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Saatvik Green Energy released its Q2 earnings update (as stated in the source alert; not independently verified). The company's strategic focus remains centered on expanding domestic module manufacturing capacity and progressing backward integration into cell production.
Market snapshot: Saatvik Green Energy Limited announced its Q2 financial results, indicating a consolidated net profit of ₹13.54 crore against ₹3.57 crore YoY and revenue of ₹290 crore against ₹555 crore YoY (as stated in the source alert; not independently verified).
Saatvik Green Energy's corporate thesis hinges on securing long-term revenue visibility via large-scale domestic equipment orders and reducing input cost dependencies through backward-integrated cell production. While Q2 figures indicate lower revenue compared to prior periods (as stated in the source alert; not independently verified), execution of government-backed supply contracts remains pivotal.
India's renewable equipment segment continues to benefit from government policy directives emphasizing domestic cell and module manufacturing. Facilities meeting strict DCR compliance are strategically positioned to capture public tender allocations.
Market Bias: Insufficient data
Market bias is designated as Insufficient data because the core Q2 financial figures from the input alert have not yet been independently corroborated through official exchange filings in this session.
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Time Horizon: Medium-term (3-12 months)
The Indian solar equipment manufacturing industry is undergoing rapid scale-up driven by policy frameworks like ALMM and domestic content mandates. Manufacturers are focusing on technological upgrades, including N-TOPCon cell capacity, to maintain competitive positioning.
In September 2026, Saatvik Green Energy secured a ₹1,041.63-crore SECI contract for 600 MWp solar modules and submitted an ALMM List-II enlistment application for its 2.4 GW Odisha solar cell plant.
Saatvik Green Energy's future earnings trajectory will depend heavily on converting its significant order backlog into timely revenue recognition while completing its integrated cell manufacturing facility.
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No more red energy, blue energy. Geothermal is purple — and Washington is delaying it.  The Hill
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The application, received and validated on Friday, October 30, seeks prior approval for the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the supermarket building.
Solar PV panels convert sunlight into electricity, allowing businesses to generate renewable power on site and potentially reduce the amount of electricity they need to purchase from the national grid.
The proposed installation has a rated capacity of 262.14kW, although the amount of electricity actually generated would depend on factors including sunlight, weather conditions and the performance of the equipment.
If installed, the system could help the supermarket reduce its reliance on externally supplied electricity and lower emissions associated with its energy consumption.
The plans form part of a growing trend towards using large commercial rooftops for renewable energy generation, with supermarkets and industrial buildings particularly suited to such installations because of their extensive roof space.
The application has been submitted under the prior approval process, which allows certain types of development to be considered under permitted development rules, subject to relevant conditions and requirements.
According to publicly available planning records, the proposal remains under consideration and no decision has yet been recorded.
The application does not specify a confirmed installation date, the total cost of the proposed works or the amount of electricity the panels are expected to generate annually.
It is also not yet known what proportion of the supermarket’s electricity requirements could be met by the proposed system.
The application can be viewed through the council’s planning portal using reference 26/01272/PRIOR.
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Avaada Electro has secured approval for 7.117GW of N-type TOPCon solar cell manufacturing capacity under India’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM), in a move the company says strengthens the country’s clean energy manufacturing capabilities.
The capacity, located at Avaada Electro’s Butibori facility in Maharashtra, was included in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s 13th revision of the ALMM List-II published on October 28. The company said the milestone represents a significant step in its plans to build a large-scale solar manufacturing business while supporting India’s efforts to strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce reliance on imported solar technology.
Avaada’s approved capacity is based on G12 N-type TOPCon solar cell technology, with a manufacturer-declared maximum cell efficiency of up to 26.8 per cent and an average efficiency of 25.89 per cent. According to the company, the technology is designed to improve the amount of electricity generated from a given solar cell area and support the production of higher-power solar modules. The facility’s 7.117GW annual nameplate capacity will supply solar developers, engineering firms and module manufacturers operating within India’s expanding renewable energy sector.
Vineet Mittal, chairman and whole-time director of Avaada Electro Limited, said: “India’s clean energy future cannot depend only on how much solar power we install. It must also depend on how much technology we develop, how much we manufacture ourselves, and how effectively we compete with the world.
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“Our 7.1 GW TOPCon solar cell manufacturing enlistment is an important milestone in that journey.
“But manufacturing leadership is not about building the biggest factory. It is about making better products, improving efficiency every day, maintaining uncompromising quality and earning the trust of customers through consistent performance.
“At Avaada, we believe that every improvement in technology must ultimately create value for our customers, for the environment and for our country. Our ambition is simple to Make in India. Compete with the world. Make every watt count. This milestone is not the destination. It is another step towards demonstrating that India can build advanced clean energy technology at scale and with globally competitive standards.”
The company said it will continue investing in advanced solar manufacturing technologies and production capabilities as it seeks to compete globally on quality, efficiency and cost.
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China’s cleantech stocks jump as investors bet on US policy shift  Reuters
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Life has become unexpectedly easier and more lucrative for some shepherds on the world’s highest plateau after China began carpeting the area with solar panels as part of a drive to diversify its energy mix.
“It has made grazing much easier for us,” said Li Yonglin, 25, one of those allowed to freely graze their sheep in a fenced solar park in Gonghe, a county in the northwestern province of Qinghai.
“In the morning, we simply open the gate to the sheep pen and don’t really need to look after them. They come back on their own in the evening, and we just pen them up.”
Li estimated that the new approach had boosted his earnings to 50,000 yuan to 60,000 yuan ($7,496.14 to $8,995.37), compared with 10,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan when he followed traditional grazing practices.
By July this year, state media said, 6,330 households in five townships had benefited from 56 grazing sites in Hainan, a culturally Tibetan area that encompasses Gonghe. However, it did not disclose how many households had been granted grazing access.
Higher incomes but traditions at risk
Such early signs suggest China’s projects, sprawling across hundreds of acres on the vast Qinghai-Tibet plateau, are boosting incomes for some, although researchers and others warn they are also eroding traditional ways of life.
One study estimated that the region, sometimes called “the roof of the world”, where nomadic communities have grazed livestock for millennia, holds almost half of China’s solar energy potential, making it a focal point for renewable energy efforts.
Solar overtook coal in July as the country’s largest source of installed power capacity, and authorities plan to expand wind and solar power generation by a further 53% over the next five years.
The complex Li visits, spanning 148,000 acres (60,000 hectares), uses grazing sheep to reduce mowing costs, said Cao Jun, a safety supervisor for a State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) project in Hainan.
It leads to a “win-win situation”, he told Reuters, with electricity generated by the plant sent nationwide to cities such as Beijing, the capital, and Shanghai, the commercial hub.
But the integration of livestock and solar infrastructure has not been universally welcomed.
Researchers say solar projects are transforming life on the plateau, where thousands of Tibetan nomads were resettled in rural townships in the early 2000s as the government sought to reverse ecological degradation.
“You can find some places (to graze) around the solar panels, but these are not suitable for nomads and shepherds to sustain their livelihoods,” said researcher Tsewang Dorji at the Tibet Policy Institute in Dharamsala, a hill town in India.
Plateau dwellers have little say in the conversion of pastures into solar power projects, said a researcher studying environmental conservation and new energy infrastructure in the region.
Projects fragment once-open grazing space
Such installations fragment previously open grazing lands, making it harder for herders to watch over their livestock, added the researcher, who sought anonymity to protect collaborators.
Sheep from 16 households were allowed to graze in a solar park for part of the year, the government in Gonghe said in 2024.
A small number of nomads were “tokenistically employed to graze sheep”, but goats and yaks were generally excluded, said Mandie McKeown, advocacy director at the UK-based environmental charity Foundation for Gaia.
Evidence shows “this isn’t pastoralism as it’s traditionally been practised”, McKeown told Reuters.
Wind rattling through solar farm posts and wires produced “persistent and unsettling” sounds that disturbed both people and animals, anthropology researcher Sanggay Tashi at the University of Colorado Boulder said in an article in June, citing people in Qinghai.
Online government records from 2017 showed an undated complaint alleging that Gonghe’s photovoltaic power stations had damaged grasslands, leaving sheep and cattle with little grass to eat.
The records, which cited Hainan as the administrative region for the case without identifying the complainant, said an investigation found no truth in the allegation, while adding that grazing was not permitted in the area.
Authorities in Qinghai did not respond to requests for comment.
Not everyone in Gonghe is complaining, though.
“Life has changed tremendously,” said another shepherd, Wen Yujun, who can now manage a herd of 700 to 800 largely on his own.
“I never could have imagined it before,” added the 43-year-old, who estimated that his annual income had risen eight-fold to about 80,000 yuan.
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Clean the Sky – Repurposed Landfill Solar Projects  Trend Hunter
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SHIRE of Northam has received an application through the Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) for an extension to the existing solar farm located at lot 6 Northam-York Road, Muluckine.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted to the Shire of Northam in writing on or before Monday, November 9.
The subject site is located 3.7km east of the Northam Town Centre and is only accessible via Northam-York Road.
The Mortlock River transects the site which is bounded by cleared largely agricultural land to the north and east, with lots to the west zoned ‘Light and Service Industry’.
The proposed development seeks to create an extension to the existing solar power farm on lot 6, along with the incidental addition of a supporting battery energy storage system (BESS).
The proposed development will be implemented in two phases during construction, with phase 1 being the construction of a BESS, while phase 2 will be the construction of an additional BESS along with additional solar panels to the pre-existing solar power farm.
The BESS being constructed during phase 1 will have an energy capacity output of 4MW/32MWH while phase 2 will have an additional 4MW/32MWH output, with the additional solar panels generating an additional 10MW of power.
As part of the solar power farm extension, there will be two 45,000L water tanks installed to assist with bushfire risk prevention as required by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES), with an additional 65,000L water tank to be built to provide capacity to serve the BESS system and the kiosk area.
The construction of the solar power farm extension and BESS will take place concurrently over 20 weeks.
Details of the proposal are available at the shire office at 395 Fitzgerald Street, Northam or can be downloaded from http://www.northam.wa.gov.au/consultations/community/joint-development-assessment-panel-application-extension-to-the-existing-solar-farm-located-at-lot-6-northam-york-road-muluckine

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India’s installed solar PV capacity is expected to exceed 350 GW (nearly 450 GW in DC) by 2030, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The India Renewable Energy Market Report 2026, launched at the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit in New Delhi, projects India’s total installed renewable power capacity to reach around 530 GW by 2030, with solar PV accounting for the largest share of growth. Wind capacity is expected to approach 90 GW, while hydropower is projected to reach 75 GW as large hydropower projects are commissioned and investment in pumped storage accelerates.
