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US market, slow residential demand impact SMA Solar H1 2025 results

US market, slow residential demand impact SMA Solar H1 2025 results

SMA Solar’s sales reached €684.9 million (US$797.5 million) in the first six months of 2025, of which the residential sector fulfilled just €54.0 million (US$63 million) and the C&I sector €62.1 million (US$72.3 million). In the first half of 2024, sales in those two sectors reached €109.9 million (US$128.1 million) and €113.6 million (US$132.5 million)

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Increased solar helps lower European electricity prices

Increased solar helps lower European electricity prices

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting’s latest analysis finds a rise in solar energy production helped to bring down electricity prices in some European markets last week. Towards the start of the month, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain all set new records for solar produced on a day in August… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/08/increased-solar-helps-lower-european-electricity-prices/

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This Yoruba king’s palace is fully solar powered; now he wants to electrify his community

This Yoruba king’s palace is fully solar powered; now he wants to electrify his community

In 2024, Nigeria’s national grid collapsed 12 times, thrice in October alone. Across the country, the resulting blackouts plunged homes and businesses into prolonged blackouts, crippling critical health services among others. So far in 2025, the grid, which supplies power to nearly 200 million residents, has experienced two disturbances but no outright collapse.  The Transmission

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Philippines completes first MW-scale floating solar array

Philippines completes first MW-scale floating solar array

The Philippines has completed its first megawatt-scale floating solar array, a 4.99 MW installation on the Malubog reservoir, with plans to expand to 50 MW to power a copper mine. In Mindanao, work has begun on a 99 MW solar plant backed by PHP 4.49 billion ($80 million) in green financing from HSBC… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/08/philippines-first-mw-scale-floating-solar-array-completed/

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US to kill US$7 billion Solar For All support for low-income households

US to kill US$7 billion Solar For All support for low-income households

Latest EPA head Lee Zeldin posted a video to X announcing the fund’s cancellation. Image: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Solar PV is likely to become less accessible to low-income Americans after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cancels the US$7 billion Solar For All scheme. The EPA plans to end the Solar For All Programme in

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Genneia commissions 180MW solar PV in Argentina

Genneia commissions 180MW solar PV in Argentina

Latest The Parque Solar Anchoris, pictured above, brings Genneia’s operational solar PV portfolio to 490MW in Argentina. Image: Genneia. Argentinian renewables developer Genneia has reached commercial operations at its 180MW Parque Solar Anchoris in Argentina. Located in the western province of Mendoza, it is the second solar PV plant operational in the region after the

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US opens next round of solar import probes targeting India, Indonesia, Laos

US opens next round of solar import probes targeting India, Indonesia, Laos

The US Department of Commerce has initiated full investigations into anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against solar imports from India, Indonesia, and Laos filed in July. These investigations, conducted alongside the US International Trade Commission (ITC), are expected to continue into next spring… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/08/us-opens-next-round-of-solar-import-probes-targeting-india-indonesia-laos/

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Tropical storms, record heat shape North America’s July solar production

Tropical storms, record heat shape North America’s July solar production

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that while southwestern United States enjoyed increased solar irradiance in July, extreme weather events further north complicated solar operations during the holiday season… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/08/tropical-storms-record-heat-shape-north-americas-july-solar-production/

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India’s PLI scheme drives 18.5 GW of solar module capacity up to June

India’s PLI scheme drives 18.5 GW of solar module capacity up to June

India’s Production Linked Incentive Scheme for High Efficiency Solar PV Modules (PLI) has led to 18.5 GW of module capacity, 9.7 GW of solar cell capacity and 2.2 GW of ingot-wafer capacity being established as of June 30 2025. The program has awarded a total of 48 GW of module manufacturing capacity. August 8, 2025

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