Gentari Renewables Australia is developing 243 MW of solar alongside 172 MW/409 MWh of battery energy storage in the state of New South Wales. The project is scheduled to begin commercial operations in early 2027… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/14/malaysian-group-starts-243-mw-solar-172-mw-409-mwh-bess-in-australia/
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The combined investment from the two banks totals €64 million ($74.7 million) and will be put towards the development of two new solar farms in Lithuania each with a capacity of 91 MW… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/14/nib-nord-lb-finance-182-mw-of-solar-in-lithuania/
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Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The facility, which is in the Sohar Free Zone of Oman, began construction in March 2024. Image: Sohar Port and Freezone The World Bank has approved a loan and investment worth up to US$250 million for United Solar’s planned polysilicon production plant in Oman. The financing, issued by
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A solar future for thisSichuan pepper fieldinBijie, China STR/AFP via Getty Images Here Comes the Sun (Bill McKibben W.W. Norton, UK, 16 September; US, 19 August) The sun is rising on solar power. According to Ember, an energy think tank, solar energy has been the world’s fastest growing source of electricity for the past 20
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Jiawen Chen The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax and wane. On the scale of a human life, nothing much seems to happen. But on a cosmic
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Latest The deal will cover “nearly 90%” of Sandoz’ electricity consumption from its European operations, Elawan said. Image: Elawan Energy Madrid-headquartered renewables developer Elawan Energy has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to support a 150MW solar PV portfolio in northern Spain. The offtaker for the deal is Sandoz, a generic and biosimilar pharmaceutical
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Latest The executive order calls for a “substantial portion” of a project to be built for it to receive tax credits. Credit: Intersect Power The US solar market could lose 60GW of planned capacity in the next five years if strict rules are adopted regarding the “start of construction” for projects, according to market analyst
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The South African utility is aiming to tender 291 MW of solar under power purchase agreements. Projects must be at least 10 MW in size to be eligible. The deadline to submit request for proposals is September 19… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/13/eskom-tenders-291-mw-of-solar-ppas/
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Researchers in China have improved interface engineering in perovskite-silicon solar cells by using industrially textured silicon. The result is a highly efficienct tandem device that also showed remarkable stability… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/13/perovskite-silicon-tandem-solar-cell-relying-on-silica-nanospheres-achieves-33-15-efficiency/
Cost, complexity and confidence gaps are the main barriers to the uptake of rooftop solar in Australia, according to new federal government research… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/13/cost-complexity-confidence-slow-rooftop-solar-uptake-in-australia/
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