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Aurora Solar has launched a new quarterly benchmark that tracks how U.S. homeowners view solar professionals and what shapes their confidence in adopting solar, according to the company. The report, called the Aurora Solar Trust Signal, arrives in response to a recurring finding in Aurora Solar’s data that homeowners want to know which companies can be trusted.
Aurora Solar’s annual Aurora Solar Snapshot surveys homeowners about their opinions of solar. In 2023, 22 percent cited trustworthiness of solar companies as a concern, a figure that nearly doubled to 43 percent in 2024 before easing to 41 percent in 2025 and 36 percent in 2026.
The quarterly Trust Signal examines those findings more closely, functioning as a recurring check on homeowner trust in the solar industry. According to the data, the industry is making positive inroads: between August 2025 and July 2026, a growing share of homeowners reported no negative experience with a solar company, with improvement recorded in each quarter.
Aurora Solar said the numbers point to a broader theme, namely that homeowners want guidance on how best to evaluate a solar company, and that better-informed homeowners are less likely to judge installers by the reputation of a few industry outliers.
Chris Hopper, co-founder of Aurora Solar, said homeowners choosing solar and home electrification are making a decision about technology they will live with for 25 years or more, often without enough information to assess the offer in front of them. He described that as a difficult position for a buyer and a challenging one to sell into, and said the Trust Signal is how the company measures that gap while the Aurora Solar Marketplace is how it aims to close it, by giving homeowners real production estimates and side-by-side installer comparisons.
While surveying homeowners about their experiences, Aurora Solar also asked a broader set of questions about how they evaluate solar, and the company highlighted several findings from that work.
Aurora Solar plans to publish an updated Trust Signal every quarter and to continue tracking the broader market through the annual Snapshot. According to the company, the two reports together should give the industry a short-term read on whether homeowner experiences are improving and a multi-year view of how homeowners feel about solar.
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Despite the Trump administration’s hostility towards renewable energy, information released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that utility solar capacity — large scale projects that provide electricity to power grids — has increased 33% since 2025.
That’s according to the SUN DAY campaign, which tracks renewable energy nationally.
The president’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025 removed solar power tax credits, which industry groups in Florida feared could devastate the solar industry in the Sunshine State.
Trump’s pick to lead Florida for the next four years, Republican Byron Donalds, said last week that he’s not a fan of solar power and was openly dismissive of its ability to power the state.
“We are in the middle of the solar fad, and I’m going to call it a fad,” he said during a campaign event in Daytona Beach Shores.
“Because we know how this works,” he added. “We’ve seen these solar arrays all over the state of Florida. They’re taking land out of production and taking land off the interstate. We’ve seen how this has worked time and again. What happens very clearly is you have some power in the day, no power at night, when most people are using electricity anyway. And so it’s not consistent power.”
His Democratic opponent, David Jolly, has a different take.
“Solar should be a part of Florida’s future,” he told the Phoenix last Friday, following his appearance in front of the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. “I think that the more people we can get off the traditional grid with solar panels, whether it’s through incentives or some soft mandates into our Public Services Commission, great.”
He went on to say that the state’s biggest investor-owned utilities are “going to widespread adoption of solar.”
Eight percent of the energy generated in Florida comes from renewable sources (mostly solar), according to a 2026 report from the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). Nearly 75% of the energy generated in Florida comes from natural gas. Another 11% comes from nuclear power, 3% from coal, 2% from purchases and less than one percent from oil.
The Phoenix reached out to the three largest investor-owned utilities in Florida to learn how much solar power is in their plans.
Florida Power & Light (FPL) is the state’s largest energy provider. In 2025, FPL delivered 11% of its energy from solar generation. Its 10-year 2026 Ten-Year Power Plant Site Plan calls for that to increase to 26% by 2035.
However, that is 30% lower compared to its 2025 plan. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) attributes that reduction to expiring federal solar tax credits passed by Congress last year. (SACE notes that NextEra Energy, FPL’s parent company, “quietly” abandoned it goal of net-zero emissions by 2045).
Duke Energy Florida intends to add 12 solar sites to the electric grid, increasing capacity by 900 megawatts by 2027, according to spokesperson Ana Gibbs. The plan, she said, is to have Duke Energy generate approximately 30% of the electricity it sells from solar power by 2035.
Tampa Electric Co. generated 12% of its energy portfolio from solar power in the 12 months ending in June 2026, spokesperson Cherie Jacobs said. Next year, about 17% of its energy is expected to come from the sun.
For years, environmentalists in Florida complained that the investor-owned utilities were behind other states in adopting solar power. That’s changed dramatically in recent years, in large part to the enormous reduction in costs associated with it. Solar panels that sold for $5-$6 per watt around 2000 now cost about 12 cents per watt, according to Dave Ember, chief analyst and co-founder of a global energy think tank.
While playing down solar, Donalds is promoting another product he says could play a part in fueling Florida’s energy needs. “I believe that we need to be investing in small, modular nuclear reactors in Florida,” he said in Daytona Beach Shores. “We have to have a consistent power base.”
There has been a lot of interest in what are known as SMRs in Florida and around the country. Advocates say that they promise greater safety, quicker deployment, and cost less than traditional nuclear generation.
The Florida Legislature approved a bill in 2024 requiring the PSC to conduct a feasibility study on advanced nuclear reactors. That report, issued last year, recommended a more comprehensive study, perhaps by a major university, to help define the benefits of nuclear development. However, that momentum stalled when a bill (HB 1461) that would have authorized the PSC to regulate advanced nuclear reactors (and passed 108-0 in the House) stalled in the Senate.
But perhaps most important for now, anyway, is that the utilities say these reactors are not in their mix at all going forward.
“Regarding SMRs, at this point, they are not yet commercially available at scale or cost effective,” said Andrew Sutton, an FLP spokesperson. He added that the company has a “dedicated team” evaluating the technology so that it could be deployed quickly if it does become cost effective.
Duke Energy Florida plans no nuclear deployment — its Ten-Year Site Plan proposes new solar and upgrading existing generation units, Ana Gibbs said. “Advanced nuclear overall is still a longer-term option.”
Tampa Electric is looking into small modular nuclear reactors as a possible solution. However, right now, “the technology isn’t commercially viable,” spokesperson Cherie Jacobs said.

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(The Center Square) – Power producer Exus Renewables North America has acquired the rights from German clean energy company ib vogt to develop four solar projects capable of generating 715 megawatts of electricity in south-central Louisiana and northwest Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin, the transaction gives Exus the development rights to a two-phase, 310-megawatt solar generation plant in Barron County, Maple Grove Solar 1 and 2. In Louisiana, the deal includes the 125-megawatt Bayou Teche Solar project in St. Mary Parish and the 280-megawatt Bayou Chicot Solar facility in Evangeline Parish.
The four solar projects are located in areas experiencing rapid growth in electricity demand, driven in part by data center development and advanced manufacturing, Exus said in a post on LinkedIn.
“Our focus is on identifying projects that can deliver power where it’s needed, when it’s needed,” said Jim Spencer, president and CEO of Exus Renewables North America.
“These projects are particularly attractive because of their potential to interconnect quickly in markets where demand growth is outpacing available generation,” said Spencer.
The four sites have been engineered to incorporate utility-scale battery backup systems designed to store solar energy. When fully operational, the combined solar and battery storage systems could supply electricity to approximately 390,000 average homes in Louisiana and Wisconsin.
The original developer, ibV Energy Partners, filed initial applications with state regulators in Wisconsin in 2020 and in Louisiana during the following year. The purchaser, Exus Renewables North America, is the U.S. subsidiary of global renewable asset manager Exus, which is based in Madrid, Spain.
The two companies did not disclose the purchase price. Exus executives revealed they are now finalizing negotiations to supply power to big technology firms and local utilities.
At the Bayou Chicot site in Louisiana, ibV Energy Partners engineers developed a plan intended to restrict total wetland disturbance to less than half an acre. In Wisconsin, the developers resolved a dispute with Barron County officials by finalizing building and safety plans detailing how local crews would handle battery fires.
Exus, whose U.S. headquarters is in Pittsburgh, manages more than 6 gigawatts of clean energy power generation with about 800 megawatts either operating or under construction.
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Heliene, a Canada-based solar module manufacturer, has launched the 108HC All-Black module for American rooftops. The panel brings together US-made polysilicon, ingots, wafers and solar cells. The company says that these stages of the supply chain are being reconnected with US manufacturing after more than a decade. Final assembly takes place in the US, with some components sourced globally. Sunrun, America’s largest provider of residential battery storage and solar systems, has signed a purchase agreement for the module. Heliene runs two US module plants with a combined 1.3 GW a year of output. Its chief commercial officer said that the Sunrun deal lets the company invest in the domestic supply chain for rooftop solar.
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By Kelly Pickerel | September 30, 2026
Silfab Solar has outlined a plan to bring online its solar cell production facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The community on the North Carolina border has vocalized safety concerns about the operation of the plant.
Silfab voluntarily retained TRC Engineers to provide third-party engineering evaluation of the leak prevention and response methods and procedures for solar cell manufacturing processes. Manufacturers use certain chemicals (silane, anhydrous ammonia, hydrochloric acid, potassium hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid) to turn a silicon wafer into a solar cell. A contained chemical incident earlier this year called the safety of the Silfab manufacturing site into question.
TRC produced a comprehensive report that concluded Silfab had designed and installed equipment with multiple redundant safety features that met or exceeded regulatory requirements. The report has now been delivered to the South Carolina Dept. of Environmental Services.
TRC did provide recommendations to further improve safety at the site, including adding more detection systems, alarms and shut-off valves throughout the plant, and Silfab has either already acted on the recommendations or will do so as the manufacturing lines start up. Silfab expects commissioning of lines to begin Oct. 19.
“Following a comprehensive, thorough, independent review by TRC Engineers, we are proud that our existing safety systems and operational controls were confirmed to meet or exceed regulatory standards,” said Paolo Maccario, Silfab president and CEO. “Taking that a step further, we acted decisively to implement additional recommendations, strengthening system redundancies, enhancing real-time monitoring and advancing our emergency response coordination.”
Silfab has shared report findings and commissioning plans with the public on its website.
Kelly Pickerel has more than 15 years of experience reporting on the U.S. solar industry and is currently editor in chief of Solar Power World. Email Kelly.