The expansion is expected to put India on track to meet its target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based installed power capacity by 2030, an important milestone towards its ambition of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070.
Strong cost competitiveness, sustained auction activity, growing open-access procurement and accelerating rooftop installations are expected to underpin India’s solar PV expansion.
Utility-scale projects have accounted for around 75% of solar PV capacity additions over the past five years. The IEA expects their share to gradually decline to approximately 70% by 2030 as policy support, improving economics and simplified administrative procedures accelerate growth in the distributed segment.
Distributed solar PV capacity for self-consumption is projected to triple to more than 100 GW by 2030. The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana is accelerating residential rooftop installations, while PM-KUSUM supports the solarisation of agricultural feeders and irrigation pumps.
Corporate procurement is also emerging as a major source of demand. Open-access reforms have simplified renewable procurement for commercial and industrial consumers, with corporate power purchase agreements expected to underpin around 20% of utility-scale solar PV and wind capacity additions by 2030.
The report finds that India’s renewable power capacity has almost quadrupled over the past decade, surpassing 300 GW in 2026. The country is now the world’s second-fastest-growing renewables market and second-largest manufacturer of solar PV modules. India also reached its target of 50% non-fossil installed power capacity in 2025, five years ahead of schedule.
The report states that India’s renewables expansion is already delivering substantial energy security benefits. Renewable electricity saved India more than $100 billion in coal and natural gas import costs between 2011 and 2025, with cumulative savings expected to more than double by 2030. Without the solar PV, wind and bioenergy capacity added since 2010, India’s coal imports in 2025 would have been around 110 million tonnes higher.
“India’s renewables expansion is delivering major benefits for its energy security at a time of heightened uncertainty in global energy markets,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. “As countries look to strengthen domestic energy supplies, India’s experience shows how consistent policies can help drive down renewable energy costs and attract investment, offering valuable lessons for other emerging economies. We look forward to supporting India as it builds on these achievements.”
“India’s emergence as a new giant of renewable energy reflects the progress we have made in recent years,” said India Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi. “As India’s electricity needs continue to rise, we are laying the foundations for the next phase of growth by strengthening domestic manufacturing, mobilising investment and expanding transmission infrastructure.”
The report highlights how competitive auctions have helped India achieve some of the world’s lowest solar PV generation costs and become a global leader in procuring hybrid renewable projects. Growth is also spreading beyond large power plants, supported by rooftop solar, corporate electricity procurement and expanding domestic manufacturing.
However, sustaining this expansion will require faster investment in electricity grids, storage and system flexibility, alongside stronger utility finances and fewer project delays. Addressing these challenges could accelerate renewable power capacity deployment by more than 20% over 2026-2030, the report finds.
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India’s agricultural sector can absorb an additional 116 GW of solar modules, creating a significant opportunity for domestic manufacturers—according to a new report by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA).
Titled “Powering the Farms, Building the Factory (PM-KUSUM: Solarising Agriculture and Strengthening Domestic Manufacturing,” the report was launched at the Bharat RE Summit on 2 November 2026. It highlights the potential of agricultural solarisation to support India’s clean energy transition while creating sustained demand for domestically manufactured solar modules and cells.
With nearly 2.3 crore irrigation pumps across the country, solarisation presents a substantial opportunity to expand the domestic solar manufacturing market.
According to the report, India’s agricultural sector could generate demand for an additional 116 GW of solar modules, comprising 100 GW from grid-connected pumps and 16 GW from diesel pumps, excluding those in groundwater-stressed areas.
The report highlights the growing momentum of PM-KUSUM, which added a record 7.6 GW of solar capacity in FY 2025–26, with over 28 lakh irrigation pumps solarised by July 2026. It also underscores the role of the Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) under Components B and C in driving demand for Indian manufacturers. By October 2026, 13.8 GW had been installed under these components, meeting nearly two-thirds of the 20.8 GW of demand for domestically made solar cells and modules originally projected.
Agriculture is India’s third-largest power consumer. It accounted for 17.88% of the country’s electricity consumption in FY 2024. To keep irrigation affordable, tariff subsidies billed by DISCOMs doubled from INR 1.21 lakh crore in FY20 to INR 2.41 lakh crore in FY25. Solarising agricultural pumps and feeders can help improve power availability for farmers while supporting more sustainable energy use.
Commenting on the findings, Amit Manohar, Secretary General, ISMA, said, “PM-KUSUM has emerged as an important link between India’s agricultural development and domestic solar manufacturing ambitions. The estimated 116 GW of additional module demand from the agricultural sector presents a significant opportunity for Indian manufacturers. Sustaining this momentum will require continued policy support, adherence to domestic content requirements and a predictable project pipeline to encourage investments, strengthen the domestic supply chain and expand manufacturing capabilities.”
The report recommends retaining DCR provisions, establishing clear state-wise targets and multi-year tender pipelines, and strengthening implementation models that facilitate land access, clearances and grid connectivity. It also calls for greater focus on upstream manufacturing capabilities, including wafers and ingots, to deepen India’s domestic solar manufacturing ecosystem.
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Third-quarter 2026 reports from China’s photovoltaic encapsulation film industry have all been disclosed, putting both the recovery signals on income statements and diverging cash-flow trends in front of investors. Leader FOSTER (603806.SS) reported 1.131 billion yuan (approximately $169.5 million) in net profit attributable to shareholders for the first three quarters, up 64.5% year-on-year, standing alone among the four major film makers. Cybrid Technologies (603212.SS) and HIUV New Materials (688680.SS) sharply narrowed losses from a year earlier but have yet to exit the loss column, while Lushan New Materials (603051.SS) posted multi-fold net profit growth on the strength of its hot-melt adhesive business. Industry-wide profitability has recovered somewhat, but the earnings gap between companies is widening further.
On the revenue side, the four companies moved in different directions. FOSTER posted first-three-quarter revenue of 10.638 billion yuan (approximately $1.6 billion), down 9.76% year-on-year; Cybrid’s revenue was 1.92 billion yuan (approximately $287.7 million), down 5.86%; HIUV’s revenue was 960 million yuan (approximately $143.9 million), up 10.32%; and Lushan’s revenue was 1.197 billion yuan (approximately $179.4 million), up 2.52%. Profit performance was even more uneven: FOSTER’s non-recurring net profit rose 55.84% in tandem; Cybrid’s net loss attributable to shareholders was 19 million yuan (approximately $2.8 million), markedly narrower than the 117 million yuan (approximately $17.5 million) loss a year earlier; HIUV’s loss was 60 million yuan (approximately $9.0 million), versus a loss of 208 million yuan (approximately $31.2 million) a year earlier; and Lushan’s net profit attributable to shareholders was 61.9292 million yuan (approximately $9.3 million), up 430.04% year-on-year.
Note: Lushan New Materials’ net profit figure is converted from net profit attributable to shareholders of 61.9292 million yuan.
Behind the earnings divergence, cost and structure are the two main threads. HIUV said FOSTER’s larger scale gives it a cost advantage in raw material procurement, and the two companies differ in product mix and sales strategy; FOSTER has a high share of overseas business and higher gross margins, while HIUV’s overseas share is relatively low. Cybrid responded that the encapsulation film industry is highly concentrated and companies differ in operating scale, procurement costs, product mix and customer layout, so profitability varies during a cyclical adjustment; FOSTER has strong advantages in scale operations and cost control, while Cybrid has built its own competitiveness in original technology, differentiated products and international expansion.
Ren Lijun, a photovoltaic analyst at Shanghai Metals Market, said that amid the earlier U.S.-Iran conflict and swings in energy and chemical raw material prices, resin pellet prices rose markedly in the second quarter, and film makers passed through some costs via product price increases — the core reason for the first-half profit improvement.
Looking at the third quarter alone, however, film makers’ profitability generally fell quarter-on-quarter. FOSTER’s net profit attributable to shareholders was 312 million yuan (approximately $46.8 million) in the first quarter, rose to 530 million yuan (approximately $79.4 million) in the second and fell back to 289 million yuan (approximately $43.3 million) in the third; Cybrid lost 11.5326 million yuan (approximately $1.7 million) in the first quarter, earned 7.5504 million yuan (approximately $1.1 million) in the second and lost 14.7399 million yuan (approximately $2.2 million) again in the third; HIUV lost 38.0751 million yuan (approximately $5.7 million) in the first quarter, narrowed that to 9.4884 million yuan (approximately $1.4 million) in the second and widened slightly to 12.6761 million yuan (approximately $1.9 million) in the third. FOSTER’s gross margin for the quarter also fell to about 14.34% from 17.05% in the first half.
Cybrid gave three explanations for the third-quarter profit decline: first, price swings in major resin raw materials such as EVA and POE, combined with a time lag between film selling-price adjustments and cost pass-through, had a temporary impact on the photovoltaic materials business; second, downstream module demand adjusted during the period, with some module makers cutting production loads and utilization rates, slowing film procurement demand and order delivery; third, the company proactively carried out production-line technical upgrades and cost-reduction measures, with some lines temporarily halted or run at reduced loads in the third quarter, affecting output in the short term.
Ren Lijun said that after entering the third quarter, the midpoint of raw material and film prices declined somewhat, weighing on companies’ revenue through lower product selling prices; the spread between film and resin pellets narrowed further, and previously low-cost inventory was gradually consumed, weakening the inventory tailwind to earnings — together pushing gross margins down quarter-on-quarter. The analyst judged that the competitive landscape in the film sector has improved somewhat, with market share concentrating further among leaders such as FOSTER, but the industry as a whole still faces weak demand and heavy competitive pressure; film prices may come under gradual pressure in November and December as downstream demand weakens, and oil price swings could still disturb resin pellet costs through upstream chemical raw materials.
Notably, the income-statement recovery did not translate into cash flow. FOSTER’s net operating cash flow for the first three quarters was about 676 million yuan (approximately $101.3 million), up 4,744.85% year-on-year, but that change does not fully equate to a leap in the quality of sales collections — increased use of bank acceptance bills in procurement settlement and lower unit prices for resin purchases also boosted cash flow. HIUV’s net operating cash flow for the first three quarters was negative 101 million yuan (approximately $15.1 million), down 136.75% year-on-year; the company said growth in sales scale and higher inventory expanded cash outlays for procurement, while reduced discounting of notes received also pressured cash flow. Cybrid’s net operating cash flow was 36.7313 million yuan (approximately $5.5 million), down 78.82% year-on-year; Lushan’s was about 40.33 million yuan (approximately $6.0 million), down 74.63%.
