Global corporate funding in the solar sector reached $11.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026, with debt financing at its highest level in more than 10 years, says Mercom Capital Group… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/05/solar-sector-raises-11-1-billion-in-q1-2026-as-debt-financing-hits-decade-high/
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With the “AMAG Energy Flexpool,” existing photovoltaic systems in commercial, industrial, and multi-family buildings can now participate in the Swiss balancing energy market without additional hardware and via fully remote integration. Self-consumption, however, remains fully possible. May 5, 2026 Sandra Enkhardt Image: Swissgrid From pv magazine Germany The Swiss balancing energy market is opening up
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TL;DR The Western debate about China’s industrial rise fixates on subsidies, but the real driver is commercialisation: the ability to take technology from laboratory to global market faster than any competitor. Government VC funds invested $184 billion in AI firms over two decades, but the resulting companies, BYD, CATL, DeepSeek, succeeded through state-funded domestic competition,
Brazil’s solar sector is entering a new phase marked by curtailment, grid constraints, and regulatory shifts, with growth increasingly tied to new business models and market dynamics. Industry leaders say storage will be central to this transition, enabling system integration, mitigating risks, and unlocking future demand… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/04/free-market-curtailment-and-storage-reshaping-brazilian-solar-sector/
Free market, curtailment, and storage reshaping Brazilian solar sector Read More »
Solvéo Energies has expanded its Bélesta-en-Lauragais solar plant to 3 MW with a new 300 kW unit, using a decentralized low-voltage “mini solar field” design. The model enables faster permitting and grid connection while minimizing land use, despite slightly higher upfront costs… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/04/french-ipp-building-mini-solar-farms-via-low-voltage-extension/
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This is part 2 of a series on California’s troubled Ivanpah Solar Power Plant in the Mojave Desert. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – More than a decade after it opened, an Obama-era taxpayer-backed “clean energy” solar plant in California still burns fossil fuels and kills thousands of birds
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In an effort to boost local security and socio-economic activities, more communities under the Oluyole State Constituency have been illuminated following the latest batch of the “Light Up Constituency Project” sponsored by Hon. Waheed Akintayo, Lawmaker representing Oluyole state Constituency in the Oyo state house of assembly. The latest communities which included Boluwaji, Akinfenwa, Atagba
‘Ilumoka’ Illuminates 5 More Oluyole Communities with 45 Solar Lights Read More »
For decades, the only regular visitors to the Twin Lake Reservoir in Lima, Ohio, were fishers passing hot summer evenings trying to snag a largemouth bass. But today, it’s a hive of activity. A team of 12 engineers and construction workers are busily connecting more than 3,400 solar arrays to small, floating docks and distributing
Solar booms in industrial US midwest as energy crisis persists Read More »
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rising diesel prices linked to the Iran war are adding urgency to a shift already underway across Africa to move cellphone towers off fossil fuels and onto solar power. Diesel, which powers the majority of Africa’s roughly 500,000 telecommunications towers, has become more expensive and sometimes harder to secure in recent
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