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A team of chemists and physicists from Cameroon, Germany and India has designed, synthesized and computationally screened a new family of hybrid azo dyes that could one day help organic solar cells and photonic devices compete with their silicon-based rivals. The work, published in Discover Chemistry, combines classical organic synthesis with density functional theory (DFT) to evaluate four candidate molecules built from two of the most versatile heterocycles in materials chemistry: triazine and benzothiazole. The researchers, led by Joseph Tsemeugne of the University of Yaounde I, report that two of their compounds display electronic and optical profiles that make them serious contenders for organic photovoltaics, organic light-emitting diodes and nonlinear optical applications.
The motivation behind the study lies in one of the central dilemmas of modern renewable energy. Silicon photovoltaics dominate the market, but their production is expensive, energy-intensive and dependent on complex industrial processes. Organic photovoltaic cells, first developed in the 1990s, offer an attractive alternative: they absorb light efficiently, are cheap to manufacture, and can be made into flexible, lightweight panels. Their Achilles heel has always been efficiency, which still trails crystalline silicon by a considerable margin. Closing that gap requires better molecular materials, and triazine-based compounds, with their highly conjugated electronic systems and dual ability to trap and transport electrons, have emerged as promising building blocks for the next generation of organic semiconductors.
The synthetic route devised by the team is elegantly simple. A diazonium ion was generated from 3-amino-5,6-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazine using sodium nitrite and concentrated sulfuric acid at temperatures between minus five and zero degrees Celsius in dimethyl sulfoxide. This reactive intermediate was then coupled with three 2-aminobenzothiazole derivatives bearing different substituents, an ethoxy group, a nitro group and a methoxy group, yielding three azo compounds designated 4a, 4b and 4c. In a further reaction, the diazonium ion was coupled with the parent triazine itself to produce a symmetrical bis-triazine derivative, compound 5, in an impressive 95.7 percent yield. Establishing the exact structures of these products was no trivial matter, because azo couplings can proceed through several different pathways. The researchers resolved the ambiguity using a combination of infrared spectroscopy, one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance, high-resolution mass spectrometry and elemental analysis, showing for example that compound 4a forms by electrophilic substitution on the benzothiazole ring while compound 4b arises from addition at the ring nitrogen.
With the molecules in hand, the team turned to quantum chemistry. All four compounds were modeled using the B3LYP hybrid functional with the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set, a combination chosen for its proven reliability on conjugated organic systems. Calculations were performed in the gas phase and in two polar solvents, methanol and dimethyl sulfoxide, using the polarizable continuum model to mimic the real environments in which such materials would be used. The authors are candid about the limitations of their approach: global hybrid functionals like B3LYP tend to underestimate the excitation energies of charge-transfer transitions and to overestimate hyperpolarizabilities compared with long-range-corrected alternatives, but they retained it for internal consistency across the full set of properties and because it correctly reproduces the qualitative trends observed experimentally for this series.
The electronic structure calculations revealed a striking split within the family. Compounds 4a and 4c, which carry electron-donating alkoxy groups, behave almost identically despite differing only by a methyl group in their side chains. Their HOMO-LUMO energy gaps shrink from roughly 3.3 electron volts in the gas phase to about 2.95 electron volts in polar solvents, a solvent-induced narrowing that favors visible-light absorption. Orbital analysis showed that in these two molecules the HOMO sits predominantly on the donor benzothiazole-alkoxy fragment while the LUMO resides on the acceptor triazine unit, a textbook donor-acceptor architecture that drives intramolecular charge transfer across the conjugated azo bridge. Compound 4b, bearing the strongly electron-withdrawing nitro group, proved far less sensitive to solvation and emerged as the most electronically stable member of the series, with the highest electrophilicity index and ionization potential, marking it out as a natural electron acceptor.
Charge transport, the lifeblood of any semiconductor, was assessed through reorganization energies calculated within the framework of Marcus theory. These values measure how much a molecule must geometrically distort when it gains or loses an electron, and low values translate into faster, more efficient charge hopping. Here again the alkoxy compounds shone: 4a and 4c posted hole and electron reorganization energies of just 0.61 to 0.67 electron volts, with electron values only slightly exceeding hole values, suggesting a nearly balanced ambipolar character that is highly prized in organic electronics. Compound 5 showed moderate values, while the nitro-substituted 4b was a dramatic outlier, with a hole reorganization energy of 4.09 electron volts, roughly 6.7 times that of 4c, indicating that its geometry changes too profoundly upon oxidation to serve as an efficient charge carrier. The authors benchmarked their results against pentacene, the reference p-type organic semiconductor, whose hole reorganization energy of 0.08 to 0.12 electron volts remains far lower; their dyes are competitive but not yet optimal.
Perhaps the most eye-catching results concern nonlinear optics, the branch of photonics concerned with materials whose optical response changes with light intensity. Such materials enable frequency doubling, optical switching and signal processing. The first-order hyperpolarizability of compounds 4a and 4c surged from around 45 to 46 times ten to the minus thirty esu in the gas phase to roughly 171 times ten to the minus thirty esu in polar solvents, a solvent-driven amplification of more than a factor of three. Set against para-nitroaniline, the classical benchmark donor-pi-acceptor chromophore, whose hyperpolarizability reaches only about 20 to 25 times ten to the minus thirty esu even in water, the two alkoxy dyes outperform the reference by a factor of seven to eight. Intriguingly, compound 4b, despite its strong acceptor credentials, showed a hyperpolarizability less than half that of its alkoxy siblings, demonstrating that a large dipole moment alone does not guarantee a strong nonlinear response and that the spatial delocalization of charge separation matters more.
The optoelectronic and optical calculations rounded out the picture. Compounds 4a and 4c exhibited high dielectric constants and refractive indices above 2.4 in methanol, values typical of high-performance pi-conjugated organic materials and attractive for light confinement in integrated photonic waveguides. Time-dependent DFT placed the lowest-energy absorption of 4a and 4c in the blue-green region of the visible spectrum, near 480 and 490 nanometers respectively, with mixed multi-orbital transitions characteristic of intramolecular charge transfer. The high-energy pi to pi-star bands were reproduced with excellent accuracy against the experimental ultraviolet-visible spectra, with errors below three percent, while the lowest charge-transfer band showed the larger deviations expected from the known weaknesses of B3LYP. Thermodynamic calculations confirmed that all four compounds are stabilized in polar media, with the nitro compound 4b showing the lowest Gibbs free energy and hence the greatest thermodynamic stability.
The authors are careful to frame their conclusions as computationally motivated hypotheses rather than proven device performance. No solar cell or light-emitting device was fabricated in this study, and experimental validation at the material and device level will be needed before any of these dyes reaches a photovoltaic panel or a photonic modulator. Nevertheless, the work illustrates a powerful and increasingly standard paradigm in materials discovery: synthesize a chemically diverse family of candidate chromophores, pin down their structures rigorously, and use solvent-explicit quantum chemical screening to decide which members deserve the expense of device fabrication. On that basis, compounds 4a and 4c, with their narrow gaps, balanced charge transport and record-beating nonlinear optical response, have earned their place at the front of the queue, while the stable but transport-limited 4b may find its calling as an electron acceptor in multilayer organic architectures.
Subject of Research: Synthesis and DFT characterization of triazine-benzothiazole hybrid azo dyes as pi-conjugated materials for organic photovoltaic and nonlinear optical applications
Article Title: Synthesis photophysical characterization and DFT Study of triazine benzothiazole hybrid azo dyes as π conjugated materials for organic photovoltaic and nonlinear optical applications
Article References: Tsemeugne, J., Ebode, R. D. P. N., Fomekong, L. T., Eckhardt, P., Kamsi, R. A. Y., Mvot, C. A., Ottou, M. T. A., Ngoupo, A. T., Sielinou, V. T., Ejuh, G. W., Mkounga, P., Opatz, T., Ndjaka, J.-M. B., Sopbué, E. F., & Nkengfack, A. E. (2026). Synthesis photophysical characterization and DFT Study of triazine benzothiazole hybrid azo dyes as π conjugated materials for organic photovoltaic and nonlinear optical applications. Discover Chemistry, 3(1), Article 554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44371-026-00999-6
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DOI: 10.1007/s44371-026-00999-6
Keywords: azo dyes, triazine, benzothiazole, DFT, organic photovoltaics, nonlinear optics, pi-conjugated materials, charge transport, reorganization energy, hyperpolarizability, TD-DFT, organic semiconductors
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Bethany Barker. “Hybrid Azo Dyes Show Promise for Solar Cells and Nonlinear Optics.” Scienmag, 30 September 2026, https://scienmag.com/hybrid-azo-dyes-show-promise-for-solar-cells-and-nonlinear-optics/. Accessed 30 September 2026.
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The facility will enable CPV modules to be tested and characterised at the end of production lines in India, a capability that does not currently exist in the country.
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IIT Kanpur has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bengaluru-based NexPV Energy Systems, facilitated by Invariance Automation, a member company of IIT Kanpur’s Research and Technology Park Foundation (Technopark@iitk), to design and develop India’s first Sun Simulator for Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) systems.
The facility will enable CPV modules to be tested and characterised at the end of production lines in India, a capability that does not currently exist in the country.
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Prof Ashish Garg, Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur, said, “India’s net-zero commitment for 2070 will require solar deployment at a scale far beyond today’s, and that growth must rest on domestic capability across the value chain. Testing infrastructure is a strategic part of that chain: a technology cannot scale if it cannot be measured reliably. CPV modules behave fundamentally differently from flat panels, and building India’s first simulator designed for them is exactly the kind of translational research IIT Kanpur is committed to.”_
CPV systems use optical lenses to concentrate sunlight onto tiny, ultra-efficient multi-junction cells. These cells stack several semiconductor layers, each capturing a different part of the solar spectrum. The cells occupy only about 0.1% of the panel area, cutting cell requirement by more than 99% compared with conventional solar panels.
NexPV, led by Chidananda Murthy R, has developed indigenous CPV technology. Its proof-of-concept systems have operated in the field for around three years, and the company is moving to large-scale manufacturing.
Chidananda Murthy R, Director, NexPV Energy Systems, said, “India has crossed 168 GW of installed solar capacity, but domestic cell manufacturing remains well behind module capacity, and with the cell mandate now in force, that gap directly affects deployment. CPV needs less than one per cent of the cell area of a conventional panel and, in our systems, about half the land. It can open a new pathway for solar in India’s high-DNI regions. A domestic CPV simulator gives us the quality assurance to manufacture at scale.”
Existing sun simulators are designed for flat-plate panels. CPV modules work only with direct, parallel sunlight, accept light within a very narrow angle, and are sensitive to spectral balance. The IIT Kanpur team will engineer a simulator that reproduces these conditions precisely. In the future, Invariance Automation will serve as the preferred manufacturing partner to take the system from prototype to production.

