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AEMO said a record 9.1GW of new renewable energy and storage capacity connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in FY26.
Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week's biggest stories from the global solar industry.
Nava Limited commissioned a 100MW solar PV project in Zambia through MSEL, with power evacuation to the national grid underway.
Bright Saver co-founder Cora Stryker examines how fragmented state policies are shaping the US plug-in market’s growth.
ESR, a Singapore-headquartered real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate and data centres, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Aquila Clean Energy APAC.
Websol has secured land for the construction of its 4GW cell and module manufacturing plant in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) will funnel US$5.25 billion into 31 “grid-improvement” projects across the US.
German renewables developer Energiequelle has sold its French subsidiary to French independent power producer H2air.
The replacement of decommissioned solar projects will account for 23% of new capacity additions by the 2040s, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Henner Jahnke of Jurchen Technology examines whether high-density east-west systems can outperform trackers under today’s solar economics.
MITECO has launched consultations to allocate up to 11GW of grid capacity to renewable energy and storage projects.
LONGi has unveiled a hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 28.29%, a record for the company.
Waaree Energies will merge group company Indosolar with itself in a transaction valued at about INR9.5 billion (US$99 million).
Norfund, the Norwegian government’s development finance vehicle, has invested US$100 million into Ampin Energy Transition.
US Policy Focus: PV Tech looks at the Indian AD/CVD determinations, the ban on certain power equipment and other recent developments.
ARENA has committed AU$25 million to Equans Solar & Storage for a three-year programme testing construction and operations technologies.
Nadara has started commercial operations at the Big Fish agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy, the largest agriPV project in the country.
Abu Dhabi’s utility, Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), is targeting more than 35GW of solar capacity by 2035.
The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.