connect 775MW solar PV plant

Powerlink Queensland seeks federal tick for substation to connect 775MW solar PV plant

The substation expansion will be a critical piece of transmission infrastructure, enabling one of Australia’s largest solar developments to deliver renewable energy into the National Electricity Market (NEM). Currently, the existing Bulli Creek Substation lacks sufficient capacity to accommodate the solar plant’s connection, necessitating the expansion project to enable grid integration of the renewable energy

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Australia: Queensland rooftop solar surpasses 5GW output milestone for the first time

Australia: Queensland rooftop solar surpasses 5GW output milestone for the first time

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The state now hosts approximately 7.2GW of installed rooftop solar capacity. Image: Queensland government. Queensland’s rooftop solar PV systems have exceeded 5GW of output for the first time, marking a milestone in Australia’s distributed solar capacity expansion. According to data analysis by Geoff Eldridge of consultancy Global

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Indian lunar spacecraft records impact of solar flares on moon for first time

Indian lunar spacecraft records impact of solar flares on moon for first time

India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has, for the first time, recorded in real time the impact of a solar coronal mass ejection on the moon’s surface, a finding that could be crucial for future astronaut missions, Asian News International, a partner of the TV BRICS network reported. The observation, conducted using a special instrument, showed that the

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Leeward starts operations at 177MW Tennessee solar project

Leeward starts operations at 177MW Tennessee solar project

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The start of commercial operations at the RIdgely project has pushed Tennessee’s operational solar capacity above 1GW. Image: Leeward Renewable Energy. US renewable energy developer Leeward Renewable Energy has started commercial operations at its 177MW Ridgely solar project in the US state of Tennessee. The project is the

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First Solar 45X tax credit deals pass US$2 billion with latest transfer

First Solar 45X tax credit deals pass US$2 billion with latest transfer

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads First Solar has been prolific in its monetisation of 45x manufacturing tax credits. Image: First Solar US thin-film manufacturer First Solar has revealed another transfer of its 45X manufacturing tax credits in a deal worth around US$750 million. The cadmium-telluride (CdTe) module producer said in an SEIC filing

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