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Kenya Power customers with solar systems could face additional charges if their installations feed electricity into the utility’s network without approval, as the regulator moves to bring private generation under tighter technical and commercial controls.
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) amended the electricity tariff schedule through a Gazette Notice published on September 18, 2026, defining unauthorised electricity injected into the Kenya Power network as “dumping”. Such electricity is to be measured and charged at the applicable base tariff, while further action may be taken if the dumping causes injury or damage to equipment.
The important part of the rule is what happens between a solar panel and the grid. A rooftop installation can generate electricity without sending anything to Kenya Power, but a grid-connected inverter can also allow electricity to flow in the opposite direction when generation exceeds the customer’s immediate demand. That second scenario requires a regulated connection.
Kenya’s electricity system has gained another layer of generation behind the meter as businesses, institutions and households install solar photovoltaic systems for self-consumption and backup power.
That generation can reduce the amount of electricity a customer takes from Kenya Power during the day, but it can also create reverse power flows when the solar system produces more electricity than the site is using. A distribution network designed around conventional one-way supply has to account for those flows, including their effect on voltage, protection and equipment.
The issue is particularly relevant as Kenya manages a power system with a narrow reserve margin. TechTrends reported in August that the reserve margin had fallen from 20.73 percent in January to 3.34 percent in June, while peak demand reached 2,514MW in June and 2,549MW in July.
Kenya Power has also raised concerns about the operational impact of variable renewable generation. The utility said wind and solar accounted for 34 percent of the energy mix during peak demand of about 1,900MW and 36 percent during a lower-demand period of about 1,200MW, illustrating how the contribution of variable generation can change with system conditions.
Unauthorised rooftop generation adds a separate layer of uncertainty because the utility may not have assessed the installation, its export capability or the protection equipment before electricity begins flowing into the network.
Solar panels produce direct current, which is converted by an inverter into alternating current that can be used by appliances and electrical equipment. In a grid-connected installation, the inverter must synchronise with the utility supply and operate within specified electrical conditions.
When the solar system produces less electricity than the building is consuming, the customer draws the balance from Kenya Power. When generation exceeds on-site demand, an export-capable system can send the surplus through the customer’s connection and into the distribution network.
That reverse flow is the point at which grid engineering becomes important. Distribution equipment, protection systems and maintenance procedures have to account for the possibility that electricity can originate from multiple points rather than only from the utility side of the network.
An approved net-metering installation provides a mechanism for managing that arrangement. The customer’s system is assessed, a net-metering agreement is signed and a bidirectional meter records electricity moving in both directions. An unauthorised installation bypasses those controls.
The worker-safety issue is particularly significant. Kenya Power has warned that illegal connections can expose technicians and engineers to electrical hazards during maintenance because a customer’s generating system may energise part of a network that workers believe has been isolated.
That is why the new dumping rule is more than a billing provision. It sits alongside the technical requirements governing how customer-owned generation interacts with infrastructure operated by the distribution utility.
Kenya’s Energy (Net-Metering) Regulations, 2024 already provide a legal route for consumers who generate renewable electricity for their own use and want to export surplus power.
The framework covers renewable-energy systems below 1 MW. Domestic consumers are limited to 4 kW on single-phase supply and 10 kW on three-phase supply, while commercial and industrial installations can reach 1 MW subject to the applicable demand and regulatory conditions. The initial aggregate capacity for net-metering systems was set at 100 MW over the first five years.
The economics are based on credits rather than a conventional cash sale. A consumer receives a credit equivalent to 50 percent of each unit exported during a billing period. Credits that exceed the electricity supplied by Kenya Power can be carried forward, although unused credits are forfeited at the end of the licensee’s financial year.
For installations above 10 kW, the application requires a feasibility study prepared by an engineer. Once the arrangement is approved, the customer uses the required metering and operates within the terms of the net-metering agreement.
The September amendment does not therefore create the concept of legal solar exports. It formalises a tariff consequence for the other side of the boundary: electricity entering the Kenya Power network without the required authorisation.
The solar rule arrives against a difficult backdrop for Kenya’s electricity system.
TechTrends reported in August that Kenya’s reserve margin had fallen to 3.34 percent by June, leaving the system with much less spare generation capacity to absorb an unexpected plant failure, transmission problem or demand spike. Peak demand has continued to rise, reaching 2,549MW in July.
Renewable generation creates another operational challenge because the timing of production does not always match the timing of consumption. Solar output falls sharply after sunset, while Kenya’s evening demand rises as households return home and businesses continue operating. Wind output can also change with weather conditions.
Kenya Power has argued that the growing contribution of variable renewable energy requires additional attention to system stability and balancing. The utility has pointed to geothermal, hydro, imports and other dependable sources as part of the wider mix needed to complement variable generation.
This is where distributed solar becomes a technology story. Thousands of smaller systems do not simply add a number to Kenya’s generation capacity. They change the electrical behaviour of the distribution network, particularly when they can export power.
Battery storage can reduce some of the pressure created by surplus solar generation. A business that produces more solar electricity than it can use at midday can store the excess and deploy it later, reducing the amount exported and increasing the share of generation consumed behind the meter.
The technology conversation goes beyond batteries. Smart inverters can manage the interface between photovoltaic generation, batteries and the grid, while advanced monitoring can give operators better visibility into distributed generation and electricity flows.
EcoNews recently reported on Kenya’s push towards smart grids, digital management, better forecasting, power electronics and battery storage as renewable generation expands. The Kenya Energy Transition Forum 2026 also examined grid-forming energy storage and smart-grid technologies as tools for improving system flexibility and power quality.
Grid-forming systems are particularly relevant to a future in which storage and distributed generation play a larger role. They can provide electrical characteristics that help support grid operation, although their deployment does not remove the need for proper connection standards, protection and utility coordination.
The direction of travel is therefore toward more managed interaction between private generation and the network. A solar installation may belong to a customer, but once it can export electricity, its inverter and protection settings become relevant to the wider electrical system.
The new provision has another detail that solar owners will need to watch closely. Although the tariff amendment was published on September 18, 2026, reporting on the notice says it was made effective from July 1, 2025.
That creates uncertainty for systems that may have exported electricity without formal approval between those dates. There has been no clear public explanation of whether Kenya Power intends to retrospectively identify such exports, how it would calculate them or what enforcement process would apply.
pv magazine reported on September 22 that EPRA had not issued enforcement notices or retroactive billing advisories under the new dumping definition at that point.
For technology vendors, installers and customers, that question is significant because the technical configuration of an installation can determine whether electricity is capable of flowing back into the network. Historical inverter data, meter records and system configuration could become relevant if retrospective enforcement is pursued, although the regulator and utility have not publicly set out such a process.
A customer with solar panels should first establish whether the installation is capable of exporting electricity. Having panels on a roof does not automatically mean electricity is being fed into Kenya Power’s network.
The next questions concern the inverter, the meter and the connection agreement. Customers using grid-connected systems should establish whether they have approval to export power, whether their installation is covered by a valid net-metering agreement and whether the equipment matches the conditions under which the system was approved.
Businesses with larger installations have another consideration because the net-metering framework places limits on capacity and maximum demand. A system built primarily for self-consumption can therefore have a different regulatory path from one designed to export substantial amounts of electricity.
The broader technology challenge is clear. Kenya is adding generation at many points across the electricity system, while its distribution infrastructure must remain safe and predictable. EPRA’s dumping provision puts a financial consequence around unauthorised exports, but the longer-term solution involves better metering, compliant inverters, storage, network visibility and grid-management technology that allows private generation to work with the utility rather than outside it.
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Silfab Solar has outlined a plan to bring online its solar cell production facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The community on the North Carolina border has vocalized safety concerns about the operation of the plant.
Silfab voluntarily retained TRC Engineers to provide third-party engineering evaluation of the leak prevention and response methods and procedures for solar cell manufacturing processes. Manufacturers use certain chemicals (silane, anhydrous ammonia, hydrochloric acid, potassium hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid) to turn a silicon wafer into a solar cell. A contained chemical incident earlier this year called the safety of the Silfab manufacturing site into question.
TRC produced a comprehensive report that concluded Silfab had designed and installed equipment with multiple redundant safety features that met or exceeded regulatory requirements. The report has now been delivered to the South Carolina Dept. of Environmental Services.
TRC did provide recommendations to further improve safety at the site, including adding more detection systems, alarms and shut-off valves throughout the plant, and Silfab has either already acted on the recommendations or will do so as the manufacturing lines start up. Silfab expects commissioning of lines to begin Oct. 19.
“Following a comprehensive, thorough, independent review by TRC Engineers, we are proud that our existing safety systems and operational controls were confirmed to meet or exceed regulatory standards,” said Paolo Maccario, Silfab president and CEO. “Taking that a step further, we acted decisively to implement additional recommendations, strengthening system redundancies, enhancing real-time monitoring and advancing our emergency response coordination.”
Silfab has shared report findings and commissioning plans with the public on its website.
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Texas residential solar companies and salespeople must now register with the state under a new regulatory program governing residential solar sales and leases.
Beginning September 1, 2026, residential solar retailers and salespeople operating in Texas must hold registrations from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)latest to ensure compliance with the state’s Residential Solar Retailer regulatory deadlines and avoid penalties.
New set of Texas solar rules in place
Under the program, businesses engaged in residential solar retail must obtain a solar retailer registration. At the same time, individual salespeople must hold their own registrations and conduct sales on behalf of a registered retailer. Retailer registrations cost $350 annually, while salesperson registrations cost $56 annually.
Retailers must also carry at least $1 million in general liability insurance per occurrence and $2 million in aggregate coverage. Applicants must provide TDLR with proof of coverage as well as identifying information for company owners or other controlling persons and registered salespeople working on the company’s behalf.
Salespeople do not face experience or examination requirements, but TDLR conducts a criminal history background check as part of the registration process.
Licensed electrical contractors and their employees are generally exempt from the new solar retailer and salesperson registration requirements, although TDLR said they remain subject to most other provisions of the law and its implementing rules.
The consumer protection rules effective since September 1, 2025, require residential solar contracts to clearly identify the responsible electrical contractor and confirm permit and interconnection obligations, directly affecting industry practices and consumer trust.
Five-business-day cancellation period established
Buyers or lessees can cancel a solar agreement during that window without penalty or further obligation, and contracts must specify the final cancellation date and provide a mailing or email address for submitting notice. When financing comes from a third-party lender affiliated with or referred by the solar retailer, the contract must require the lender to cancel the associated loan when the solar contract is canceled.
Additional enforcement provisions took effect at the beginning of this month. The law prohibits retailers and salespeople from making false or misleading statements, falsely suggesting affiliation with a utility or government agency, withholding required disclosures and educational materials, disregarding posted no-solicitation notices, or allowing installation by someone other than a licensed electrical contractor.
TDLR also adopted implementing rules this summer that establish a code of conduct and additional requirements for contracts and sales practices. Retailers must supervise their salespeople, provide training, and take corrective action when they become aware of violations. The rules also require retailers to process valid contract cancellations and maintain certain transaction records.
Two requirements receive temporary enforcement delay
TDLR announced a temporary enforcement delay until Nov. 1, 2026, for rules requiring disclosure forms and educational materials, providing industry stakeholders additional time to prepare for full compliance.
TDLR began accepting online registration applications August 10. The department said in August that multiple retailers and salespeople had already registered ahead of the September 1 requirement.
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Virginia-based solar aerospace startup Overview Energy announced that it has been awarded a Department of War contract to develop a homing beacon for its space solar energy system, under the Department’s Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF).
In the Overview Energy system, the beacons will allow the company’s satellites to lock onto the ground sites designed to receive beamed solar power.
Once designed and built, the beacons will be installed at the ground sites, providing a way for the system to authenticate the connection with Overview satellites. The company says this authentication prevents signal spoofing and hijacking, ensuring the solar energy is transmitted only to the intended receivers.
The Overview Energy team is in the process of working with warfighters at operational sites. Earlier this year, the company was awarded a separate contract to provide space-based solar power to U.S. Air Force sites in so-called “Constrained environments.” The company’s goal is to enable delivery of power to remote locations that would normally require fuel to be shipped in.
“The connection between space and the ground is the most critical element of space solar energy, especially for warfighters who depend on power at precise locations,” said Overview Energy co-CEO Darko Filipi in a statement. “The homing beacon makes that connection precise and safe. Having proven the core technology during airborne demonstrations, this award allows us to build operational hardware shaped directly by end-user input.”
Overview Energy plans to launch a demonstration of its space solar energy in 2028. The company has conducted power beaming demonstrations from a moving airborne platform, which it says prove the functionality of the tracking and pointing systems planned for the orbital platform. 
In addition to its military projects, Overview has signed an agreement to provide Meta with the output of an orbital solar array with as much as 1 GW in capacity.
By 2030, the company hopes to have a constellation of satellites in geosynchronous orbit that beam down solar power via near-infrared lasers 24 hours a day.
The OECIF is a joint operational energy investment program operated by the Department of War. The program was first funded in 2012, and has provided contracts for several solar-related projects in recent years, including a separate space-based solar project under the Space Force and projects related to solar array protection, lowering the cost of III-V photovoltaics.
The Department of Energy is also preparing a space-based photovoltaic research and development funding opportunity, set to close on October 8, 2026 and expected to announce projects selected for funding in December.
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The Kern County Board of Supervisors has approved the Galaxy Solar PV and Storage Project, a 600MW solar PV and 4GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project proposed near California City, California.
The project, developed by US independent power producer (IPP) Terra-Gen, will be located on approximately 3,519 acres across 184 parcels of privately owned land in unincorporated southeastern Kern County.
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The site is proposed south of Highway 58, around 2,900 feet east of Highway 14, and on both sides of Silver Queen Road in California.
Sam Sours, vice president of solar development at Terra-Gen, told the Board on 29 September that the project was expected to generate around US$16.1 million in property taxes during its first full year of operation.
Over its 35-year operating life, the project is expected to contribute around US$120 million in property taxes, according to Sours.
The project is expected to create around 350 jobs during operations, with construction employment peaking at around 650 workers. Terra-Gen said the construction workforce will be hired through a local union labour agreement, which has already been signed.
The project is also intended to contribute towards California’s target of generating 60% of retail electricity sales from renewable energy by 2030.
Terra-Gen said Joshua trees located near the project site will be relocated and replanted at a tree sanctuary in Los Angeles County.
Terra-Gen operates around 4.2GW of wind, solar and battery storage capacity in the US, with around 1.1GW of operating solar capacity and 5.6GWh of energy storage. The company has a development pipeline of around 16GW.
In December 2025, Terra-Gen closed financing for the 205MW Lockhart III & IV solar PV project in San Bernardino County, California. The US$383.3 million financing comprised a US$ 236.1 million tax equity bridge loan, a US$107.5 million construction and term loan and US$ 39.7 million of unfunded facilities.
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The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record generation from wind and solar, reveals Carbon Brief analysis.
While gas prices are surging to levels not seen since the 2022 energy crisis, the UK has been generating record amounts of power from wind and solar, up 14% year-on-year.
This unprecedented clean-power generation is directly cutting the need for gas-fired electricity, which is down by nearly 10% year-on-year in 2026 to date.
In total, wind and solar have generated a record 41% share of the UK’s electricity needs in 2026 to date, compared with 25% from gas, according to Carbon Brief’s analysis.
The figure below shows that wind and solar has avoided the need for UK gas imports worth £5.9bn, since the outbreak of war between the US and Iran in February 2026.
These avoided gas imports would have required the UK to secure the equivalent of more than 100 additional tanker deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The £1.3bn import saving in September 2026 to date is the result of record wind and solar output, at nearly 10 terawatt hours (TWh), combined with surging gas prices.
The latest analysis updates figures published by Carbon Brief in April and May.
Wholesale gas prices in the UK have remained elevated ever since Russia cut off supplies to Europe in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Gas averaged 90p per therm from 2023 until the start of this year, roughly three times above 2019 prices, before the Covid and Ukraine crises.
Since the outbreak of war in the Middle East in March, gas prices have climbed higher still, averaging 134p per therm or nearly four times the level seen in 2019.
In September 2026 to date, gas prices have averaged 189p per therm, reaching their highest level since the global energy crisis in 2022, as shown in the figure below.
UK gas prices are spiking again because winter is approaching – meaning higher demand for heating – and there is no end in sight for the Hormuz crisis.
At the same time, European gas stocks are low. This means Europe will have to compete with Asia to secure the cargoes of LNG needed to keep warm.
In the UK, high wholesale gas prices are hitting household gas bills under the price cap set by energy regulator Ofgem, whereas electricity bills have barely increased.
From this Thursday, 1 October, typical household gas bills will be 33% higher than they were in April, some £200 per year, according to thinktank Nesta.
In contrast, household electricity bills will only have risen 4%, according to Nesta’s analysis, as a result of growing generation from clean-energy sources.
Andrew Sissons, director for sustainable future at Nesta, explained in a social media post that “the link between electricity and gas prices has already begun to break”.
The UK and other fossil-fuel importing nations are being hit not only by high gas prices, but also by high prices for oil, diesel and other refined fuels.
The EU has reportedly had to pay an extra €100bn for fossil-fuel imports since the start of the crisis. Higher import bills have fallen particularly hard on low and middle-income countries, according to separate analysis.
In the UK, diesel prices have hit record levels of around £2 per litre. In contrast, recent Carbon Brief analysis shows that electric cars are up to nine times cheaper to drive.
In her speech to the Labour party conference, energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh said that energy bills were high because the UK is “exposed to global fossil-fuel markets”.
In his own conference speech, prime minister Andy Burnham said the expansion of clean energy was easing the impact of high gas prices on electricity bills. He said:
“We are already taking more control of our electricity prices with a massive expansion of home-grown renewables and nuclear. I have asked Miatta to speed up the breaking of the link between what we pay for power at home and the international gas market, to get bills down.”
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Pittsburgh Water is planning its first solar energy project at its water treatment plant. The estimated $1.24 million initiative aims to produce clean power on-site and cushion customers against rising electricity costs.
The project involves installing solar panels across two buildings at the treatment facility. The panels are projected to generate about 607,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, which is roughly equivalent to the power consumed by 55 homes each year.
The largest solar installation will be placed on the Filtration Building. It is expected to supply about 9% of the electricity used at that building.
Pittsburgh Water Chief Executive Officer Will Pickering highlighted the financial and environmental goals of the project.
“This project allows us to make progress on two priorities at once – reducing our environmental impact and managing the rising cost of electricity,” Pickering said. “Generating some of our own clean energy is a practical investment in a more sustainable and affordable water system for our customers.”
Pittsburgh Water plans to pursue low-interest financing through PENNVEST along with a 30% federal tax credit. Financial projections show the project could pay for itself in about 10 years, yielding an estimated $1.57 million in total savings over its operational lifespan.
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India curtailed more than 8 TWh of solar power generation between April and June 2026, with grid congestion identified as a major factor, according to a report by global management consulting firm Kearney. The report says the nation’s ambition to hit 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 will depend on how quickly the power transmission network scales up its planning, execution, and digitalization capabilities.
The report, “Rewiring India’s power future: a blueprint for an intelligent and future-ready transmission sector,” finds that even as peak power demand is projected to climb to 459 GW by FY2036, the country’s transmission backbone, that is built for a different era of thermal-led generation, needs significant modernization to keep pace with a rapidly changing, renewables-heavy grid.
To support the shift, India’s Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) rolling plan calls for 67,263 circuit kilometers of new transmission lines and 629,597 MVA of additional transformation capacity by FY2030–31, requiring an estimated investment of INR 4.85 lakh crore. Yet Kearney’s analysis based on Central Electricity Authority (CEA) data shows that annual transmission additions have consistently missed National Electricity Plan targets, with shortfalls as high as 50 percent in some years.
“India’s transmission sector is at an inflection point. The country has set out one of the most ambitious renewable energy targets in the world, and the investment blueprint to support it is largely in place. Accelerating execution will separate ambition from achievement,” said Sanchit Makhija, Partner, Kearney.
“In Q1FY2027 alone, more than 8 TWh of solar power was curtailed. That is close to 2 percent of all the electricity India generated in the quarter, and roughly a fifth of its solar output, clean energy already built and paid for that never reached consumers.”
Makhija said that India not only needs to build more but also use existing infrastructure more efficiently.
“Kearney analysis shows that co-locating storage can free up to 60 percent of tied-up grid capacity, and technologies such as FACTS and dynamic line rating can add 20 to 30 percent more throughput on existing lines. “India does not have a funding gap; it has an execution and utilization gap. Transmission players should stop thinking of themselves as corridor builders and start operating as platform leaders to set the pace of India’s energy transition,” said Makhija.
Kearney’s report identifies five interlinked structural issues the sector needs to address:
To close these gaps, Kearney’s report lays out five imperatives for transforming India’s transmission sector:
1. Shift to integrated, long-range planning — establishing a Central Electricity Authority-anchored national transmission planning cell with oversight across all state transmission utilities, built around a unified 15- to 20-year demand horizon.
2. Unlock existing capacity through storage and smarter allocation — mandating co-located battery energy storage for new renewable projects and tying transmission access to demonstrated capacity utilization.  Kearney analysis indicates that co-located storage can free up to 60 percent of tied-up connectivity, while flexible AC transmission systems can increase line loading by 20 to 30 percent and dynamic line rating can unlock a further 10 to 20 percent from existing lines.
3. Move to a corridor-based right-of-way model — designating 8 to 10 pre-cleared corridors across renewable-rich states, backed by a statutory 90-day clearance SLA, a national GIS-based right-of-way database and standardized community compensation norms.
4. Strengthen supply chains and execution capability — building domestic CRGO steel capacity through global joint ventures, signing multiyear framework agreements with equipment manufacturers, and setting up a national leasing pool for mechanized construction equipment.
5. Build digital centers of excellence — deploying next-generation energy management systems and extending phasor measurement unit coverage down to the 132 kV level to enable predictive, analytics-driven grid operations.