On capacity exit, there is still little evidence of industry-wide coordinated production cuts or price-support arrangements; the exit cases the market focuses on are mostly individual companies cutting losses passively. Tianyang New Materials (603330.SS) gradually shut down its photovoltaic encapsulation film projects from late 2025 to early 2026; the company said in a filing that persistently low module prices, module makers’ reluctance to operate and intensified low-price competition had deepened losses, prompting it to divest the business; after exiting, it returned to profit in the first half of 2026 on the strength of its hot-melt adhesive main business. An August research note from CITIC Securities (600030.SS) argued that the photovoltaic industry’s supply-side “anti-involution” campaign is moving from self-discipline initiatives toward hard institutional constraints, with energy-efficiency standards and cost-accounting rules expected to accelerate the exit of outdated capacity. FOSTER’s 2025 annual report disclosed full-year photovoltaic encapsulation film shipments of about 2.810 billion square meters, with global market share steady above 50%, exceeding the combined share of the industry’s second- through fourth-largest players.
Facing cyclical swings in their main business, film makers are accelerating expansion into electronic materials, lithium-battery materials and other fields. FOSTER has proposed a dual-main-business structure of “photovoltaic materials + electronic materials”; in the first half of 2026, sales of photosensitive dry film rose 21.92% year-on-year to 389 million yuan (approximately $58.3 million) in revenue, up 19.69%; aluminum-plastic film sales volume was 8.6145 million square meters, up 29.38%, with revenue of 83.4966 million yuan (approximately $12.5 million), up 29.62%. Cybrid’s non-photovoltaic main business revenue in the third quarter was about 285 million yuan (approximately $42.7 million), up 44.9% year-on-year and accounting for more than 40% of total revenue, of which new energy and power electronics materials brought in 240 million yuan (approximately $36.0 million), up 38.55%, and semiconductor materials revenue rose 163.11% year-on-year. Overseas business has also become a profit pillar: Cybrid’s overseas film business gross margin is about 7 percentage points higher than in China, first-three-quarter overseas film revenue rose about 25% year-on-year and accounted for nearly 40% of film business revenue, up about 13 percentage points from a year earlier, with third-quarter overseas revenue up more than 50% year-on-year.
Across the supply chain, upstream main-chain companies remain in the loss column. Tongwei (600438.SS) posted a third-quarter net loss attributable to shareholders of about 1.639 billion yuan (approximately $245.6 million), widening 420.80% year-on-year but narrowing 38.71% quarter-on-quarter; LONGi Green Energy (601012.SS) had a quarterly net loss of about 1.029 billion yuan (approximately $154.2 million), widening 23.38% year-on-year but narrowing 41.66% quarter-on-quarter; Daqo New Energy (688303.SS) had a quarterly net loss of about 411 million yuan (approximately $61.6 million), widening 659.14% year-on-year but narrowing 48.27% quarter-on-quarter. It will still take time to work off the supply-demand imbalance.
Overall, the current stabilization in the film segment is the combined result of changes in raw material costs, differences in corporate operating strategies and individual passive exits. With revenue performance diverging, some companies’ operating cash flow under pressure and losses in the main supply chain not yet reversed, the profit recovery in the film segment is not enough to prove that China’s entire photovoltaic supply chain has emerged from supply-demand imbalance, and the gap in earnings resilience between leading and second- and third-tier companies is expected to persist.
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This undated drone photo shows a view of the 1.5-gigawatt Abu Dhabi PV3 Al Ajban solar project in northeastern Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. With a Chinese company involved in its construction, the project is nearing grid connection, highlighting the growing China-UAE partnership in advancing the transition to low-carbon energy. (Power Construction Corporation of China/Handout via Xinhua)
This undated drone photo shows a view of the 1.5-gigawatt Abu Dhabi PV3 Al Ajban solar project in northeastern Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. With a Chinese company involved in its construction, the project is nearing grid connection, highlighting the growing China-UAE partnership in advancing the transition to low-carbon energy. (Power Construction Corporation of China/Handout via Xinhua)
This undated drone photo shows the photovoltaic panel area of the 1.5-gigawatt Abu Dhabi PV3 Al Ajban solar project in northeastern Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. With a Chinese company involved in its construction, the project is nearing grid connection, highlighting the growing China-UAE partnership in advancing the transition to low-carbon energy. (Power Construction Corporation of China/Handout via Xinhua)
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Controversial plans for a large solar farm and battery storage facility near a North Yorkshire village are to be reconsidered by the Planning Inspectorate after a High Court challenge overturned the decision to approve the development.
The Woolpots solar farm scheme, near Husthwaite, between Thirsk and Easingwold, was granted permission on appeal last October despite being refused by North Yorkshire Council.
However, the decision was subsequently challenged by local resident Philip Hewitson, who argued that the planning inspector had failed to properly consider the impact on the nearby Howardian Hills National Landscape.
The legal challenge was successful, with the High Court quashing the planning permission in August.
The Planning Inspectorate has now confirmed that the appeal will be reconsidered, with a reopened hearing provisionally scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 25.
However, opponents of the development, including Mr Hewitson and Husthwaite Parish Council, are calling for a full public inquiry instead.
They argue that changes to national policy and new evidence since the original appeal mean the proposals should be subjected to more detailed scrutiny, including cross-examination of witnesses.
The scheme, proposed by Woolpots Solar Farm Ltd, would cover approximately 126 acres of farmland and include solar panels capable of exporting around 32MW of electricity.
It would also incorporate a battery energy storage facility with a capacity of 37MWh, comprising up to 32 battery containers and associated infrastructure.
North Yorkshire Council previously refused permission over concerns about the impact on the surrounding landscape, views from the Howardian Hills and the loss of high-quality agricultural land.
Opponents say around 70 per cent of the proposed development site comprises the best and most versatile agricultural land.
They have also raised concerns about the cumulative impact of solar developments in the area and the safety of the proposed battery storage facility.
Husthwaite parish councillor Sarah Aspinall said there was growing concern about the concentration of solar developments across the wider Hambleton area.
She said: “There has also been a steady increase in the number of pending and approved solar and battery storage applications in the wider Hambleton area, with many concerned – both within and outside our parish – about cumulative impact and industrialisation of the countryside.”
She added that updated national fire safety guidance for large battery storage schemes was particularly relevant because of concerns about the proposed facility’s proximity to the village primary school.
Mr Hewitson said the development would threaten agricultural land and the area’s rural character.
He said: “There are a series of crises – energy security, food security, climate change, nature recovery and housing – placing the countryside under intense pressure.
“Predatory solar development on prime agricultural land compromises long-term food security and rural heritage for short-term energy convenience.”
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The legal challenge centred on whether the planning inspector had properly addressed strengthened legislation requiring public bodies to seek to further the conservation and enhancement of designated National Landscapes.
The High Court’s decision does not mean the solar farm must be refused permission, but requires the appeal to be determined again.
The applicant has not responded to requests from the Local Democracy Reporting Service to comment on the scheme.
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Empowering three million farmers through solar energy and expanding the adoption of agrivoltaics (Agri-PV) have emerged as key priorities in India’s strategy to make the global energy transition more inclusive, sustainable and livelihood-oriented. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Education and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Prahlad Joshi, underpinned that solar power must go beyond electricity generation to become an instrument of farmers’ prosperity, rural development and economic transformation.
Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo 2026, Joshi said India’s experience with solar-powered agriculture, particularly through the PM-KUSUM initiative, offered a scalable model for other developing countries. Through the International Solar Alliance (ISA), India is working to adapt this approach across member nations, especially in Africa, placing farmers at the centre of the global energy transition.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has consistently championed international solar cooperation, guided by the vision of Power to Empower and the principle of One Sun, One World, One Grid. The country’s election as President of the International Solar Alliance for an unprecedented third consecutive term reflects growing international confidence in its leadership, Joshi said.
Established jointly by India and France in 2015, the ISA has evolved into a major platform for international renewable energy cooperation, particularly for the Global South. It now has 130 signatory and member countries, providing a framework to mobilise investments, share technology and accelerate solar deployment.
Financing remains central to expanding solar infrastructure in developing economies. Joshi highlighted the USD 200 million Africa Solar Facility as an important mechanism to unlock investments in Africa’s distributed renewable energy sector. India’s commitment of approximately Rs 225 crore (USD 25 million) will support efforts to make affordable solar energy accessible to underserved communities. The USD 300 million Nigeria Distributed Renewable Energy Fund, he added, offers another model for scaling decentralised energy investments.
Beyond financing, the ISA is demonstrating how solar power can directly improve lives. Projects in Fiji, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles are supporting healthcare facilities, schools, clean drinking water systems and agricultural cold storage. These interventions are strengthening local livelihoods while enhancing climate resilience. The Alliance is also developing aggregated solar and energy-storage opportunities, beginning with Mauritius, to create replicable models for Small Island Developing States.
Joshi also highlighted the importance of building institutional and technological capabilities. The establishment of 17 Solar Technology Application Resource Centres, the Global Capability Centre–SHINE (Strategic Hub for Innovation and Execution), and an AI-enabled ISA Academy are aimed at strengthening skills, innovation and implementation capacity across member countries.
Pointing to the growing electricity requirements of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, he said affordable, reliable and clean electricity would become an increasingly important strategic resource for economies worldwide.
As India begins its third consecutive term at the helm of the ISA, Joshi said the focus would be on mobilising capital, accelerating project implementation and converting collective commitments into tangible benefits for communities. The larger ambition is to make solar cooperation a practical instrument of development, with farmers and underserved populations among its principal beneficiaries.
 
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China-headquartered All Back Contact (ABC) solar module and integrated solar-storage-solutions manufacturer AIKO has signed 1 GW of Gen 4 agreements at All Energy Australia where the new module range was also debuted ahead of its local market release.
The Gen 4 range includes the Gen 4 ABC 4.0 INFINITE Ultra cell, featuring six process upgrades that lift average production cell efficiency from 27.2% to 27.4%.
At the panel level, zero-gap cells, hidden rear connections (InvisiRibbon) and tighter string spacing cut non-generating area by about 20%, so 97% of the surface now produces power.
Every ABC INFINITE Ultra series format gains up to 20 W over the previous generation, at exactly the same size and weight, which means up to 30 W more power per panel, compared to TOPCon panels of the same dimension, the company said.
The 60-cell panel (1,954 × 1,134 mm) reaches 560 W, and the 72-cell panel (2,382 × 1,134 mm) reaches 700 W at 25.9% efficiency, the highest in the range.
Rear-side generation weakness is addressed by Gen 4 with the 66-cell bifacial panel now reaching up to 85% bifaciality and 670 W, which opens back contact to high-albedo sites, carports, ground-mounted systems and solar farms.