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WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – The New York Power Authority is becoming the majority owner of the upcoming 240-megawatt Rich Road solar project in the town of Canton.
Under the deal, NYPA owns 51% of the project, with the initial developer, EDF Power Solutions, owning the rest. EDF will remain involved in the project’s development and oversee construction at the 1,400-acre site.
NYPA says its ownership stake will help support a program that provides bill credits to low-income New Yorkers.
Canton Town Supervisor Jim Smith said he had mixed emotions following news of NYPA’s involvement.
“We had an early indication this might be happening. We just weren’t sure when it was going to happen,” Smith said.
“When you get a new player in this late, it makes you a little nervous, but seeing how it’s NYPA, NYPA has been very good to local communities where they’re working,” Smith said.
Assemblyman Scott Gray believes NYPA’s involvement in this project stems from state legislation directing NYPA to expand renewable energy sources in New York. Gray was against the legislation at the time but sees NYPA’s involvement as a positive given the circumstances.
“They have more of a responsibility to the taxpayers and local elected officials, whereas a developer may not necessarily have that sense. They may do it out of the desire to be a good corporate citizen, but they don’t have as much obligation,” said Gray, who represents the 116th Assembly District.
Smith doesn’t think NYPA’s involvement will affect the town’s role in the project.
“That is yet to be seen, but it’s my understanding nothing is changing as far as where we’re at,” Smith said.
NYPA declined to comment on the cost of the deal. Construction is expected to begin late next year, with the solar farm operational by 2029.
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The Q2 2026 A1 Solar Index report by distributor A1 SolarStore reveals a U.S. solar hardware market operating under significant regulatory constraints.
Inventory levels surged close to historic highs, driven primarily by importers rushing to beat incoming tariff deadlines and federal tax credit milestones rather than organic market demand. Tightened federal guidance and expanding import duties have further constrained low-cost supply chains, squeezing margins and leverage for retail buyers and large-scale developers alike.  
Domestic content
Demand for domestic-made solar panels fell sharply following updated Treasury and IRS guidelines for the Inflation Reduction Act’s domestic content bonus. The clarified rules require underlying ingot and wafer production, not just cell coating and module assembly, to take place in the U.S. Transaction prices for domestic panels corrected 8.87% quarter-over-quarter to $0.510 per watt as the pool of qualifying hardware narrowed. Despite the price reduction, domestic-made modules remain the highest-priced equipment segment in the report.
Pricing
Seller leverage increased during the quarter as negotiating room narrowed. The national retail price gap between listed ask prices and final checkout prices shrank from $0.118 per watt in Q1 to $0.054 per watt in Q2. In the 600W+ module category, listing discounts shifted to a $0.138 per watt premium ($0.500/W transaction versus $0.362/W listing) as commercial EPC firms secured available high-wattage, FEOC-compliant stock ahead of the July 4 Section 48E construction-start deadline.  
Import restrictions
Protectionist trade policies continue to limit alternative import channels. Cumulative tariffs on Chinese modules remained above 200%, maintained by the 50% Section 301 rate and the 10% Section 122 baseline.  
Preliminary antidumping and countervailing duty decisions issued on April 24, 2026, further restricted major Southeast Asian manufacturing hubs:  
U.S. Customs is collecting cash deposits at the border for these duties, with retroactive critical circumstances applied to select Indian and Indonesian suppliers. In response, manufacturers are seeking alternative supply sources, including cell facilities in Ethiopia.  
FEOC compliance
Prices for Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) non-compliant panels fell 15.91% quarter-over-quarter to $0.362 per watt as buyers cleared out non-qualifying inventory. Concurrently, demand for fully FEOC-compliant equipment reached record highs.  
In cell technology, TOPCon transaction prices rebounded 4.60% to $0.355 per watt, while legacy PERC dropped 2.92% to $0.357 per watt, resolving the previous price inversion. Reduced patent litigation risks surrounding TOPCon supply helped stabilize buyer confidence. Among suppliers, JA Solar took the top spot in transaction volume, followed by Regitec and SolarSpace. Canadian Solar entered the top rankings at #8, while Seraphim moved up to #10.  
Inventory and upstream
Average daily listed inventory reached 932,000 units (491 MW) in Q2 2026, up 126% from Q1, as importers positioned stock ahead of tariff changes and the July 24 transition from Section 122 to Section 301 forced-labor provisions. Wholesale lead times held steady at 9 days.  
Upstream raw material markets saw notable price swings:  
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India is in the middle of a revolutionary energy transition, attempting to pull off what other countries such as the United States have done over decades in a very short time frame.
This memo is a part of CFR Expert Manjari Chatterjee Miller’s project on India and the liberal international order published by CFR’s China Strategy Initiative through its China 360° program.
India’s efforts to shift to a cleaner power generation mix are breaking with historical patterns of sustainable development. That is, the country is already ahead of the curve in decoupling power demand and carbon emissions growth relative to where the United States and even China were at during similar developmental stages.¹ Further, India has achieved this distinction while carrying out one of the most aggressive and successful campaigns to reduce energy poverty—that is, expanding access to electricity—in history.² In sum, India offers a powerful rebuttal to the argument that a rapid pivot to new tools, supply chains, and incentive schemes is inherently at odds with an orderly energy transition that delivers a more sustainable, affordable, and prosperous future.
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India’s rise poses a challenge for articulating best practices in the global energy transition, however, as those best practices are different than in other domains, such as global trade. That is, many outside India worry that the country’s current approach is not disruptive enough. To avoid the worst-case scenarios associated with climate change, the energy transition roadmaps of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and multiple others all suggest that it essential to achieve a zero-carbon power mix globally as soon as possible.³ India is now the world’s third-largest electricity market and, by some estimates, its consumption of electricity is on track to more than triple between now and mid-century.⁴ Thus, the country’s ambitions for—or resistance to—deep decarbonization matter greatly.
Despite its progress in decoupling power demand and emissions growth, India has yet to unlock the absolute sectoral emissions declines that the United States and others have already achieved (see figure one). Consequentially, there is a substantial risk that India will remain on a trajectory where its sectoral emissions not only continue to rise—but rise on a scale that could effectively negate the progress in other economies.
India’s greatest obstacle for escaping this trajectory is its ongoing, heavy reliance on coal. Coal is the largest source of India’s power generation (see figure 2) and also the source of over 97 percent of the sector’s carbon emissions (see figure 3). Indian policymakers have generally not disputed the merits of shifting to a cleaner energy mix. They have sought international guidance and support for how to best do this, emerging as active and enthusiastic participants in relevant working groups convened under the auspices of the IEA, ADB, Group of 20 (G20), and numerous other multilateral forums. But they have also stressed that any aggressive transition should be highly pragmatic, removing barriers to shifting away from coal before committing to the fuel’s phase out.
To ensure that India meets its rapidly growing electricity needs while further accelerating its energy transition, Indian policymakers need to take several steps: First, the country should redouble its ongoing efforts at containing energy demand growth, particularly by addressing inefficiencies in its electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure. Second, that infrastructure should be further improved to help translate India’s growing renewables capacity into fully realized electricity generation. This will require targeted technical and operational improvements. Finally, and most ambitiously, Indian policymakers should prepare for a world in which their country consumes coal in a radically different way.
This will be an uphill battle; international support for India’s energy transition is increasingly in doubt. India’s approach is grounded in climate realism norms—that is, India has to continually find opportunities to move aggressively on climate action while being cognizant of both its economic and geopolitical interests and structural constraints. To achieve its goals India will, thus, be required to reach consensus on the contours of a more ambitious yet still viable energy transition.
To date, the most ambitious global vision for curtailing coal remains the one championed by the United Kingdom at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26): committing to a date to phase out coal-fired power. Yet the final commitments at the end of the conference omitted such strong language, largely due to India’s prominent and vocal pushback.⁵
Part of this pushback owes to the role that coal (as an industry) has played in India’s rise, with domestic production supporting economic growth and substantial employment. But it was also a highly pragmatic assessment about the fundamental economics of a phase out in India. India’s coal plants are still relatively young—on average, less than fifteen years old—meaning that their natural retirement age is still decades away.⁶ Early closures would require addressing challenging questions about hard costs and economic losses: primarily, who will absorb them.
India has also pushed back against previous U.S.-backed proposals for resolving such concerns, declining to participate in novel arrangements such as the Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) that were finalized with Indonesia and other emerging economies. Under a JETP, India would in theory be eligible to receive financial support in exchange for undertaking specific commitments to early coal-plant closures. Yet Indian policymakers have expressed concerns that those arrangements do not change the underlying costs of phasing out coal—in part because JETPs with other emerging economies have relied heavily on loans, implying that the money would ultimately need to be paid back.⁷
Instead of committing to a phase out, India—alongside others such as China and Japan—has advocated that a more sustainable approach to decoupling power sector and emissions growth requires a phase down of coal. Under the right conditions, both visions may articulate similar outcomes and timelines. Yet that alignment hinges on a phase down with explicit metrics for evaluating success—in turn, requiring a clear vision for energy-sector breakthroughs.
A first principle of any energy transition is to prioritize taming demand growth to minimize the scale of the challenge ahead. Yet India’s per capita electricity consumption is already well-below the global average, as well that of its G20 peers (see figure 4). That virtually guarantees that as the country’s population and economy grow, so too will its electricity consumption. India’s ongoing boom in electricity consumption is also not merely a byproduct of the country’s economic rise. The country’s outsized exposure to the negative impacts of climate change also adds to its projected energy demand growth: domestic demand for air conditioning is surging, driven in part by more frequent and intense heat waves across the country.⁸
There are, thus, notable caveats on what successful demand management might look like for India relative to undertakings in the United States; Japan; or even China, which enjoys a relatively more temperate climate. Even so, India has staked a claim to being a global energy transition leader in its focus on energy efficiency. Central to this is the country’s National Mission to Enhance Energy Efficiency, which has served as an organizing framework for multiple initiatives that have been ambitious in both scope and scale. The Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All, for example, has distributed millions of light bulbs to residential consumers in India to support switching from less efficient bulbs and thereby lower household electricity demand. India also has robust legal and regulatory foundations that underpin its efficiency campaigns, with the World Bank recognizing the country’s regulatory frameworks for encouraging electricity end-users to step up their energy-efficiency efforts.⁹
To be clear, India has not diverged from the United States and other G20 members in objectives or even views of best practices for promoting energy efficiency; several of the country’s strategic initiatives have benefited from close coordination with the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other U.S. government agencies in planning, implementing, and refining policy approaches. That said, India appears to be diverging from other economies in how aggressively it is continuing to prioritize new gains. Although consensus statements of the G20 and other groups have seen members pledge to double the pace of their energy efficiency improvements this decade, India is one of only a handful of economies that appears on track to actually do so.¹⁰
Looking ahead, the ADB estimates that India still has incredible untapped potential for energy savings, equivalent to almost one-fifth of the country’s 2019 power generation needs.¹¹ Several opportunities for savings relate to the country’s power grid. Electricity transmission and distribution losses are quite high and, in relative terms, well-above the levels of losses seen in the United States (see figure 5). Addressing this will require a combination of both technical and process improvements—as well as substantial upfront and long-term investment. No small task, but essential for creating the conditions in which market forces can meaningfully crowd out higher-emitting energy sources.
Energy efficiency can support emissions avoidance, but actually shifting to a cleaner energy mix requires deploying lower- and zero-carbon energy sources at scale. Encouragingly, another area where India has shown signs of outperforming its peers is in building out its capacity for renewable energy sources. The country has continued to set—and exceed—aggressive targets for deploying solar technologies in particular: India added as much solar capacity in 2022 alone as the United Kingdom’s entire solar fleet.¹² India is now the world’s third-largest solar energy market and one of only ten economies on track to triple renewable energy capacity from 2022 levels by 2030.¹³
In addition to bringing new capacity online, there is more work that India could (and must) do to maximize its renewable energy sources. To stay on solar energy, India faces challenges in translating that capacity into actual generation, including technical factors—such as insufficient transmission availability—and operational ones—such as ongoing errors and gaps in demand forecasting data.¹⁴ As detailed in a study by energy think tank Ember, this curtailment is both sizeable and ongoing: around 4GW of India’s solar capacity faced complete curtailment on some days in December 2025.
Much like energy efficiency, India’s strategy for harnessing its renewable energy potential has involved working with other economies. This includes the United States, which through multiple Republican and Democratic administrations, has been an important partner to India in those efforts, including through the provision of substantial financing and technical support via initiatives dating back for decades.
Ultimately, India’s progress in renewable energy consumption and energy efficiency put it ahead of the curve on two vital benchmarks for decarbonization. The country has not shied away from ambitious endeavors, and in those spaces where it has sought leadership, there is relatively straightforward work it could prioritize to accelerate a phase down from coal. All of this speaks to India’s potential for even greater positive disruption.
India is undertaking an energy transition that is, in many ways, unprecedented. It is attempting to pull off what other economies have sequenced over decades on a much shorter timeline. To an extent, that is necessary. It also makes articulating best practices all that more complex.
There are signs that India’s approach may be bearing fruit. As of February 2026, early indicators suggest that India’s power sector emissions may have declined in 2025, breaking with the overriding trend of the past two decades.¹⁵ Yet few, if any, authorities believe the country has already seen peak emissions; 2025 also saw new coal-fired capacity come online and record domestic coal production.
An energy-transition strategy grounded in climate realism will thus require India to advance additional breakthroughs on at least three fronts. The first is in bolstering the overall flexibility of its power grid—both from a technical and an operational standpoint—to better utilize the significant new renewable generation capacity that India has already stood up.¹⁶ The second is deploying additional alternatives to coal. To that end, India has recently passed legislation to open its nuclear sector to foreign investment, in hopes to spur further zero-carbon power generation, and expressed ambitions for greater consumption of natural gas. Both opportunities have merit and mirror the tools that the United States and others have deployed in their own energy transition strategies. Yet it remains to be seen how quickly those and other efforts can close the gap or act as partial alternatives to existing decarbonization efforts.
Lastly, and most soberingly, India needs additional breakthroughs to address a likely rebound in coal-linked emissions. If there are hard limitations on how aggressively India can shift from coal to alternatives, there are still other avenues it could pursue to more radically reduce its emissions. One of those is Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS). In December 2025, India announced a roadmap for how it could deploy CCUS at scale, and in January 2026, released a new Union Budget injecting roughly Rs 500 crore (roughly $55 million USD) into those efforts for the 2026–27 fiscal year.¹⁷ But, at least in the near-term, the most likely scenario is still a rise in emissions with consequences that will need to be addressed via future adaptation efforts.
A fractured international climate-action landscape further complicates how India might approach and resource a response to those concerns, particularly the reelection of U.S. President Donald Trump. During the first Trump administration, the animating logic of U.S. -India energy cooperation was energy security, not climate action, yet in practice cooperation regularly focused on how to support clean energy deployment. But after reelection in 2024, the Trump administration has not expressed any interest in clean energy nor in retaining the previous frameworks that it built. Among Trump’s many day-one actions was an order to rescind the U.S. International Climate Finance Plan, placing future U.S. financing for novel initiatives in doubt.¹⁸ The administration has also subsequently withdrawn from multiple international forums and dialogues with special relevance to the energy transition. This includes the International Solar Alliance, a platform where participants can both share best practices and pursue joint projects. The road ahead is less clear than it has been. But its urgency—and opportunities—persists.
Clara Gillispie is the Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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The Kern County Board of Supervisors has granted approval for the Galaxy Solar PV and Storage Project, which combines 600MW of solar photovoltaic generation with a 4GWh battery energy storage system, as reported by pv-tech. The initiative, advanced by US independent power producer Terra-Gen, is slated for approximately 3,519 acres distributed over 184 parcels of privately owned land in unincorporated southeastern Kern County, close to California City, California.
The location lies south of Highway 58, roughly 2,900 feet east of Highway 14, and extends along both sides of Silver Queen Road. Sam Sours, Terra-Gen’s vice president of solar development, spoke to the Board on 29 September, stating that the project should produce roughly US$16.1 million in property taxes during its first full year of operation. Over a 35-year operational lifespan, the project is projected to deliver approximately US$120 million in property taxes, according to Sours.
Regarding employment, the project is anticipated to sustain about 350 operational roles, with construction employment expected to reach a peak of around 650 workers. Terra-Gen indicated that the construction workforce will be hired through a local union labour agreement that has already been executed.
The development is also designed to support California’s objective of sourcing 60% of retail electricity sales from renewable energy by 2030. Terra-Gen stated that Joshua trees in the vicinity of the project site will be moved and replanted at a tree sanctuary located in Los Angeles County.
Terra-Gen manages approximately 4.2GW of wind, solar and battery storage capacity across the US, including roughly 1.1GW of operating solar capacity and 5.6GWh of energy storage. The company maintains a development pipeline of about 16GW.
In December 2025, Terra-Gen completed financing for the 205MW Lockhart III & IV solar PV project in San Bernardino County, California. The US$383.3 million financing arrangement consisted of a US$236.1 million tax equity bridge loan, a US$107.5 million construction and term loan, and US$39.7 million in unfunded facilities.
During 2024, UAE state-owned renewable energy developer Masdar purchased a 50% stake in the company from Energy Capital Partners. Igneo Infrastructure Partners kept its existing 50% holding after the deal.
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On Wednesday, the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority board agreed to apply for a grant to fund the construction of a solar farm at the 3.11-acre Western Concrete property off Fifth Street.