Agreements and growth
The company said the agreements show strong demand for its ABC solar modules from installers and customers, and which have already seen 1 GW of its panels delivered to Australian rooftop and grid-scale projects.
AIKO ANZ Head Thomas Bywater said the company is proud to have delivered its first GW of ABC solar to Australian homes and to have become the panel of choice in under three years.
“As Australia moves to unlock its ‘missing middle’ through the expanded rebate for systems up to 1 MW, AIKO is working closely with its distribution partners to bring high-efficiency solar solutions to commercial rooftops, helping Australian businesses access the full value of solar,” Bywater said.
AIKO said to respond to the company’s market growth it is expanding a local team and will focus on commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale solar, with a growing presence in New Zealand.
AIKO Head of APAC Alex Hang reflected on AIKO’s arrival into the Australian market, when ACB solar technology was new to most installers.
“Today, it is the panel so many of them choose for their own roofs,” Hang said.
“That journey belongs to the partners, installers and customers across Australia and New Zealand who put their trust in AIKO early. With Gen 4 and a growing local team, we are ready to deliver and ready to scale.”
Solar carport solution
At All-Energy Australia 2026, the company displayed a solar carport solution in partnership with local partner Canyon Solar, a Mittagong, New South Wales (NSW), business that designs prefabricated, modular solar canopies.
Built with AIKO panels, the carport gives facilities whose roof space is limited for the system they need, a way to generate more clean energy from the space they already have.
AIKO said it has become the No. 1 panel brand in OpenSolar quoting, with close to 20% of active monthly solar proposals nationwide.
Installers also voted AIKO No. 1 in the SolarQuotes Installers’ Choice Awards in both 2025 and 2026 and ranked it the best panel in SolarCalculator’s 2026 Solar Installer Survey, with an average score of 9.4 out of 10.
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Scatec has begun construction on the first phase of its solar power plant, which will supply electricity to the Aluminium Company of Egypt (Egyptalum).
The Norwegian energy company has signed loan agreements for the first phase of the Dandara Solar Power project in Egypt, which was first announced in 2025.
The first phase of the project comprises a 569 MW solar plant and a 100-MWh battery energy storage system.
The plant will supply renewable electricity to Egyptalum under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
Dandara will generate approximately 1.4 TWh of clean electricity and lead to abatement of more than 550,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually.
Egyptalum said the project would help reduce its carbon footprint and meet evolving trade-related environmental standards, as well as strengthen the appeal and competitiveness of Egyptian products in international markets.
Commercial operation for the first phase is targeted for the first half of 2028.
Scatec expects construction of the second phase to commence in H1 2027.
Scatec CEO Terje Pilskog, said: “Dandara is another major milestone in Scatec’s journey in Egypt. Building on the successful delivery of Obelisk, Africa’s largest hybrid solar and battery installation, we are now bringing the same integrated model to industrial decarbonisation at scale.
“Supplying renewable power to one of Egypt’s most energy-intensive industries under a long-term agreement backed by a sovereign guarantee demonstrate the quality of what we are building in Egypt, and the confidence that leading development finance institutions place in Scatec as a partner.”
The non-recourse project financing comprises USD 217 million and is provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), African Development Bank (AfDB), and European Investment Bank (EIB).
The financing amount corresponds to approximately 80% of total estimated capex for the first phase of USD 271 million.
In addition, Scatec has signed a partnership agreement with National Bank of Egypt (NBE), which will join with a 20% ownership stake in the project.
Consequently, Scatec holds a 56% ownership interest in the Dandara project; 36% through the EBRD platform and 20% outside the platform.
Scatec will deliver Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC), Asset Management (AM), and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) services for the project.
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A cramped market in the heart of Dhaka has become an unlikely ground zero for Bangladesh’s energy transition. Down narrow aisles crowded with shoppers and delivery workers, tiny storefronts are overflowing with rows of solar panels and batteries.
Monju Hossain, a sales representative for Dongjin Group Bangladesh, said the retailer is struggling to keep up with demand, with sales jumping 50% in recent months from a year earlier. The country’s worsening energy crisis, triggered by the war in the Middle East, is pushing households and businesses to seek alternatives to an increasingly unreliable grid.

“The blackouts in Bangladesh have gotten worse, which has increased the need for our equipment,” said Hossain, in a shop on the second floor of the Kaptan Bazar. “Demand from industrial customers has increased significantly, as they have to keep factories running.”
The busy market offers a glimpse of how the Middle East energy shock is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels in poorer countries. From the Philippines to Pakistan and Nigeria, people are turning to solar and batteries to cut utility bills or just to keep the lights and machinery on. It’s a threat to the long-term demand outlook for liquefied natural gas, given that populous developing nations like Bangladesh have long been touted as high-growth markets for the super-chilled fuel.
The South Asian nation of 180 million has been one of the hardest-hit by the disruption to energy flows from the Persian Gulf. Load-shedding — or rolling blackouts — have stretched to as long as 18 hours a day in some parts of the country this year as LNG exports from Qatar, formerly Bangladesh’s main supplier, slowed to a trickle.
To help make up the shortfall, Bangladesh has been buying LNG on the spot market, at around triple the price of its contracted supply from Qatar, forcing utilities to hike electricity bills. That combination of higher costs and power cuts is pushing consumers toward renewables. Even Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has installed solar panels on his house, according to local media reports this week.

An informal survey of more than three dozen stalls at the Kaptan Bazar — one of Bangladesh’s biggest hubs for solar equipment — found that all of the shops have seen demand increase to varying degrees. A plunge in the cost of solar panels and batteries in recent years has made the technology more affordable for regular households, spurring sales not just in Dhaka’s markets, but across the country.
China, the world’s dominant manufacturer of solar and battery equipment, is helping enable the shift. Bangladesh’s imports of the equipment from the country more than doubled to about $140 million in the March through September period from a year earlier.
Panels made by China’s Jinko Solar and Longi Green Energy Technology are by far the most popular due to their low price and reliability, according to the Dhaka store owners. Buying a 750-watt panel, enough for a single household, costs about 15,000 taka ($121), compared to about 38,000 taka a year in electricity bills.
Adding a battery and associated equipment will quickly boost the outlay by several times, but those costs can be recouped within a decade for a normal family, Dongjin Group’s Hossain said.
The shift to solar is being abetted by Dhaka, which cut import tariffs on the equipment in September. The government is aiming for renewables to make up 20% of the power mix by 2030 and 30% by 2040, according to a local media report this week that cited Prime Minister Rahman. That’s up from just 2.5% last year.
Authorities have accepted that more clean power will reduce the country’s vulnerability to this and future energy shocks, according to Shafiqul Alam, the lead analyst for Bangladesh at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. The cut in solar import taxes is a help, but it’s more beneficial for high-income households that can afford to buy the systems upfront.

“For lower-income groups, they might consider models like India’s capital subsidy,” he said, referring to a program that provides households with subsidies and other payments for installing solar equipment.
Abdul Hakim began installing rooftop solar at his ceramics factory in Dhaka about six months ago. He now sees enough enthusiasm for the technology that his company is considering expanding into the energy business, itself, supplying panels and lithium batteries.
“Demand is high,” said Hakim, managing director of Excellent Ceramics Industries. The next step for Bangladeshi consumers is lithium, he said. “For the backup, they need a lithium battery.” Still, the kiln at Hakim’s factory runs on natural gas and can’t be fully replaced by solar.
The country’s textile and garments plants — Bangladesh’s top export — which supply international brands like H&M and Ralph Lauren have a similar problem. Textile manufacturing is energy-intensive, with gas-fired boilers producing steam that’s used in dyeing and finishing the fabrics.
Mosharaf Hossain, one of Bangladesh’s leading industrialists, said his clothing factory’s on-site boiler produces far more power than he could generate from solar panels on the available land, and even if he could, renewable energy couldn’t fully meet his needs.
“Solar only produces electricity, not steam for industrial boilers,” said Hossain, the chairman of the Mosharaf Group, one of the country’s biggest textile producers.
Despite solar’s unsuitability for some industries, the energy crisis is forcing companies in almost every part of Bangladesh’s economy to think about how renewables can help cut costs.
At the InterContinental Hotel in Dhaka, grid outages plunge the building into darkness several times a week, before onsite diesel generators restore power less than 10 seconds later. For guests, it’s a brief inconvenience, but it forces the hotel to burn more diesel at a time when prices for the fuel are near record highs.
The hotel is looking at installing solar panels on its roof, according to one of its managerial staff. Lithium-ion batteries could allow it to store that power and reduce its reliance on the costly diesel generators, he said.
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Plans to build a 126-acre (50 hectare) solar farm in North Yorkshire are to be reconsidered after a High Court judge quashed a previous decision to grant permission.
The Woolpots scheme, near the village of Husthwaite, was approved on appeal in October 2025, after being refused by North Yorkshire Council.
This was then overturned in August following a legal challenge from resident Philip Hewitson, who argued that the plan did not properly consider the impact on the landscape.
The Planning Inspectorate has now said the appeal will be reconsidered, with a hearing set for 25 November.
The scheme, proposed by Woolpots Solar Farm Ltd, includes solar panels capable of exporting around 32MW of electricity.
It would also incorporate a battery energy storage facility (BESS) with a capacity of 37MWh, comprising up to 32 battery containers and associated infrastructure, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The council initially refused permission over concerns about the impact on the surrounding landscape, views from the Howardian Hills and the loss of high-quality agricultural land.
The High Court decision does not mean the solar farm must be refused permission, but requires the appeal to be determined again.
Opponents say around 70% of the proposed development site comprises the best and most versatile agricultural land.
Husthwaite parish councillor Sarah Aspinall said there was growing concern about the concentration of solar developments across the wider Hambleton area.
She said: "There has also been a steady increase in the number of pending and approved solar and battery storage applications in the wider Hambleton area, with many concerned – both within and outside our parish – about cumulative impact and industrialisation of the countryside."
The applicant has not responded to requests from the Local Democracy Reporting Service to comment on the scheme.
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Councillors said the government's national framework left them with no choice but to allow the farm.
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Africa’s clean energy manufacturing ambitions could extend beyond solar panels to battery materials, electric vehicles, green steel and low-carbon chemicals, as the continent looks to capture more value from its mineral resources and renewable energy potential.
The opportunity is significant. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Africa currently accounts for less than 1% of the value generated from clean energy technology manufacturing, despite supplying around 75% of global manganese, 70% of cobalt and nearly 20% of copper. These minerals are essential inputs for batteries and other energy technologies.
The IEA’s 2025 report, Stepping Up the Value Chain in Africa, identifies mineral processing, low-emission industrial materials and clean energy equipment manufacturing as three potential growth areas for the continent.
However, the challenge extends beyond establishing manufacturing facilities. Africa imports 94% of its installed solar panels from China, with these imports costing $2.4 billion in the 12 months to June, according to figures presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at a recent Pan-African policy conference. Some of the continent’s new manufacturing capacity is also intended for export markets, while domestic demand continues to rely on imported equipment.
The IEA identifies opportunities for East African countries to produce spherical graphite for battery anodes, while South Africa and Gabon could expand production of high-purity manganese sulphate. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia also have resources that could support processed cobalt and copper production.
Under the IEA’s high-potential scenario, the market value of Africa’s mineral sector could reach $120 billion by 2040, nearly 75% higher than current levels.
The opportunity also extends to green industrial materials. Countries with renewable electricity resources could use low-carbon power and green hydrogen to produce iron and ammonia. The IEA estimates that low-emission iron exports could fetch more than four times the value of equivalent iron ore exports at current prices.
This would allow African economies to move further into industrial processing rather than relying primarily on mineral exports.
India’s solar manufacturing expansion provides an example of how government intervention, domestic demand and manufacturing incentives can help build an industry.
The country’s solar module manufacturing capacity increased from 2.3 GW in 2014 to approximately 172 GW by March 2026, according to government data.
The PLI scheme linked financial incentives to the production and sale of high-efficiency modules, with additional benefits for manufacturers achieving higher domestic value addition. The government also introduced ALMM requirements to support demand for domestically listed products.
The approach helped India expand its manufacturing base and attract investment across the solar module and cell segments.
For African countries, the lesson is that manufacturing incentives need to be accompanied by investments in mineral processing, component production, technology development and regional supply chains.
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Here are the latest planning applications submitted to Cherwell District Council for Banbury, Bicester, Bloxham, and surrounding villages.
New home
Permission in principle is being sought for a new dwelling on land south of 25 Evenley Road in Mixbury, Cherwell.
The application, case officer Samuel Dix, is currently under consideration.
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Tree works
A number of tree works have been proposed across the district.
At 32 Bloxham Road in Banbury, a eucalyptus tree is to be repollarded, retaining inner growth, and a cotoneaster is to have its canopy reduced by two metres.
At Orchard House in Upper Heyford, near Bicester, a lime screen will be pollarded back to previous pruning points, and two cherry trees will have overextended branches reduced by 1.5 metres to clear the property.
In Duns Tew, just south of Banbury, a silver birch is to be reduced by two metres, while a catalpa and a hornbeam hedge will be trimmed and shaped.
Telecommunications infrastructure
Two applications have been submitted for telecommunications infrastructure.
At Manor Farm on Twyford Road in Adderbury, an existing base station is to be upgraded with the installation of a new dish on a support pole at 18.5 metres above ground level.
On Bankside in Banbury, 17 eight-metre light wooden poles are proposed as part of fixed-line broadband infrastructure.
Extensions and alterations
Several properties are seeking permission for extensions and alterations.
At Firs Hill on Tadmarton Road in Bloxham, near Banbury, single-storey extensions are proposed for existing ancillary accommodation.
At 8 Colegrave Road in Bloxham, an infill extension between the dwelling and garage is planned.
At 1 Pipers Croft in Banbury, a single-storey side extension to form a garage is proposed, along with the replacement of an existing brick boundary wall with timber fencing and the installation of permeable driveway paving.
In Bicester, 34 Villiers Road is seeking permission for a single-storey rear extension with a flat roof.
Outbuildings
A number of outbuildings are proposed or have been retrospectively applied for.
At 2 Ellison Drive in Banbury, two existing wooden sheds are to be demolished and replaced with a single-storey outbuilding.
At Autumn Barn, Whitelands Farm in Bicester, retrospective permission is sought for a timber garden shed.
At 42 Goodwood Close in Bicester, a new garden shed is proposed.
Energy infrastructure
Broughton Grange on Wykham Lane in Broughton has submitted an application for a 60kW solar PV system.
At 50 Coopers Green in Bicester, an air source heat pump is proposed, with planning permission required due to noise levels exceeding MCS planning standards.
Full details of all applications can be found on the Cherwell District Council planning portal.
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Organic solar cells have a flex problem, and it is not about bending. They bend beautifully. The problem is that they waste too much sunlight as lost voltage. A team in Japan has now mapped a practical rule for keeping current while losing less voltage, and the trick is stiffness at the molecular scale.
The work comes from Prof. Hirohiko Fukagawa at the Center for Frontier Science at Chiba University, with NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories and Kyoto University. The thermodynamic framework published in Advanced Materials on October 7, 2026 links two ideas: a thermodynamic boundary for photocurrent and lower voltage loss from rigid donor molecules. Chiba University described the results in a press release from Chiba University on October 28, 2026. This is a lab design rule tested in model cells, not a shipping panel.
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Silicon dominates rooftops because it is efficient and durable. Organic solar cells play a different game. They use carbon-based semiconductors that can be thin, light, and flexible.
That opens up uses that silicon handles poorly. Think stretchable solar cells for wearables and robot skin, curved surfaces, and transparent solar panels for windows. It also enables indoor solar cells that run on room light for small sensors.
Efficiency is usually written as PCE, or power conversion efficiency. It is the share of incoming sunlight turned into electricity. Lab organic cells have now approached 20 percent, and many reports have passed that mark.
Search interest reflects that tension. People ask about the efficiency record, the highest efficiency so far, how efficient the cells are in practice, plus cost and lifespan. The honest answer is that organic solar cell efficiency is rising, but voltage loss remains the main brake.
Here is the short version with plain definitions.
Think of a dance floor. Light creates a dancing pair. The pair must split up to do useful work. If they cling together or collapse back into a glow, the cell loses energy.
Organic solar research is more than six decades old. For much of that time, designers faced a blunt tradeoff.
Give charges a big energy drop, and current flows easily. But that same drop lowers voltage. Shrink the drop to save voltage and current can fade. It is like pressing the gas while riding the brake.
Older work focused on the first step, from exciton to CT state. How much push did that step need? Different material systems gave different answers. The new study asks a broader question.
Can charges reach the fully separated free state without wasting extra energy along the way. That shift matters because a cell only delivers power when free charges reach the electrodes.
The team compared two measured energies in solid films.
When the optical gap was larger than the free carrier energy, the test cells kept making current. When the free carrier energy rose above the optical gap, current fell. The practical line sat near zero difference.
Stay near it and current survives. Move too far past it and current drops. Power conversion also tended to rise near that line in these test cells, which is an energy alignment rule rather than a commercial record.
Molecules vibrate. Flexible molecules reshape after they absorb light. That relaxation spreads out the CT energy and deepens the trap.
Rigid molecules hold their shape. Less reshaping means less energy lost as heat or glow. Glow here means radiative recombination, or light reemitted instead of current collected. That glow path cuts directly into voltage.
The Japanese team tested donors with different backbone rigidity. In several rigid donor systems, the effective CT binding energy fell to 0.1 eV or less. That number is the gap between the CT state and free charges. A smaller gap means the CT state sits close to free charges and needs little extra push to split.
The clearest pair used the same acceptor, called A-6. Both systems had the same free carrier energy, 2.60 eV in test cells.
HN-D2 had the larger optical gap, yet it gave the lower voltage in test cells. The rigid system kept the CT state higher and closer to free charges. That is stiffness paying off as voltage.
The authors add a careful caveat. Binding energy alone does not set performance. Charge spreading across molecules, molecular packing, and the electric environment at the boundary also matter. Stiffness helps, but it is one lever among several.
The team built simplified vapor-deposited planar model cells, not commercial blends and not flexible modules. Donor and acceptor layers were separate. Film thickness was fixed at 30 nm to limit changes in light absorption and shape. Real flexible organic modules normally use bulk heterojunction blends, where donor and acceptor are mixed at the nanoscale. That is a different and much harder architecture, and the team lists testing this rule in those blends as future work.
Only the donor absorbed visible light. The acceptor stayed largely transparent. That design isolates the energy effect instead of mixing it with morphology effects.
Those tools measure ionization energy and electron affinity in films, closer to real device conditions than solution electrochemistry. The paper frames the boundary as a broad thermodynamic test, not one narrow pathway. It asks whether charges can reach full separation, however they get there.
Prof. Fukagawa put it this way, with the original release linked nearby: “In this study, we focused not only on whether a CT state can be formed, but also on whether electrons and holes can then reach a free charge state in which they are sufficiently separated.” That distinction is the core of the study.
This rule does not ship as a panel tomorrow. It tells chemists where to aim.
Near the boundary, a cell can keep current while giving up less voltage. Rigid donors make that zone more forgiving. For products, that could translate into:
The long-term goal is practical bulk heterojunction cells, the mixed structures used in higher-performance devices. Those blends add complexity, so the team says the next step is to test whether the same boundary holds there. As Prof. Fukagawa noted in the release, “If these principles can be incorporated into practical bulk heterojunction materials, they may help researchers develop solar cells that generate current efficiently while losing less energy as voltage. In the longer term, such devices could make solar energy harvesting more practical in lightweight, flexible, and space-limited applications that are difficult for conventional silicon modules.”
For context on where records stand across solar types, the NREL efficiency chart tracks best confirmed research cells. Organic cells sit below silicon on peak efficiency, so design rules that cut voltage loss matter more than one more small record.
Lab cells have approached and in some reports passed 20 percent power conversion efficiency. That is a test device number under standard light, not a rooftop system rating. Voltage loss is still the main reason they lag silicon.
Records move often and depend on cell size and test rules. Use an independent tracker such as NREL for the current certified value. The Chiba study is not claiming a new record. It reports higher efficiency near its energy boundary within its own set of about 40 model cells.
A donor is the carbon-based semiconductor that absorbs light and donates an electron. It works with an acceptor, which receives the electron. Efficient splitting of that pair is what creates current.
It is the middle stage after light absorption. The electron and hole sit on different molecules but remain weakly bound across the donor-acceptor boundary. If they separate fully, the cell gains current. If they recombine and glow, the cell loses voltage.
Rigid backbones relax less after excitation, so the CT state sits closer to free charges. The v-DABNA vs HN-D2 pair in the table shows the mechanism. Lower binding near the boundary supports both current and voltage.
No. This is a materials design guideline from planar model cells with 30 nm layers. Real products will need the same ideas tested in mixed bulk heterojunction films, plus gains in lifespan, cost and scale. Lifespan and cost were not the focus of this paper.