On Wednesday, the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority board agreed to apply for a grant to fund the construction of a solar farm at the 3.11-acre Western Concrete property off Fifth Street.
CADILLAC — The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority board on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to apply for up to $10 million to fund the construction of a solar farm at the former Western Concrete property at 509 Fifth St., along with other projects of a similar nature.
The solar farm proposal was brought to the board by Avon Protection, which has been exploring renewable energy options to meet the company’s zero-carbon goal by 2040.
Board member Brian Warner has been talks with representatives of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy about the possibility of obtaining funding for the project through the Pilot EPA Brownfield to Solar Grant program.
Battery energy storage systems also would be eligible for funding through this program, and are part of the overall plan for the site.
The project is anticipated to provide direct energy “behind the meter” for Avon that would result in significant peak energy savings. The preliminary cost estimate for the project is $2 million.
If approved for the grant, the Brownfield Authority would serve as fiduciary of the money and a pass-through to individual projects such as the Avon Protection solar farm.
Cadillac City Manager Marcus Peccia said the project also would provide cost savings to low-income water and sewer customers in the city.
Avon Protection would pay the city to lease the land where the solar farm is located and that money would be used to subsidize the bill for customers making less than 80% of the area’s median income.
Part of the property already is zoned to allow for the construction of energy storage devices. The zoning of the other section might have to be changed to allow for it. Even if it isn’t changed, however, the project could still move forward if the site plan places the storage system in the part that is zoned to allow for it.
If the grant is awarded, the project still would need to be signed off on by the Cadillac City Council, in order to approve the lease of the land to Avon Protection.
Lakelynn Apartments cleanup grant
The Brownfield board on Wednesday also agreed to apply for a $1 million grant to pay for the cleanup of the Lakelynn Apartments property, where debris was discovered during the construction of the first building there.
Brownfield consultant Mac McClelland told the board that the majority of debris is construction-related and “not very good to build on.” He said “widespread but low-impact contamination” also was discovered in the area during construction.
Warner said he feared this discovery might jeopardize the project but was optimistic about the possibility of the estimated $1.9 million cleanup being partially covered by an EGLE Brownfield grant.
Kyle Friar, owner of KMF Construction — developer of the project — said they were still in the process of figuring out how to cover the remaining $900,000 cleanup cost.
Friar said the debris and contamination was discovered in a part of the property that isn’t slated to be developed until the end phases of the project, so they can proceed with the initial stages while they’re figuring out how to fund the cleanup.
Lakelynn Apartments, when finished, will include 252 apartment units and possibly more if an additional building is constructed at the site, which is something the developer has said they would like to do.
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Also on Wednesday, the Brownfield board gave McClleland permission to continue talks with a developer that has proposed building 75 single-family homes at the Cadillac Junction property on the east side of the city.
Allen Edwin Homes has proposed the development, which would include 57 for-sale homes, 16 income-restricted rental units, and two market rate rental units.
To make the project financially viable, the developer is asking for a Brownfield plan to be established to offset some of the costs of the construction, which will be passed on to home buyers and renters in the form of lower sale prices and rental rates.
A Brownfield plan captures taxes on a property over a certain period of time after development raises its taxable value. That captured money then is used to cover qualifying development costs.
The majority of homes built would include four bedrooms and the remaining ones would include three bedrooms.
The income-restricted rentals are expected to include four, three-bedroom homes for $1,770 a month and 12, four-bedroom homes for $1,922 a month.
Developers say the income-restricted rentals are expected to be affordable to households earning below 120% of the area’s median income, with rent set for a four-bedroom home at 100% of the median income.
If the Brownfield plan is approved, it would cover costs associated with home construction, in addition to the widening of M-55 to accommodate deceleration and acceleration lanes for the project.
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Renewable energy investor Actis has launched a new clean energy platform in India that will aim to operate more than 3GW of solar PV, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Leo Energies will be the investor’s fourth renewables platform in the country, and has signed deals to acquire around 650MW of solar PV capacity that will be operational at the time the transaction is completed.
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Actis added that this solar portfolio is split across five states—Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu—and have long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) in place with state discoms and commercial and industrial (C&I) offtakers.
The company has also signed deals to acquire a further 50MWh of BESS for the platform, and described the Indian renewable energy market as a “deep and liquid deal environment”. The first half of the year saw record capacity additions for the Indian solar sector, with 27GW of new PV capacity coming online, a 49% year-on-year increase.
The launch of Leo Energies follows Actis’ work at the Ostro Energy and Sprng Energy platforms—which were sold in 2018 and 2022, respectively—and the BluPine Energy platform, which is still owned by Actis. BluPine has surpassed more than 3GW of solar PV, wind and BESS capacity, and could serve as something of a blueprint for the Leo Energies project.
“Leo Energies continues a playbook we know exceptionally well—building right-sized, contracted Indian independent power producers with clear visibility and potential to generate compelling returns for our investors,” said Actis managing director of energy infrastructure Abhishek Bansal.
While the company did not specify its long-term plans for the platform, Actis head of energy infrastructure Lucy Heintz noted that it has spent more than a decade developing platforms and “exiting to blue chip acquirers such as Shell, GIP and Engie.”
The announcement follows a number of other renewable energy investments involving Actis, including the launch of Yeltica Energy, a similar renewable energy platform, in Mexico. Actis plans to scale the platform to include more than 2GW of solar PV, wind and BESS, and said that it aims to participate in tenders operated by the state utility, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).

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PLAQUEMINE – The Iberville Parish Council has voted to reject Entergy’s proposed Cypress Harvest Solar project for a second time.
The 12-1 vote, with council member Terry Bradford abstaining, upholds the council’s original denial.
In August, Entergy representatives met with Plaquemine residents to address community concerns regarding the planned development off La. 75.
Local residents raised objections over the facility’s proximity to homes, schools, and neighborhoods, as well as potential long-term costs and environmental impacts.