The advance is conceptual but useful. Match the donor optical gap to free carrier energy to keep current. Then use rigid donors to keep the CT state shallow and protect voltage. Both numbers come from test cells, stated alongside each claim, and both need validation in practical blends.
If that transfer succeeds, bendable solar gets a clearer path forward. Less glow, more go.
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Solex Energy is considering investments in the United States as part of a $1.5 bn roadmap through 2030, according to chairman and managing director Chetan Shah. The Gujarat-based company currently operates a 4 GW module facility and plans to increase module capacity to 10 GW. It is also establishing 10 GW of cell capacity and 2 GW of ingot and wafer production.
The proposed US facilities remain under evaluation, with locations, investment requirements and other details yet to be disclosed. Solex is assessing the opportunities in response to US demand for clean-energy components and trade conditions affecting Chinese imports. The company has not announced a construction schedule or final investment allocation between India and the US.
The capacity figures require caution because installed capacity does not necessarily represent operating output. Shah said much of India’s module capacity uses older mono PERC technology and that several facilities are non-operational, while newer plants have been established for TOPCon modules. The information available does not provide utilisation rates, production volumes or a technology-wise breakdown of functioning plants, preventing a precise assessment of the effective gap.
The issue also has implications for India’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers framework, or ALMM-II, which links solar deployment to approved domestic sourcing. Shah said the industry supports the government’s objectives but has sought an extension of ALMM-II by at least 12 months because of current cell availability. That remains an industry request rather than a government decision.
Solex’s plans illustrate the need to assess manufacturing strength by operational capacity and supply-chain depth rather than headline announcements alone. The company’s next disclosures will need to clarify the commissioning timeline for its Indian facilities, the usability of existing module capacity and the location and scale of its proposed US projects.
India has reported solar module manufacturing capacity of about 262 GW, compared with around 37 GW of cell capacity as of October 2026, highlighting a significant imbalance in the renewable-energy supply chain. The gap has emerged as manufacturers expand module production while domestic availability of cells and upstream components remains more limited. Solex Energy is considering investments in the United States as part of a $1.5 bn roadmap through 2030, according to chairman and managing director Chetan Shah. The Gujarat-based company currently operates a 4 GW module facility and plans to increase module capacity to 10 GW. It is also establishing 10 GW of cell capacity and 2 GW of ingot and wafer production. The proposed US facilities remain under evaluation, with locations, investment requirements and other details yet to be disclosed. Solex is assessing the opportunities in response to US demand for clean-energy components and trade conditions affecting Chinese imports. The company has not announced a construction schedule or final investment allocation between India and the US. The capacity figures require caution because installed capacity does not necessarily represent operating output. Shah said much of India’s module capacity uses older mono PERC technology and that several facilities are non-operational, while newer plants have been established for TOPCon modules. The information available does not provide utilisation rates, production volumes or a technology-wise breakdown of functioning plants, preventing a precise assessment of the effective gap. The issue also has implications for India’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers framework, or ALMM-II, which links solar deployment to approved domestic sourcing. Shah said the industry supports the government’s objectives but has sought an extension of ALMM-II by at least 12 months because of current cell availability. That remains an industry request rather than a government decision. Solex’s plans illustrate the need to assess manufacturing strength by operational capacity and supply-chain depth rather than headline announcements alone. The company’s next disclosures will need to clarify the commissioning timeline for its Indian facilities, the usability of existing module capacity and the location and scale of its proposed US projects.
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Turkey’s Solar Boom Shines Ahead of a UN Climate Summit but Coal and Other Fossil Fuels Loom Large  U.S. News & World Report
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First Solar (FSLR) stock trades at 10.7 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. Closing only part of that discount would cover a 50% jump in the share price, but the solar module maker would first need to get its sales growing again. The stock closed at $318.25 as recently as June 3, 2026. That price sits 71.2% above the latest close, so a 50% jump would only take the shares partway back. So is First Solar a sound business on sale, or a fairly priced one whose sales have started to shrink?

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First Solar’s Profit Margins Are At A Ten-Year High
The profit behind that low multiple shows up in the company’s margins. First Solar recorded a 37.7% operating margin over the four quarters to September 30, 2026. That marks the highest level across any of the 40 quarter ends since fiscal Q4 2016. Gross margin in fiscal Q3 2026 climbed about 20 percentage points from a year earlier. Management said a higher mix of U.S.-produced modules mainly accounted for the increase.
Net income over the twelve months reached $1.86 billion, up from $1.4 billion a year earlier. First Solar also carries little debt. The company held $0.325 billion in debt on September 30, 2026, alongside $1.62 billion of cash and short-term investments.
Sales Have Stopped Growing At First Solar
The value case weakens on the sales front. Revenue for the twelve months to September 30, 2026, fell 0.7% from a year earlier to $5.01 billion. Over the past three years, growth averaged 17.4%.
The latest quarter proved even weaker. Fiscal Q3 2026 revenue fell 22.8%. Management said lower module volumes sold to third parties mainly caused the decline. During an October 29, 2026 call, management added that customers are postponing module purchases for early-stage projects. Management pointed to local opposition, inflation and changing tariffs.
Where Is The Cash Behind First Solar’s Profit?
Much of First Solar’s profit has not turned into cash. Cash from operations ran negative in each of the first three quarters of 2026. Cash from operations totaled $0.839 billion over the twelve months to September 30, 2026, amounting to less than half of net income. The low P/E multiple therefore rests on profit that has mostly not come in as cash. A buyer paying this multiple gets neither growth nor cash if sales continue shrinking and the cash fails to catch up.
How First Solar Is Responding To Slower Sales
Management is choosing price and certainty over volume. First Solar has raised prices since the Section 232 proclamation, although management would not say what price it expects to realize. Section 232 involves U.S. tariffs proclaimed in the third quarter. Management called those tariffs a structural change in how the United States approaches solar manufacturing. The company also shifted toward project-specific contracting. Management says this approach allows for more efficient delivery planning. First Solar held 44 gigawatts under contract at the end of September. These contracts are worth about $13.5 billion, with deliveries running through 2030.
Management also cut its 2026 net sales forecast to a $4.75 billion midpoint, down from $5.05 billion in July. The gross profit forecast stayed at $2.5 billion. The board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $500 million.
What A Buyer At Today’s Price Is Betting On
First Solar’s margins are holding at a ten-year high, while its sales are not growing. Buyers at this price are betting the market has mispriced a business whose margins hold. They are also betting that sales volume will follow once price discovery settles in the wake of Section 232. Management says that process is going to take a while. The figure to watch is First Solar’s net sales for full-year 2026, which the company is expected to report in February 2027.
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Row after row of solar panels stretches across a vast landscape in the central Turkish province of Konya, turning sunlight into electricity — and helping Turkey, the host of the upcoming U.N. climate summit, spotlight its efforts to expand renewable energy. Still, advocates for robust action on climate change say Turkey's cleaner energy ambitions stand in sharp contrast to its continued reliance on coal. (AP video shot by Emrah Gurel & Mehmet Guzel)
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Solar panels frying animals?? Sir… they don't even get that hot 😂 Follow the money and you'll see who's scared of the competition 🤷🏾‍♂️
Random fact: the first practical silicon solar cell was unveiled at Bell Labs in 1954.

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With the help of McClure Company Manheim Township School District installed 1,224 solar panels atop Manheim Township Middle School in October 2026. 
With the help of McClure Company Manheim Township School District installed 1,224 solar panels atop Manheim Township Middle School in October 2026. 
With the help of McClure Company Manheim Township School District installed 1,224 solar panels atop Manheim Township Middle School in October 2026. 
 
Manheim Township School District installed 1,224 solar panels atop its middle school in October, making it the latest school-based renewable energy project in Lancaster County, joining solar installations at Conestoga Valley and Elizabethtown Area school district buildings.
The 734 kilowatt system at the Manheim Township Middle School is expected to generate 925,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy per year, for an estimated $45,000 in annual savings for the 6,000-student district. Manheim Township plans to operate on a $138.53 million budget this school year.
Manheim Township’s solar array came at no cost to the district. The Harrisburg-based energy service organization McClure covered upfront costs associated with the design, installation and maintenance of the solar panel system. Under the 30-year agreement, McClure will own and maintain the system while providing the district long-term access to renewable energy at a predictable cost.
With the help of McClure Company Manheim Township School District installed 1,224 solar panels atop Manheim Township Middle School in October 2026. 
Under the agreement, district spokesperson Jenn Davidson said McClure would sell energy to the district at a rate of $0.1056 per kWh, with a 2% annual escalation which is currently lower than PPL Electrical Utilities’ rate of $0.1308 per kWh.
“Beyond providing an immediate cost advantage compared to standard utility pricing, this agreement secures long-term budget certainty and stability for the district in the face of ongoing energy market volatility,” Davidson said.
Democratic state Rep. Nikki Rivera, of Manheim Township, attended a ribbon-cutting for the solar panel installation in October alongside Philadelphia state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, a Democrat who chairs the state House of Representatives Energy Committee.
Rivera praised the district for installing the solar panels and offering “impactful education for younger generations on the power of renewable energy and its benefit to our – THEIR – environment,” in a post to her Facebook Oct. 24.
In addition to providing energy for the district, the solar panel system will provide a learning experience for students. The district plans to create an interactive public dashboard allowing students, staff and community members to view the energy generated in real time.
The district is also seeking funding through the state’s Solar for Schools Grant program to install solar panels on a yet-to-be constructed maintenance/food service building.
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Through the Solar for Schools program established in 2024, Pennsylvania schools can reduce the cost of implementing solar energy systems with funding from the state Department of Community and Economic Development. The district is requesting up to $360,000 in grant funding for the proposed 221-kilowatt solar panel system.
East of Manheim Township, Conestoga Valley’s 84-panel installation on its Gerald Huesken Middle School building generated 79,110 kWh and saved the district $13,448.70 since it began operating in April 2025, according to Technology Education teacher Matt Maisano.
A Conestoga Valley Education Foundation grant, which Maisano secured, covered $65,000 of the nearly $90,000 installation.
Additional savings through Solar Renewable Energy Credits are funneled back into the foundation to fund future grants and educational opportunities in the district. Pennsylvania law allows solar panel owners to earn a credit for every 1,000 kWh generated by their system and those credits can be traded in for added revenue as an incentive for using renewable energy.
Elizabethtown Area has been using solar energy since 2019, when McClure installed a 500 kilowatt system consisting of 2,000 solar panels, district spokesperson Troy Portser said in an email Tuesday. The panels were installed on ground between Bear Creek and East High Street schools in Mount Joy Township; the system is estimated to generate 640,000 kW of energy per year, or enough to power 59 homes and travel 1.9 million miles with an electric car, Portser said.