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Pisgah Energy has completed a 680-kW solar installation for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in Belmont, North Carolina, according to a news item from Pisgah.
While developing the project, Pisgah Energy found that the City of Belmont’s land development ordinances did not permit ground-mounted solar installations. The company’s team and Sisters of Mercy staff spent many months working to obtain an amendment allowing ground-mounted solar within the city limits. Belmont ultimately approved the text amendment, and the Sisters of Mercy can now meet 30% of their campus energy needs with solar power, while solar opportunities have widened for others in the city.
Pisgah Energy president Evan Becka said the project involved challenges ranging from updating city ordinances to working around complex underground infrastructure. He said he was impressed throughout by the Sisters of Mercy’s commitment to realizing their vision and described it as an honor to help move them closer to achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sister Judith Frikker, RSM, a member of the Institute Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy, said the order is committed to doing its part to make life on Earth sustainable for future generations. She said the Sisters of Mercy have called on themselves to align their institutional practices with actions addressing the urgent climate crisis, and that much work remains and will only be effective through collaboration. She expressed gratitude to everyone who worked over the past few years to make the step possible.
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Plans for 30 solar panels to be ground-mounted at a former home of late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes at Heptonstall village have been submitted to planners.
Rosie Scott of the Arvon Foundation has applied to Calderdale Council asking for permission for the array to be placed at at the Arvon Foundation, Lumb Bank.
A supporting statement with the application says the photovoltaic panels will be mounted on a low-profile, adjustable galvanised steel framework.
According to the Arvon Foundation, Lumb Bank was once owned by Ted Hughes and became part of Arvon's network of residential writing centres after he made it available for the charity's work.
The 18th-century house, set in the upper Calder Valley landscape that inspired much of Hughes' poetry, has since helped generations of writers develop their craft through Arvon's courses and retreats, making it one of the most enduring parts of his literary legacy in Calderdale, says the Foundation.
It says the array has been designed to generate a significant proportion of the site's annual electricity demand while occupying the minimum practical area of land.
"The adjustable mounting system enables seasonal optimisation of panel inclination, improving energy generation efficiency and reducing the number of panels required compared with a conventional fixed installation.
"The photovoltaic array forms the final stage of the Arvon Foundation's wider de-carbonisation programme, following investment in building refurbishment, improved thermal performance, air source heat pumps and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery.
"Together, these measures will reduce the Foundation's reliance on imported grid electricity and further lower its operational carbon emissions," says the statement.
The array would not normally be allowable for land in the green belt but very special circumstances as required by policy are demonstrated, the application argues.
An independent audit has identified a south-facing photovoltaic array as the most effective measure for reducing the site's operational carbon emissions and electricity consumption.
It "will deliver significant environmental, operational and public benefits through renewable electricity generation, reduced carbon emissions and improved energy resilience.
"These benefits, together with the proposal's modest scale, careful design and contribution to the Foundation's wider de-carbonisation strategy, clearly outweigh the limited harm to the openness of the Green Belt," argues the supporting statement.
The proposed solar array will be located within a managed grass field to the south west of the existing buildings and down slope from the main complex, it says.
Existing topography, mature trees, hedgerows and drystone walls will restrict views of the array from the road and nearby public rights of way, whilst the dark, anti-reflective finish further reduces visual prominence, argues the application.
The application, number 26/00661/FUL, can be viewed on the council's Planning Portal.
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Inox Clean Energy has filed DRHP with SEBI as it plans an IPO to raise INR 10,000 crore
It plans to use most of the IPO proceeds to repay or prepay borrowings while remaining will be used for general corporate purposes
The company operates 3 GW of solar module capacity in India and approximately 3 GW in the US
Indian renewable energy company Inox Clean Energy plans to raise INR 10,000 crore (approximately $1 billion) through a public offering. The company has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch an initial public offering (IPO).
According to the Inox Clean Energy’s DRHP, the IPO comprises a fresh issue of shares worth up to INR 8,000 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to INR 2,000 crore. 
The company plans to use most of the net proceeds to repay or prepay outstanding borrowings of the company and its subsidiaries. The remaining proceeds will be allocated to general corporate purposes, subject to a cap of 25% of the gross proceeds.
One of the leading names in the solar PV market, Inox had a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) portfolio totaling 9.29 GW across India and Africa, as of August 31, 2026. This comprises 2.37 GW of operational capacity across nine Indian states, 800 MW of under construction, 2.99 GW in the pipeline and 3.13 GW of future capacity.
Out of the total 9.29 GW, Inox says 6.16 GW is contracted under long-term offtake agreements.
Inox counts 2.91 GW of sovereign-backed IPP portfolio under-development across African nations of Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it operates through SkyPower MENA, its venture with Arctic International Private Limited. The company acquired SkyPower, Sunsource Energy and Vibrant Energy platforms during fiscal 2026 (see India Solar PV News Snippets).
In August 2026, it completed INR 6,000 crore acquisition of BlackRock-owned GIP’s Vena Energy India renewable energy platform that added 1 GW of operational, 1.7 GW of solar and wind, and 1.2 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) assets at advanced stages to its portfolio. The dela also added 2.7 GW of solar and wind, and 1.3 GWh of BESS development pipeline.
Inox also operates in the solar PV manufacturing space operating approximately 3 GW module capacity in the US, with close to 3 GW of cell capacity under construction via Inox Solar Americas. The latter acquired the assets of Boviet Solar (see North America Solar PV News Snippets).
In India, Inox operates a 3 GW solar module manufacturing factory at Bavla in Gujarat based on TOPCon technology, however it plans to explore heterojunction (HJT) in the future.
Inox Clean Energy has joined a growing group of Indian solar PV companies pursuing IPOs. The list includes Juniper Green Energy and Clean Max Enviro Energy, which have recently gone public, as well as Cosmic PV Power, Emmvee, and Avaada Electro, which are preparing to list (see India Solar PV News Snippets).   
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Space is facing an energy crisis, at least according to a Florida-based startup that’s set out to solve it by creating a network of spacecraft designed to beam power to satellites through lasers.
Star Catcher is gearing up for the launch of its prototype satellite, dubbed Protostar, to test its technology in space for the first time. Protostar will launch on board SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission no earlier than Thursday and attempt to transmit energy to another satellite in orbit.
If successful, this would mark the first time lasers have been used to beam energy between two untethered spacecraft in orbit. “This mission will yield critical operational data in real-world orbital conditions that will directly support the build out of our commercial power grid in space,” Michael Snyder, co-founder and CTO of Star Catcher, said in a statement.
Star Catcher was founded in 2024 with the aim of building a power grid in space to help support the growing orbital economy. According to the company, satellites can’t generate enough power on their own to keep up with the growing demand of modern space missions like providing direct-to-cell connectivity, AI-powered Earth observations, and agile maneuvering for defense applications.
With its space-based power grid, Star Catcher aims to use its network of spacecraft to collect sunlight in orbit and convert it to wavelengths that can be transmitted to solar panels attached to satellites. The array of so-called power nodes gathers sunlight using a collection of lenses and refines it to optimized wavelengths that the company claims can provide up to two to 10 times more power.
The company has already tested its power-beaming technology on Earth, using a suite of multi-wavelength lasers to deliver more than 1.1 kilowatts of electrical power to commercial off-the-shelf solar panels. The series of tests, which were conducted at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in late 2025, paved the way for the upcoming orbital demonstration.
During the upcoming mission, Protostar will deploy a cubesat with an off-the-shelf solar panel attached to it. The satellite will then track the cubesat and attempt to beam a measurable amount of power to its solar panels.
The mission will be the first end-to-end in-space demonstration of the company’s core technologies, testing its satellite’s energy harvesting, satellite acquisition and tracking, and power transmission.
Protostar is a small-scale version of the satellites Star Catcher eventually plans on launching, aiming to get an operational power grid in orbit by the end of the decade. “Every major application driving the space economy—from real-time national security intelligence to AI-powered orbital computing and Earth observation—is limited by power,” Andrew Rush, co-founder and CEO of Star Catcher, said in a statement. “We are closer to activating an orbital power grid than most can imagine.”
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Actis has launched Leo Energies as its fourth renewable energy platform in India, targeting more than 3 GW of capacity
The company has signed agreements for approximately 650 MW of operational solar assets across five states
Its initial acquisitions include solar generation and battery storage projects from TrueRE Oriana Power
Global sustainable infrastructure investor Actis has launched its fourth renewable energy platform in India, targeting more than 3 GW of solar, onshore wind and battery energy storage capacity. Named Leo Energies, the new platform will combine acquisitions of operating projects with opportunities to develop new renewable energy assets.
However, Actis has not disclosed the planned capacity breakdown across these technologies.
Actis says the new platform has already signed agreements to acquire approximately 650 MW of solar capacity. It is spread across Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
All projects are expected to be operational at the time of acquisition. Of the planned acquisitions, approximately 160 MW of generation capacity and 50 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects have reached financial close. This includes 110 MW of solar and 50 MWh of BESS projects acquired from TrueRE Oriana Power.
The projects are backed by long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with central offtakers, state distribution companies and commercial and industrial (C&I) customers, according to Actis.
Before Leo Energies, the other renewable energy platforms of Actis in India included Ostro Energy, Sprng Energy and BluPine Energy. While it sold Sprng Energy to Shell, Actis launched BluPine Energy in 2022 and continues to scale it up. BluPine’s total capacity has since surpassed 3 GW.
Actis says it has deployed approximately $1.5 billion in equity capital in India’s energy sector. It has also built or operated nearly 10 GW of installed generation capacity.
It plans to expand Leo Energies through further acquisitions and greenfield projects secured through PPA auctions. Its strategy covers both utility-scale and C&I renewable energy markets.
“India is one of the world’s most exciting energy markets in our view, and Leo Energies reflects our conviction that the opportunity here remains very strong,” said Lucy Heintz, the Head of Energy Infrastructure at Actis.
Recently Shell sold Sprng Energy to Aditya Birla group (see Shell Sells Sprng Energy To Aditya Birla In $1.8B Deal).
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Despite the Trump administration’s hostility towards renewable energy, information released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that utility solar capacity — large scale projects that provide electricity to power grids — has increased 33% since 2025.
That’s according to the SUN DAY campaign, which tracks renewable energy nationally.
The president’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025 removed solar power tax credits, which industry groups in Florida feared could devastate the solar industry in the Sunshine State.
Trump’s pick to lead Florida for the next four years, Republican Byron Donalds, said last week that he’s not a fan of solar power and was openly dismissive of its ability to power the state.
“We are in the middle of the solar fad, and I’m going to call it a fad,” he said during a campaign event in Daytona Beach Shores.
“Because we know how this works,” he added. “We’ve seen these solar arrays all over the state of Florida. They’re taking land out of production and taking land off the interstate. We’ve seen how this has worked time and again. What happens very clearly is you have some power in the day, no power at night, when most people are using electricity anyway. And so it’s not consistent power.”
His Democratic opponent, David Jolly, has a different take.
“Solar should be a part of Florida’s future,” he told the Phoenix last Friday, following his appearance in front of the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. “I think that the more people we can get off the traditional grid with solar panels, whether it’s through incentives or some soft mandates into our Public Services Commission, great.”
He went on to say that the state’s biggest investor-owned utilities are “going to widespread adoption of solar.”
Eight percent of the energy generated in Florida comes from renewable sources (mostly solar), according to a 2026 report from the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). Nearly 75% of the energy generated in Florida comes from natural gas. Another 11% comes from nuclear power, 3% from coal, 2% from purchases and less than one percent from oil.
The Phoenix reached out to the three largest investor-owned utilities in Florida to learn how much solar power is in their plans.
Florida Power & Light (FPL) is the state’s largest energy provider. In 2025, FPL delivered 11% of its energy from solar generation. Its 10-year 2026 Ten-Year Power Plant Site Plan calls for that to increase to 26% by 2035.
However, that is 30% lower compared to its 2025 plan. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) attributes that reduction to expiring federal solar tax credits passed by Congress last year. (SACE notes that NextEra Energy, FPL’s parent company, “quietly” abandoned it goal of net-zero emissions by 2045).
Duke Energy Florida intends to add 12 solar sites to the electric grid, increasing capacity by 900 megawatts by 2027, according to spokesperson Ana Gibbs. The plan, she said, is to have Duke Energy generate approximately 30% of the electricity it sells from solar power by 2035.
Tampa Electric Co. generated 12% of its energy portfolio from solar power in the 12 months ending in June 2026, spokesperson Cherie Jacobs said. Next year, about 17% of its energy is expected to come from the sun.
For years, environmentalists in Florida complained that the investor-owned utilities were behind other states in adopting solar power. That’s changed dramatically in recent years, in large part to the enormous reduction in costs associated with it. Solar panels that sold for $5-$6 per watt around 2000 now cost about 12 cents per watt, according to Dave Ember, chief analyst and co-founder of a global energy think tank.
While playing down solar, Donalds is promoting another product he says could play a part in fueling Florida’s energy needs. “I believe that we need to be investing in small, modular nuclear reactors in Florida,” he said in Daytona Beach Shores. “We have to have a consistent power base.”
There has been a lot of interest in what are known as SMRs in Florida and around the country. Advocates say that they promise greater safety, quicker deployment, and cost less than traditional nuclear generation.
The Florida Legislature approved a bill in 2024 requiring the PSC to conduct a feasibility study on advanced nuclear reactors. That report, issued last year, recommended a more comprehensive study, perhaps by a major university, to help define the benefits of nuclear development. However, that momentum stalled when a bill (HB 1461) that would have authorized the PSC to regulate advanced nuclear reactors (and passed 108-0 in the House) stalled in the Senate.
But perhaps most important for now, anyway, is that the utilities say these reactors are not in their mix at all going forward.
“Regarding SMRs, at this point, they are not yet commercially available at scale or cost effective,” said Andrew Sutton, an FLP spokesperson. He added that the company has a “dedicated team” evaluating the technology so that it could be deployed quickly if it does become cost effective.
Duke Energy Florida plans no nuclear deployment — its Ten-Year Site Plan proposes new solar and upgrading existing generation units, Ana Gibbs said. “Advanced nuclear overall is still a longer-term option.”
Tampa Electric is looking into small modular nuclear reactors as a possible solution. However, right now, “the technology isn’t commercially viable,” spokesperson Cherie Jacobs said.

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Renewable energy investor Actis has launched a new clean energy platform in India that will aim to operate more than 3GW of solar PV, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Leo Energies will be the investor’s fourth renewables platform in the country, and has signed deals to acquire around 650MW of solar PV capacity that will be operational at the time the transaction is completed.
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Actis added that this solar portfolio is split across five states—Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu—and have long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) in place with state discoms and commercial and industrial (C&I) offtakers.
The company has also signed deals to acquire a further 50MWh of BESS for the platform, and described the Indian renewable energy market as a “deep and liquid deal environment”. The first half of the year saw record capacity additions for the Indian solar sector, with 27GW of new PV capacity coming online, a 49% year-on-year increase.
The launch of Leo Energies follows Actis’ work at the Ostro Energy and Sprng Energy platforms—which were sold in 2018 and 2022, respectively—and the BluPine Energy platform, which is still owned by Actis. BluPine has surpassed more than 3GW of solar PV, wind and BESS capacity, and could serve as something of a blueprint for the Leo Energies project.
“Leo Energies continues a playbook we know exceptionally well—building right-sized, contracted Indian independent power producers with clear visibility and potential to generate compelling returns for our investors,” said Actis managing director of energy infrastructure Abhishek Bansal.
While the company did not specify its long-term plans for the platform, Actis head of energy infrastructure Lucy Heintz noted that it has spent more than a decade developing platforms and “exiting to blue chip acquirers such as Shell, GIP and Engie.”
The announcement follows a number of other renewable energy investments involving Actis, including the launch of Yeltica Energy, a similar renewable energy platform, in Mexico. Actis plans to scale the platform to include more than 2GW of solar PV, wind and BESS, and said that it aims to participate in tenders operated by the state utility, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).

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Solar panels at Zufall Farm in St. Lawrence County. Photo: Catherine Wheeler

One of the largest solar projects in NYS is now under expanded state authority. 
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced on Monday that it has acquired majority ownership of the Rich Road Solar project in Canton. 
It’s part of the state’s effort to reduce its reliance on energy that causes climate change.
NYPA now shares 51% of the project with the original developer, EDF Power Solutions, a French private renewable energy company. 
This is a 240-megawatt solar project. That’s enough to power around 61,000 homes. The solar panels will be built southwest of Canton and take up around 1,400 acres, spreading out on both sides of Route 11. 
NYPA and EDF have been working on this partnership for more than a year. EDF’s Vice President of Development for the U.S. Northeast, Stephane Desdunes, said it’s a win-win situation.
“With NYPA at the table, along with EDF and our deep, deep experience, we have a very well-experienced team when it comes to solar. So I think you have the two right parties at the table.”
New York has an ambitious goal to power 70% of the state’s grid with renewable energy by 2030, and it’s significantly behind. NYPA’s Vice President of Clean Energy and Project Finance, Nick Gonzalez, said this project will nudge the state towards that goal. 
“It pairs well with our already existing hydro assets up there, the St. Lawrence Power Project. To us, it’s just another major utility-scale solar project in the state providing significant power throughout the year.”
The solar project will support more than 250 union construction jobs. It’s also expected to increase the local tax base by providing funds directly to the local community in exchange for allowing the project to be built. Through tax agreements, the county, town and school board could all receive long-term benefits. 
The Rich Road solar project has been controversial in Canton, with packed public meetings and concerns about its safety, environmental, and visual impacts.
The area where these panels are being built is mostly farmland.
“As a farmer, I cringe every time I hear something like this happen,” said Canton Town Supervisor Jim Smith. “We’re concerned about our dependence on fossil fuels and everything like that. Well, there is a dependence on food also. And it’s not that I’m anti-solar; I just think there are better places for solar.”
Climate energy experts stress that large-scale renewable energy projects like this one are needed across the country to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. 