Elizabethtown Area partnered with McClure in 2017 to install the panels with no upfront capital costs — an agreement similar to that of Manheim Township’s and made possible through the 2016 Guaranteed Energy Savings Act.
Under the 2016 act, public entities — including school districts, local governments and state agencies — can partner with Energy Service Companies to make major energy and facility improvements guaranteed to result in energy and operational cost savings that would meet or exceed the cost of the project over its contract term.
McClure and Elizabethtown Area’s 20-year contract also made updates to light fixtures, HVAC settings and to the buildings themselves possible.
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A countryside campaign group has taken the first step towards a legal challenge against Government approval of a huge solar farm stretching across Northamptonshire.
CPRE Northamptonshire says it has initiated the pre-action protocol process for a potential judicial review of the decision to approve Green Hill Solar Farm.
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The organisation is challenging the consent granted on October 8 for the 500-megawatt development, which would occupy several sites between Northampton and Wellingborough and extend towards Milton Keynes.
It says it is working with MPs Sarah Bool and Stuart Andrew, who have separately written to the two Northamptonshire unitary councils seeking support.
The Government approved the project following a six-month Planning Inspectorate examination, concluding its renewable energy and energy security benefits outweighed the identified environmental harm.
However, CPRE argues the scheme would have unacceptable consequences for productive farmland, rural communities and the landscape.
In evidence submitted during the examination in April, the group claimed approximately 3,000 acres of land currently used for food production would be affected, with 65 per cent of the scheme’s land classified as best and most versatile agricultural land.
It also criticised the project’s dispersed layout, arguing that separate solar sites would collectively alter the character of a wide area of countryside.
Further objections concerned the proposed battery energy storage facility at Grendon, including potential fire risks, flooding and the proximity of homes and environmentally sensitive sites.
CPRE also questioned the proposed 60-year operating period, arguing that 40 years would better protect future options for agricultural use.
Both West Northamptonshire Council and North Northamptonshire Council previously raised concerns about the 60-year lifespan.
Government inspectors acknowledged that 854.5 hectares of high-quality agricultural land would be unavailable for arable farming during the project’s operation, alongside adverse landscape and wildlife impacts.
The scheme includes solar panels, underground cables, battery storage and associated electricity infrastructure, with a connection to the network at Grendon.
CPRE said in its latest statement: “Bad decisions such as this scheme cannot go unchallenged if the balance between renewable energy and food security is to be maintained.”
A pre-action protocol letter does not mean a judicial review has been granted or that a court has overturned the approval.
The campaign group has not announced the outcome of its approach to the councils.
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JA has been named the exclusive photovoltaic (PV) module supplier for Teraco’s 120MW Sediba solar project in Parys, in South Africa’s Free State province. The company will provide the high efficiency n-type modules needed for the large scale renewable energy development.
Sediba is owned by Teraco, a provider of carrier, cloud and vendor neutral data centre environments for colocation services. The plant will generate renewable electricity for the national grid, and the matching renewable energy allocation will be supplied to Teraco’s data centre operations through a power wheeling arrangement with local municipalities and Eskom.
Once operational, the project is expected to produce more than 354,000MWh of renewable electricity annually. Operations are scheduled to start by the end of 2026.
The Sediba site presents the kind of operating environment in which long term PV performance is critical. High summer temperatures, intense solar irradiation, dust, seasonal thunderstorms and wide temperature variations can place sustained pressure on solar modules over their operating life. Following technical evaluation and testing, JA was chosen as exclusive supplier on the strength of the performance, durability and long term reliability of its technology.
JA’s n-type modules are designed to maintain strong energy output while withstanding demanding environmental and mechanical conditions, including high temperatures, hail and heavy loads. These qualities are particularly important for utility scale projects expected to operate reliably for several decades. For Sediba, module selection therefore went beyond initial power output. Long term degradation, mechanical integrity, product consistency and the ability to perform across changing conditions are all central to the project’s lifetime generation profile.
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JA also points to its approach to manufacturing quality and supply chain management, which it applies consistently across its global operations. Key materials used in its modules, including glass and soldering ribbon, can be traced throughout the manufacturing process, while detailed environmental and supply chain records provide visibility across the product lifecycle. The company says this combination of manufacturing control, material traceability and product testing gives project owners greater confidence in module quality and long term performance, especially in large installations where consistency across thousands of modules is essential.
The supplier also highlights its focus on reducing the environmental impact of solar generation across the full value chain. Its climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, its manufacturing operations include measures to cut carbon emissions linked to PV production, and it operates nationally recognised green factories. By pairing lower carbon manufacturing with high efficiency modules, JA aims to extend the environmental benefits of renewable energy beyond electricity generation itself.
For customers developing large scale renewable energy projects, this increasingly means weighing not only how much electricity a module can generate, but also its longevity, manufacturing efficiency, supply chain transparency and lifecycle environmental performance.
Sediba gives JA an important reference project in Africa as investment in renewable energy infrastructure continues to grow across the continent. Large commercial and industrial electricity users are turning to renewable generation and wheeling arrangements to secure cleaner power, manage long term energy needs and support their sustainability objectives. In this environment, dependable PV performance and predictable lifetime generation are becoming ever more important.
JA’s role at Sediba shows how proven module technology can meet these requirements at utility scale. As the project moves towards operation, it will showcase JA’s n-type technology in one of South Africa’s more demanding solar environments and further demonstrate the company’s ability to support complex, large scale renewable energy projects.
For enquiries on the African continent, email: [email protected]
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ABU DHABI — Under the bright desert sun, rows of photovoltaic panels stretch toward the horizon, their steel mounts casting parallel shadows on pale-yellow sand.
The vast solar array is part of the 1.5-gigawatt Abu Dhabi PV3 Al Ajban solar project in northeastern Abu Dhabi. With a Chinese company involved in its construction, the project is nearing grid connection, highlighting the growing China-UAE partnership in advancing the transition to low-carbon energy.
Inside the substation area, electrical equipment of different sizes stands in orderly rows, while workers in helmets and reflective vests are completing the remaining construction work.
“Once completed, the plant is expected to generate 4.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, enough for about 160,000 households,” said Wang Xinjin, project manager with Power Construction Corporation of China, or PowerChina.
The project is expected to cut carbon dioxide emissions by around 2.4 million metric tons each year, supporting the UAE in expanding its clean energy supply and advancing its low-carbon transition, Wang added.
Spanning about 20 square kilometers, the project is Power-China’s first large-scale solar power project in the country. PowerChina’s Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited is responsible for its engineering, procurement, and construction.
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Chinese-made photovoltaic installation robots have also been deployed at the site, bringing greater automation to module installation.
From solar panels to intelligent construction equipment, China’s renewable energy advances are increasingly being applied in energy infrastructure projects across the Gulf region.
The UAE has accelerated renewable energy development in recent years to diversify its energy mix and has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Several solar and wind projects involving Chinese companies have begun operations, harnessing the country’s abundant sunshine and wind resources to generate clean electricity.
In the desert south of Dubai, phases four and five of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park present different approaches to converting sunlight into electricity.
The fourth phase, built by Shanghai Electric Group, combines 700 megawatts of concentrated solar power with 250 MW of photovoltaic capacity.
Shanghai Electric also participated in the fifth phase, a 900-MW photovoltaic project now in operation, expected to reduce carbon emissions by about 1.18 million tons per year. Together, the two projects can cut emissions by about 2.78 million tons annually.
Chinese companies are also helping the UAE explore renewable sources beyond solar power.
The UAE Wind Program, the country’s first utility-scale wind power project, was completed by PowerChina in 2023, with wind farms spanning islands, mountainous terrain and semidesert landscapes.
Meanwhile, as renewable energy capacity expands, ensuring a reliable power supply has become a major challenge, prompting China-UAE cooperation to move beyond stand-alone solar projects to integrated photovoltaic and large-scale energy storage projects.
Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency, said in a recent interview with Xinhua that China has made important contributions to the global energy transition by advancing technology and lowering the cost of clean energy equipment, making clean energy more affordable.
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India’s agricultural sector has the potential to generate demand for an additional 116 GW of solar modules, presenting a significant growth opportunity for domestic manufacturers and strengthening the country’s solar manufacturing ecosystem, according to a report by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA).
Titled Powering the Farms, Building the Factory: PM-KUSUM – Solarising Agriculture and Strengthening Domestic Manufacturing, the report was launched at the Bharat RE Summit. It highlights how agricultural solarisation can support India’s clean energy transition while creating sustained demand for domestically manufactured solar modules and cells.
According to the report, the potential demand comprises 100 GW from grid-connected pumps and another 16 GW from diesel pumps, excluding those in groundwater-stressed areas. With nearly 2.3 crore irrigation pumps across the country, solarisation could significantly expand the addressable market for domestic solar manufacturers.
The report also highlights the growing momentum of the PM-KUSUM scheme, which added a record 7.6 GW of solar capacity in FY26. More than 28 lakh irrigation pumps had been solarised by July 2026.
It underscores the role of Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) provisions under Components B and C in driving demand for Indian manufacturers. By October 2026, installations under these components had reached 13.8 GW, meeting nearly two-thirds of the 20.8 GW of domestic manufacturing demand originally projected.
Agriculture accounts for 17.88% of India’s electricity consumption, while tariff subsidies billed by distribution companies (DISCOMs) doubled from ₹1.21 lakh crore in FY20 to ₹2.41 lakh crore in FY25, the report noted. Solarisation of agricultural pumps and feeders could improve power availability for farmers while supporting more sustainable energy consumption and reducing the subsidy burden on DISCOMs.
Commenting on the findings, Amit Manohar, secretary general of ISMA, said PM-KUSUM had emerged as an important link between India’s agricultural development and domestic solar manufacturing ambitions. “The estimated 116 GW of additional module demand from the agricultural sector presents a significant opportunity for Indian manufacturers. Sustaining this momentum will require continued policy support, adherence to domestic content requirements and a predictable project pipeline to encourage investments, strengthen the domestic supply chain and expand manufacturing capabilities,” he said.
The report recommends retaining DCR provisions, setting clear state-wise targets and establishing multi-year tender pipelines. It also calls for strengthening implementation mechanisms to facilitate land access, regulatory clearances and grid connectivity. Further, it recommends greater emphasis on upstream manufacturing capabilities, particularly wafers and ingots, to deepen India’s domestic solar manufacturing ecosystem.
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TYAGARAH, Australia, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sungrow, the leading global PV inverter and energy storage system provider, partnered with ReSolve Global, a solar panel recycling facility in the Northern Rivers, supporting the next stage of Australia’s clean energy transition.

Closing the Loop: Sungrow Sponsors Solar and Storage System to Power Northern Rivers Solar Recycling Hub
As Australia’s rooftop solar uptake continues to grow, so does the number of panels reaching the end of their working lives. The NSW Government recently announced consultation on Australia’s first mandatory solar panel product stewardship scheme, aimed at ensuring end-of-life panels are recovered, reused and recycled. Local infrastructure that can handle this equipment will be essential as the scheme develops.
ReSolve Global has established a 2,000-square-metre holding and sorting facility where used solar panels are collected, recorded, assessed and sorted.  It keeps used solar panels and other renewable-energy equipment out of landfill and recovers valuable materials for reuse and recycling.
"Solar has delivered enormous benefits for Australian homes and businesses, but we also need to take responsibility for the equipment coming off rooftops. Our goal is to build a transparent and practical system that prioritises reuse wherever appropriate and ensures the remaining materials are responsibly recovered." Said Ben Pietzsch, Director of ReSolve Global.
To support the operation, Sungrow has sponsored a 20kWh SBH battery and 10kW SH10RS inverter, allowing the facility to run on clean, self-generated energy. The Sungrow SBH system pairs a hybrid energy storage solution with intelligent energy management, allowing the facility to store surplus solar generation and use it when needed. Combined with a Sungrow single-phase inverter, the system converts solar energy into reliable power for the facility’s daily operations, including equipment, lighting, and administration. This reduces reliance on grid electricity, lowers operating costs, and cuts emissions associated with the recycling process.
For Sungrow, supporting ReSolve is about closing the loop on the clean energy transition. A facility dedicated to recovering solar equipment should itself run on solar, demonstrating the circular, low-carbon model the industry is working towards.
"Solar has transformed how Australian homes and businesses generate power, and it’s our responsibility as an industry to make sure that equipment is managed well at the end of its life. ReSolve is doing exactly that, and we’re proud to support them. By powering their Tyagarah facility with a Sungrow SBH system and inverter, we’re helping ReSolve practise what it preaches: a recycling operation running on clean energy. It’s a meaningful step towards a truly circular solar industry, and we hope it inspires other businesses to follow." said Richard Chen, C&I Business Development Manager of Sungrow.
The sponsorship reflects a shared commitment to sustainability. Sungrow contributes proven technology and more than two decades of expertise in PV and energy storage, while ReSolve brings local knowledge, hands-on recovery capability and a clear vision for reuse. Together, this demonstrates how manufacturers and recovery specialists can work side by side to support the full life cycle of solar.
"The Northern Rivers has long been a place where people are prepared to think differently about sustainability and resource use. It is fantastic to see that innovation happening locally and creating the potential for new skills, jobs and circular-economy opportunities in our region." Tamara Smith MP of Ballina.
Looking ahead, Sungrow will continue to support ReSolve as it grows and to work with the wider industry to advance sustainable end-of-life solutions.
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In the topsy-turvy world of today’s federal energy policy, solar power is a bad thing. Various members of the President’s cabinet have advised that solar is  “unreliable,” and that solar power plants routinely experience “catastrophic failure” with every sunset. So why does the US Department of Defense continue to pursue solar-enabled microgrids at its facilities? Asking for a friend…
Though some solar projects at military facilities are relatively small, they are stamped with the seal of approval from the Defense Department, and that can have an outsized influence on public perceptions about the reliability, security, and durability of photovoltaic systems.
The history-making White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico is a case in point. In February of 2025 the facility celebrated the launch of a new, 700-kilowatt solar array designed and built by the joint venture HSGS-Ameresco.
At 700 kW, the new array is peanuts compared to the megawatt scale common among modern solar power plants. However, a little can go a long way in some cases, particularly when solar is integrated with other energy resources in a microgrid that can operate independently, without interruption, if the local distribution grid goes down.
“The innovative microgrid system, which integrates a 700kW solar photovoltaic array, a 500kW natural gas generator, and a 500kW lithium-ion battery system, will provide backup power to four groundwater wells on the range,” Ameresco explained in a press statement last year, in which it described the White Sands project.
The four wells are the primary source of potable water to the main post at White Sands. The new microgrid meets a US Army requirement for up to 14 days of independent water and power delivery to the post in case of a grid outage.
“This self-sufficient energy system, designed to serve a specific geographic area, helps ensure that critical missions at WSMR can proceed without interruption,” Ameresco elaborates, adding that the microgrid underscores White Sands’s commitment to building more resilient energy systems into its future construction projects.
Ameresco also indicated that the now-familiar combineation of solar power and BESS (battery energy storage systems) will do most of the heavy lifting, with the gas generator playing a back-up role if necessary.
“The solar array captures energy from the sun during the day, while the natural gas generator provides a dependable backup power source. The lithium-ion battery system efficiently stores excess energy generated by the solar array and releases it when needed, helping to ensure an uninterrupted power supply,” Ameresco emphasized.
The role of a lithium-ion battery in the new microgrid may come as quite a shock to US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who has somehow failed to get memo about energy storage systems for solar power. Energy storage is an actual thing that exists in the space-time continuum here on Earth, but apparently not in Burgum’s corner of the mulitverse.
“And of course, when the sun goes down, you have a catastrophic failure called sunset and there’s no solar energy produced, and yet we’re subsidizing these things that are intermittent, unreliable, and expensive,” Burgum told a Fox News audience in July of 2025.
Whether Burgum believes it or not, the HGSG-Ameresco project is living proof that solar power is just as reliable as any other energy resource, with a mature supply chain and knowledge base to back it up.
Take the Florida-based firm Cantsink, for example. A specialist in  piling specialist infrastructure, Cantskin installed the supports for  the solar racking system in the new microgrid.
“Cantsink delivered a foundation system engineered to withstand the demanding conditions of a military testing range,” the company reports in a recap of the project on its website.
“Given the site conditions, pull testing was performed to determine pile requirements, which confirmed that 17’6″ piles were needed to support the racking system,” Cantsink further explains.
Among other details, Cantsink notes that the racking system is supported by 193 8×10 piles measuring 17’6″ long. “Every bolt used had a torque requirement that was inspected by a vendor appointed third party,” Cantsink emphasizes.
Evidently the people in charge of energy systems at White Sands were satisfied with the results of their new microgrid, and the facility is on track to receive another solar-enabled microgrid. On November 3, the Kentucky-based global-facing engineering and infrastructure firm ABM described a new microgrid in the planning stages at White Sands, consisting of a carport-mounted solar power plant, BESS, and dispatchable on-site generators, presumably meaning gas generators for backup power.
The construction contract for the facility was assigned to ABM’s joint venture partner, AACON-RavenVolt. The AACON part of the venture is a general contractor based in Louisville, Kentucky. Ravenvolt is a subsidiary of ABM based in Georgia, having been acquired by the firm in 2022.
The relationship with RavenVolt is significant because ABM has positioned the partnership to zero in on microgrid opportunities throughout the federal government. “The partnership provides federal agencies with dependable, end-to-end energy resilience and infrastructure construction capabilities,” ABM notes.
Keep an eye on ABM and RavenVolt moving forward, as EV stakeholders in the US anticipate an uptick in sales following President Donald Trump’s decision to start a war against Iran last February. That will increase the demand for kilowatts, and RavenVolt is among those advocating for solar-enabled microgrids to avoid grid-related bottlenecks.
“It’s all about the easy integration of on-site renewables, whether that’s solar, battery or ensuring on-site resiliency and expansion capability,” explains RavenVolt co-founder and President of Sales Cody George. The company’s microgrid model is designed for ease of installation, combining whole-of-system standardization while tailoring the switchgear to customer-specific applications.
“We’re not beholden to one technology, so our customers aren’t locked into outdated infrastructure forcing them to completely retool,” George adds.
Circling back around to military applications, it’s not surprising to see solar power resurfacing as a resilient energy resource over at the Defense Department, regardless of last year’s sharp U-turn in federal energy policy. Resiliency was front and center in the early 2000’s, when the Defense Department began pushing the envelope on solar power while the civilian market was still spinning its wheels. Solar panels were still relatively expensive back then, and the civilian market was slow on the uptake. Energy storage systems were more expensive, too.
As one indication that the Defense Department is still carving out its own energy destiny, get a load of Defense Secretary Pete Hesgeth’s new “FORTRESS America” resiliency plan. The goal is to make major Defense Department facilities in the US energy independent for at least 90 days, alongside other emergency stockpiling measures.
Nuclear and fossil fuels are part of the plan, but keep an eye on the solar-plus-storage combo to be first out of the box on a speed-to-power basis.
Photo: White Sands Missile Range celebrated the launch of an on-site, solar-enabled microgrid last year, and the facility has already begun planning for another microgrid with solar power (cropped, courtesy of Cantsink).
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Websol Energy System achieved a 111.76% YoY surge in Q2 revenue to ₹360 crore (₹3.6 billion), compared to ₹170 crore (₹1.7 billion) in Q2 of the previous fiscal year. The growth builds upon elevated operational execution and continuous manufacturing capacity expansion.
Market snapshot: Websol Energy System reported Q2 revenue of ₹360 crore (₹3.6 billion), more than doubling from ₹170 crore (₹1.7 billion) in the prior-year period. The top-line expansion reflects sustained manufacturing scaling across its solar PV cell and module capacity.
Websol Energy System's Q2 performance signals sustained top-line momentum, consolidating revenue above ₹350 crore for consecutive quarters. High cell line utilization and expanding module production capacity continue to support operational scale.
Strong revenue expansion highlights robust demand for domestic solar PV manufacturing supported by government clean energy schemes. Investors will monitor gross margins and execution timelines on the company's next-generation cell line expansions.
Market Bias: Bullish
Q2 FY27 revenue grew 111.76% YoY to ₹360 crore vs ₹170 crore in the year-ago period, maintaining strong operational run-rates following Q1 FY27 revenue of ₹373 crore.
Overweight: Solar PV Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Equipment
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Time Horizon: Medium-term (3–12 months)
India's solar PV manufacturing sector is benefiting from domestic sourcing mandates and government incentive programs like PM-Surya Ghar. Integrated cell and module manufacturers are positioned to capture growing domestic utility and rooftop solar demand.
Websol Energy System secured 54 acres in West Bengal's Falta Industrial Park in September 2026 to set up a new solar manufacturing facility.
Websol Energy System's Q2 revenue double reinforces its growing market presence and operational execution within India's renewable manufacturing sector.
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