Site map for the Rich Road solar facility in the Town of Canton. Photo: EDF Renewables Development

Matilda Larson is the Deputy Director for St. Lawrence County’s Planning Office. She said she understands the need for clean renewable energy. But she’s also critical of the project. 
“It is going to permanently alter the way that you look at the landscape as you’re traveling up Route 11. You’ll see solar panels as far as the eye can see.”
Larson said the Planning Office had concerns over the solar panels displacing prime dairy farmland, as well as the risk of fire. The Rich Road proposal includes the construction of a 20-megawatt battery energy storage facility. Potential emergencies could put a strain on already limited EMS resources in the area.
Another concern is that the project will require cutting down trees. 
“And that, in my mind, does not make any sense whatsoever,” said Larson. “Because the whole point of these energy systems is to sequester carbon, and forest stands do exactly that.”
Desdunes said EDF is fully compliant with federal environmental regulations and is finding as many ways as possible to mitigate harmful impacts to the land and forests. 
“We’re doing everything to reduce the acreage of tree clearing that we can. So, working with the engineering teams and the construction teams, looking at experience elsewhere to see what we can do to minimize that. It’s always something that we take to heart.”

J&R Pierce Family Farm sheep grazing on a solar site. Photo provided

Desdunes also said at least 50% of the site will have sheep grazing around the panels to keep it in agricultural use. He said their development team is willing to meet with anybody to address more concerns. 
“The moment somebody raised their hand with a concern, the development team was out there meeting with them to understand those concerns. If they were willing to work with us trying to find out, you know, a win-win solution”
The Rich Road solar project is expected to start construction late next year in 2027 and be operational by 2029. It’ll be one of the largest solar projects in New York State. 

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Actis, an investor in renewable energy, has introduced a fresh clean energy venture in India called Leo Energies, targeting operation of over 3GW of solar PV, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems. This marks Actis’s fourth renewables platform in the nation, and it has secured agreements to purchase roughly 650MW of solar PV capacity that will be operational once the deal closes.
The solar portfolio is distributed among five states, according to Actis: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. These assets hold long-term power purchase agreements with state discoms and commercial and industrial offtakers.
For this platform, the company has also arranged to acquire an additional 50MWh of BESS. Actis characterized India’s renewable energy market as offering a deep and liquid deal environment. During the first half of the year, the Indian solar sector achieved record capacity additions, bringing 27GW of new PV capacity online, which represents a 49% increase compared with the same period last year.
Leo Energies’s launch comes after Actis’s efforts with the Ostro Energy and Sprng Energy platforms, sold in 2018 and 2022 respectively, as well as the BluPine Energy platform, which Actis continues to own. BluPine has exceeded 3GW of solar PV, wind and BESS capacity and might act as a sort of model for the Leo Energies initiative.
Abhishek Bansal, Actis’s managing director of energy infrastructure, stated that Leo Energies carries forward a strategy the firm understands very well, creating appropriately sized, contracted Indian independent power producers with evident visibility and the capacity to deliver attractive returns for its investors.
Although Actis did not detail its long-term intentions for the platform, Lucy Heintz, Actis’s head of energy infrastructure, observed that the company has invested over ten years in building platforms and selling them to top-tier buyers including Shell, GIP and Engie.
This news comes on the heels of several other renewable energy investments by Actis, such as the introduction of Yeltica Energy, a comparable renewable energy platform, in Mexico. Actis intends to expand that platform to over 2GW of solar PV, wind and BESS, and mentioned its goal to take part in tenders run by the state utility, the Comision Federal de Electricidad.
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Ørsted has broken ground on Blackwater Solar, a 200 MW photovoltaic facility in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, the company said in a press release. This marks its inaugural venture in the state, alongside a $100,000 pledge to Playa Lakes Joint Venture aimed at restoring and protecting nearby wetlands.
Situated between Portales and Clovis, the solar farm is designed to produce sufficient power for the equivalent of over 56,000 households each year within the Southwest Power Pool area. A long-term power purchase agreement underpins the project, intended to address rising industrial electricity needs in New Mexico. The panels were procured from First Solar, a domestic producer. Operations are slated to begin in late 2027.
Melissa Peterson, who leads Americas Onshore at Ørsted, described the initiative as a promising debut for the company in New Mexico, delivering cost-effective local energy and enduring advantages to the surrounding area. She noted that Ørsted is proud to make its first state investment and aims to be a steadfast ally to Roosevelt County residents.
In line with its role as a community partner and land steward, Ørsted is directing $100,000 to Playa Lakes Joint Venture for wetland restoration close to Melrose, New Mexico. This will aid in preserving an 8.8-acre playa, a vital asset for regional fauna and water supplies. It follows an earlier collaboration with PLJV in West Texas, where Ørsted’s backing facilitated the recovery of over 700 acres of playa habitat spanning five counties. More than 2,100 playas exist in eastern New Mexico, functioning as key water sources and wildlife refuges.
Rich Schultheis, PLJV Coordinator, stated that the group collaborates with various partners to safeguard natural resources for both communities and ecosystems. He welcomed Ørsted’s monetary support for reviving these essential wetlands and the mutual recognition of biodiversity’s value, finding it gratifying that the company backs avian habitat recovery and enhances playa ecological roles.
Blackwater Solar and the related conservation funding exemplify Ørsted’s strategy of satisfying escalating power needs while generating sustained environmental and financial gains in host communities. Beyond the conservation outlay, the project is projected to deliver close to $18 million in property taxes to Roosevelt County throughout its lifespan, aiding schools, infrastructure, emergency services, and other public goods.
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Replus Engitech, an arm of HEG Advanced Materials Ltd (HEGAM) and an integrated energy storage and clean energy company, and Indus Towers Ltd, a telecom infrastructure company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration on battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions for telecom infrastructure in India.
Under the MoU, Replus intends to make available 1.5 GWh of dedicated BESS production capacity over a two-year period to support the energy requirements of telecom infrastructure. It also plans to expand its portfolio of telecom energy storage solutions, including higher-capacity battery systems, while exploring emerging technologies such as sodium-ion batteries that can enhance reliability, energy efficiency and lifecycle performance across telecom applications.
 “This initiative reflects the opportunity we see in building a strong, made-in-India energy storage ecosystem for critical infrastructure,” said Riju Jhunjhunwala, chairman, managing director and CEO, HEG Advanced Materials Ltd. “Through Replus, we are building the manufacturing scale, technology capabilities and innovation platform required to address these evolving requirements and contribute meaningfully to India’s energy transition.”
Hiren Pravin Shah, managing director & CEO, Replus Engitech, said this initiative goes beyond supplying batteries. It is about building the manufacturing scale and technology capabilities required to address the evolving energy needs of telecom infrastructure.
Replus Engitech designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced chemistry cell (ACC)-based lithium-ion battery systems, while offering end-to-end capabilities across system integration, EPC, O&M, and lifecycle energy asset management. It has deployed over 1 GWh of energy storage capacity across BESS, electric mobility, telecom power solutions, and hybrid energy applications, serving customers across diverse sectors in India.
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Three East Yorkshire schools have reduced their energy bills after installing solar panels on their roofs.
Withernsea High School, Kingsway Primary and Marshlands Primary in Goole are expected to save a total of about £71,000 a year and cut CO2 emissions by 75,000kg annually.
The solar arrays were paid for by a £218,000 grant from the Department for Education.
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Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has commissioned its first utility-scale battery project in Australia with the 100 MW / 200 MWh Terang battery energy storage system (BESS) now operating at full capacity.
FRV Australia Chief Executive Michael Steiner said the commissioning marks a crucial milestone for company. It is FRV’s first standalone battery energy storage project in Austraia, increasing its portfolio of operational assets in the country to nine and adding dispatchable energy capacity to the developer’s predominantly solar generation portfolio.
“The commissioning of Terang marks a defining moment for FRV Australia,” he said. “The project demonstrates our ability to develop and operate utility-scale dispatchable energy infrastructure that supports Australia’s energy transition.”
FRV said the 100 MW / 200 MWh battery, sited near the town of Terang in Victoria’s southwest, will help strengthen the stability and resilience of the National Electricity Market (NEM) and support the state’s efforts to achieve its target of 65% renewable energy generation by 2030.
The project received $7 million (USD 4.87 million) through the Victorian government’s Energy Innovation Fund to support the deployment of grid-forming inverter technology designed to supply system strength services to the network.
“It provides critical firming capacity during peak hours while helping to strengthen grid reliability,” Steiner said.
The Terang facility incorporates 48 SolBank 3.0 battery containers supplied by Canadian Solar subsidiary e-Storage, and 38 inverters from German manufacturer SMA. Canadian Solar served as engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor for the project, with Sydney-headquartered TEC-C delivering the balance-of-plant works.
Terang forms part of FRV Australia’s growing BESS portfolio that includes a 2.5 MW / 5 MWh battery delivered as part of the Dalby Hybrid Power Plant in Queensland. The company is also building the 250 MW / 500 MWh Gnarwarre battery in Victoria’s south, with completion targeted by the end of 2027.
FRV Australia, owned by Saudi energy company Abdul Latif Jameel Energy and Canadian pension fund Omers, also has a pipeline of standalone BESS and solar-battery hybrid projects under development in New South Wales (NSW), Victoria and Queensland. In addition, the company has more than 1.3 GW of solar assets built or under construction across 10 projects in Australia, including the 300 MW Walla Walla solar farm in the New South Wales Riverina.
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TrinaTracker described the rollout of its AI robotic products as a practical extension of its tracker system, tied to its view that future reductions in the levelised cost of electricity will depend increasingly on automation. The company noted that solar costs have already fallen sharply over the past decade, leaving less room for conventional cost reduction, and argued that further optimisation must come from AI-assisted design, reduced operating expenses, more efficient operations and maintenance, faster construction and lower execution risk.
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Few industries in India have scaled as quickly as solar manufacturing. Backed by ambitious renewable energy targets, a rooftop programme for households, import duties on foreign modules, and the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM), domestic module capacity has multiplied in just a few years. For investors, a Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant Setup in India offers entry into a strategic, policy-backed sector, though one that now rewards technology choice, cost discipline, and cell integration far more than it did when capacity was scarce.
Capital needs depend on line capacity, cell technology, and the degree of automation. For a module assembly plant of roughly 100 MW to 2 GW, the Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant Cost typically falls between INR 25 crore and INR 400 crore, while backward integration into cells raises the figure several times over. Solar cells alone make up most of the operating cost of a module-only plant, so cell sourcing is the decision that shapes margins more than any other. At healthy utilisation, a competitive plant can deliver a net profit margin of 5 to 12% and an IRR of 14 to 22%, with payback usually reached within 3.5 to 5.5 years.
This guide is written for investors weighing how to start a Solar Panel manufacturing plant in India. It explains the product and technologies, the demand picture, production flow, machinery and raw materials, site and infrastructure planning, a detailed cost and financial breakdown, the certifications and approvals involved, and how a DPR brings everything together into a plan that lenders can evaluate.
The snapshot tells two stories. Demand is large and policy-supported, but enlisted module capacity has grown far faster than domestic cell capacity, and faster than annual installations. That gap is the key to planning: plants that secure competitively priced cells, move to newer technologies, and serve domestic-content (DCR) demand are well placed, while generic module-only capacity faces tighter margins. The rest of this guide works through those choices.
Indicative Project Cost in India (2026)
These ranges are a starting point for early planning. Actual returns depend on cell prices and availability, the technology the line is built for, how quickly the plant achieves BIS and ALMM listing, and whether offtake is secured with developers, EPC companies, or rooftop channels. A site-specific Solar Panel Feasibility Report narrows each of these assumptions to your chosen capacity, technology, and location.
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Solar panel manufacturing, more precisely called PV module manufacturing, is the assembly of solar cells into a sealed, framed, weatherproof unit that generates electricity for 25 years or more. Cells are interconnected into strings, laid up between glass and encapsulant layers, laminated under heat and vacuum, framed, fitted with a junction box, and tested for power output and safety. The quality of materials and process control directly determines a module's efficiency, reliability, and warranty performance.
The value chain runs from polysilicon to ingots, wafers, cells, and finally modules. Most new entrants start at the module stage, which needs the least capital and the shortest build time, and consider cell integration later. A well-run Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant can sell into several channels at once: utility-scale developers, EPC contractors, commercial and industrial rooftops, residential installers, and, for qualified producers, export markets.
The Main Module Technologies in Indian Manufacturing
Technology choice is the most consequential early decision, because it defines the equipment, the cell supply you need, and how long the line stays competitive:
PERC is rapidly giving way to TOPCon as the industry standard, while HJT and back-contact designs occupy the premium end. Because cell technology moves quickly, a new line should be specified for current large-format wafers and TOPCon or HJT cells, with multi-busbar or zero-busbar stringing and glass-glass bifacial capability. A line built for yesterday's formats risks becoming uncompetitive well before its equipment is depreciated.
Key Growth Drivers in the Indian Market
Demand rests on a combination of national targets, supportive policy, and improving economics for buyers:
India-Specific Market Opportunity
The strongest opportunity lies in modules made with domestic cells, which qualify for DCR-linked schemes and command a clear price premium over modules using imported cells. Producers who pair module lines with cell supply, whether their own or through long-term contracts with Indian cell makers, and who invest in current technologies are best placed as enlisted module capacity continues to outpace demand.
Understanding the flow helps you plan equipment, cleanroom-grade floor areas, and where yield losses arise. Module assembly is a highly automated sequence in which cells are tested, interconnected, encapsulated, and framed, with inspection built into several stages. Dust control, humidity management, and careful handling of fragile cells all affect yield.
The Solar Panel Manufacturing Process Flow
The sequence below describes a typical automated module line. Integrated plants add a cell line upstream, which involves a far more complex chemical and thermal process and a much larger investment.
Two factors decide profitability across this flow. The first is yield: cells are the most expensive input, and every cracked cell or rejected module is a direct loss, so automated handling and inline EL inspection pay for themselves quickly. The second is power binning, because modules are sold by the watt, and a line that delivers consistently high output per module earns more from the same materials. Lamination is typically the throughput bottleneck, so laminator capacity usually sets the line's rated output.
The main inputs are solar cells, glass, encapsulant, backsheet or rear glass, aluminium frames, and junction boxes. Cells dominate cost and determine both the module's efficiency and its eligibility for domestic-content schemes, so cell sourcing is the heart of the supply plan.
Because cells account for well over half of operating cost, the gap between imported and domestic cell prices, and the premium that DCR modules command, largely decides a plant's margin. Imported cells attract customs duty, while domestic cells remain in short supply relative to module capacity. Long-term supply contracts, qualified alternative suppliers for glass and encapsulant, and a clear strategy on DCR versus non-DCR output are therefore central to the business plan.
Site selection for a module plant is shaped by access to ports for imported inputs, proximity to major solar markets, reliable power, and state incentives. Because modules are heavy and fragile, freight to project sites is a meaningful cost, and several states now offer dedicated incentives and ready land in manufacturing parks.
Choosing the Best Location for Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant Setup
Gujarat leads by a wide margin, with established clusters around Mundra, Dholera, and Surat, port access for imported cells and glass, and a deep supplier base. Rajasthan offers proximity to the country's largest solar parks, while Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Telangana combine incentives, skilled manpower, and export-friendly logistics. The final choice should weigh inbound input logistics, outbound freight to target customers, and the value of state capital subsidies and power tariff concessions.
Quality, Certification and ALMM Readiness
Market access for a module maker depends on certification as much as on price. Modules must be registered with BIS against the relevant Indian standards, and most projects require the manufacturer and its models to be enlisted on ALMM, which involves a factory inspection and verification of manufacturing capability. That means a controlled production environment, calibrated test equipment, documented quality procedures, traceability from cell to finished module, and reliability testing. An experienced Solar Panel Manufacturing Consultant in India can help plan the line, quality system, and certification sequence so the plant is ready for enlistment soon after commissioning.
Infrastructure Requirements (Mid-Sized Plant)
Controlled production halls, reliable power, and ample warehousing form the backbone of a module plant. Planning floor space and power capacity for a second line, or for future cell integration, from the outset avoids costly rework, since most successful Indian manufacturers have expanded in phases.
Module assembly is highly automated, and the equipment set covers cell handling, stringing, layup, lamination, framing, and testing. Line capacity is usually quoted in MW or GW per year and is set largely by the stringers and laminators. The main machinery is summarised below.
Equipment should be chosen for the technology you intend to run for the next several years, not the one that is cheapest today. Stringers and laminators compatible with large-format TOPCon and HJT cells and glass-glass modules protect the line against rapid obsolescence, while inline EL testing and accurate sun simulators protect yield and customer trust.
The tables below break down capital and operating costs for a mid-sized module assembly facility in India. The final Solar Panel Investment Cost for your project will depend on line capacity, technology, automation level, location, and whether cell manufacturing is included.
Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Cost Structure
Machinery dominates the capital budget, and its specification, particularly technology compatibility and automation, has the biggest long-term effect on competitiveness. Working capital is also significant, since cells and glass must be bought ahead of sales and project customers often pay on milestones. A detailed Solar Panel Business Plan should model these items separately, along with the option of phasing in cell production, so that capacity and technology decisions rest on realistic numbers.
Operating Expenditure (OpEx) Cost Structure
With materials making up the large majority of operating cost, this is essentially a procurement-and-yield business. Margins move with cell and glass prices, so the operating model should track these closely and test profitability under different cell price scenarios, DCR premiums, and utilisation levels. Small improvements in yield and power binning have an outsized effect on the bottom line.
Based on analysis of a mid-sized module assembly facility, the financial profile is sound but increasingly competitive. The profitability of Solar Panel manufacturing business in India depends heavily on securing cells at good prices, producing DCR modules, running current technology, and keeping utilisation high in a market where enlisted capacity exceeds annual demand.
Technology, cell sourcing, and offtake determine where a plant lands within these ranges. A line assembling older-technology modules from imported cells competes largely on price and sits at the lower end, while a plant producing high-efficiency DCR modules with secured offtake can move toward the upper end. Because per-watt margins are thin, utilisation and yield carry unusual weight.
Returns can be strengthened by signing offtake agreements with developers and EPC firms before commissioning, building DCR capability through domestic cell contracts or integration, specifying lines for TOPCon and HJT, targeting rooftop channels where DCR modules command a premium, and pursuing export customers seeking non-Chinese supply. Strong quality systems that minimise warranty claims protect both margins and bankability.
Key Risks and Mitigation
The main risks are overcapacity and price pressure, cell supply and price volatility, rapid technology change, and policy shifts. Price risk is reduced by long-term offtake and a focus on DCR and premium segments; supply risk by multi-source cell contracts or integration; technology risk by specifying flexible, current-generation equipment; and policy risk by tracking ALMM, duty, and scheme changes closely. Promoters frequently work with a Solar Panel Business Plan Consultant in India to test these scenarios before committing capital.
Solar module manufacturing is a certification-driven business, and approvals determine which projects a plant can supply. Promoters setting up a Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant in India generally need the following:
BIS registration and ALMM enlistment are the critical items, because without them a plant cannot supply most of the Indian market. Planning the testing laboratory, quality documentation, and inspection readiness alongside construction helps shorten the gap between commissioning and first commercial sales. State incentive applications should also be filed early, as they often require approvals before investment is made.
Note: The exact approvals, registrations, licenses, and certification requirements may vary depending on factors such as plant location, technology, target projects, export markets, and applicable regulations. Businesses are advised to undertake a detailed regulatory assessment during the project planning stage to ensure full compliance and timely implementation.
Several recent developments shape the outlook for new entrants:
The direction is clear: the market increasingly rewards integration, current technology, and domestic-content capability rather than raw assembly capacity. New entrants who plan for these realities, whether through cell partnerships, phased integration, or a focus on premium and DCR segments, will be best positioned through the rest of the decade.
A detailed DPR provides a structured roadmap for the venture, from market demand and technology selection to machinery, layout, certification, and economics. It helps investors decide the right capacity and product mix, estimate capital and operating expenditure, assess profitability, and identify risks before any funds are committed.
At its core is a detailed Solar Panel Financial Model covering revenue by product and channel, per-watt cost build-ups, cell price scenarios, cash flows, break-even, return on investment, and payback. Banks and investors rely on this model to judge long-term viability, which is why many promoters appoint a Solar Panel Plant Project Report Consultant in India to prepare the report and test its assumptions against current market data.
For a solar project, a strong DPR also sets out the cell sourcing strategy, the technology roadmap, the certification timeline, and the offtake plan, which together are the factors most likely to decide success. By modelling utilisation against realistic demand and stress-testing margins against cell price movements, the report turns a competitive, fast-moving opportunity into a plan that lenders and partners can trust.
 
What are the first steps to set up a solar panel manufacturing plant in India?
Start by deciding capacity, cell technology, and target segments, then commission a feasibility study and DPR. Next, secure land in a supportive state, order a line compatible with current cell formats, arrange cell and material supply, build the testing laboratory, and obtain BIS registration and ALMM enlistment along with the factory license, pollution consents, and Fire NOC.
How much does it cost to set up a solar panel manufacturing plant in India?
A module assembly plant of roughly 100 MW to 2 GW typically needs INR 25 crore to INR 400 crore, depending on capacity, technology, and automation. Adding cell manufacturing increases the investment several times over. Machinery, buildings, and working capital are the largest components.
What are the main steps in solar panel manufacturing?
The flow runs from cell inspection and sorting through laser cutting, stringing, layup and bussing, pre-lamination EL testing, lamination, trimming and framing, junction box fixing and curing, performance and safety testing, and labelling and packing.
Which machinery does a solar panel manufacturing plant need?
Key equipment includes a cell tester and sorter, laser cutting machine, automatic stringer, layup and bussing machine, inline EL testers, laminator, trimming and framing machine, junction box fixing and potting system, sun simulator, hi-pot tester, and automated conveyors and packing.
What raw materials are used to make solar panels?
The main inputs are solar cells, solar glass, aluminium frames, EVA or POE encapsulant, backsheet or rear glass, junction boxes with cables and connectors, and ribbon, flux, and sealants. Cells account for well over half of operating cost.
How profitable is solar panel manufacturing in India?
A competitive plant typically earns a 5 to 12% net margin and a 14 to 22% IRR, with payback in 3.5 to 5.5 years at healthy utilisation. Profitability improves with DCR modules, current technology, secured offtake, and cell integration, while module-only plants using older technology face tighter margins.
Which licenses does a solar panel plant need in India?
Typical approvals include BIS registration for solar PV modules, ALMM enlistment with MNRE, a factory license, State Pollution Control Board consents, E-waste EPR registration, a Fire NOC, and GST, Udyam, IEC, and labour registrations.
How do I get a feasibility study or DPR for a solar panel project?
A detailed feasibility study and DPR covers market demand, technology and cell strategy, plant design, certification, and full financials. Investors usually engage a Solar Panel Manufacturing Feasibility Study Consultant with experience in renewable energy manufacturing to prepare the report and validate it for lenders.
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Green hydrogen is the cleanest form of hydrogen available, as it is produced through water electrolysis using the electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, or hydropower. Carbon dioxide emissions are zero since no fossil fuels are used. Essentially, an electrolyzer is used in the electrolysis process to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The resulting hydrogen is refined by purification, compression, or liquefaction and then fed into various applications. Green hydrogen is considered a cornerstone of the global energy transition because it can store renewable energy, decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors, and serve as a sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel-based hydrogen.
Japan’s thermal power plant industry remains a crucial pillar of the nation’s energy infrastructure, providing a stable and reliable source of electricity for both industrial and residential consumption. Thermal power generation, which primarily involves the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil, continues to play a key role despite increasing investments in renewable energy.
An electrical panel, also called a distribution board or switchboard, is an important installation in electrical infrastructure that acts as the main center for the distribution, control, and protection of electrical power within residential, commercial, and industrial systems. It acts as the point at which electrical energy is received from the utility or a source of power generation and is distributed to various circuits and equipment in an organized manner.
The global oil and gas EPC market is currently experiencing a remarkable transformation as it positions itself at the intersection of traditional energy demands and technological innovation. As of 2024, the market is demonstrating robust growth, reaching USD 52.9 Billion in 2024, depending on regional scope and market segmentation approaches. This substantial market base is supporting a major number of capital projects worldwide, including offshore platform projects and onshore installations that are collectively shaping the energy landscape.
Bamboo pellets are a biomass fuel type created through the compression of bamboo residues like shavings, sawdust, and chips into thick cylindrical pellets. They are an environmentally friendly substitute for conventional fossil fuels like natural gas and coal. Due to the fast growth rate and high biomass yield of bamboo, it has become one of the most renewable raw materials for the production of bioenergy.
Biomass briquettes are dense, solid fuel blocks made of compressed organic waste materials like sawdust, agricultural wastes, wood shavings, coconut shells, rice husk, or herbaceous biomass. The briquetting process usually involves drying the biomass to lower the moisture content (usually down to 10-15%), grinding or milling for a fine particle size uniformity, and then compressing under high pressure with or without a binding agent.
Biogas is a renewable energy form generated by the anaerobic fermentation of organic matter including agricultural residues, animal waste, municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, and food waste. Microorganisms in the absence of oxygen break down organic substances in the process and produce a gaseous mixture of mainly methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), with traces of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and water vapor.
A battery is an electrochemical energy storage system that transforms chemical energy into electrical energy by way of redox reactions between its electrodes and electrolyte. It consists of a single or multiple electrochemical cells, each having a positive electrode (cathode), a negative electrode (anode), and an electrolyte for ion transfer. Batteries are categorically divided into primary (non-rechargeable) and secondary (rechargeable) types.
The global energy landscape is undergoing a seismic transformation, with green hydrogen emerging as one of the most promising solutions to achieve deep decarbonization across sectors. Far from a niche technology, green hydrogen is emerging as a critical pillar of the future energy system, offering a pathway to a sustainable and resilient economy.
Transmission line towers are essential support components of transmission lines installed on overhead to distribute high-voltage electricity over long distances. Towers are made of galvanized steel, primarily, and are designed to tolerate mechanical stress, environmental loads, and electrical safety. Some of the important characteristics of transmission line towers are high structural strength, corrosion resistance, adaptability for modular design, and high service life. They are normally produced in lattice form (tubular or free-standing towers) or tubular form, with types including suspension towers, tension towers, angle towers, and terminal towers based on use.
The energy storage revolution is here, and it's powered by graphene. While the world struggles with the limitations of conventional lithium-ion batteries, a new technology is emerging that promises to shatter every performance barrier we've accepted as unchangeable.
Australia is undergoing a significant energy transformation, underscoring the growing role of renewable energy sources. These sources are key to combating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the primary cause of global warming and air pollution. Beyond environmental benefits, renewable energy strengthens energy security by diversifying power sources and reducing dependence on volatile fossil fuel imports, contributing to greater energy independence.
Learn how to plan capital investment, manage raw material costs, post manufacturing cost and optimize operations for setting up solar panel plant.
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) represents a power grid technology that stores electricity to enhance electric power grid reliability while increasing operational efficiency. BESS permits battery recharging during periods of low demand or extra grid supply capacity. BESS provides three principal operational functionalities which include power grid stabilization during supply disruptions, control of energy supply variations, and integration of intermittent renewable generation from wind and solar resources.
China's economic presence is expanding globally, and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have become a focal point for its investments, especially within the energy sector. The region, rich in natural resources and experiencing rising energy demands, offers strategic opportunities for Chinese energy giants looking to invest and expand. LAC is currently leading a transformative movement towards sustainable energy. From 2015 to 2022, the region increased its renewable energy capacity by an impressive 51%, now generating 64% of its electricity from renewables such as hydropower, wind, and solar. This shift addresses the global demand for cleaner energy while supporting local economic growth and enhancing energy security.
Hydrogen is a clean, renewable, and widely available energy source that can be produced through various methods. Production techniques such as coal gasification, steam methane reforming, electrolysis, and thermochemical processes highlight its versatility. Hydrogen is essential in several critical sectors, including methanol and ammonia production, petroleum refining, transportation, power generation, as well as in electronics, metal industries, and as a rocket propellant. The increasing concern over carbon emissions and greenhouse gases has led to a shift towards cleaner fuel options. Hydrogen is recognized for its cleanliness and versatility as an energy carrier. Additionally, supportive government initiatives and favorable policies are driving the growth of hydrogen production globally.
Hydrogen is a clean, renewable, and abundant energy source derived from various methods. Its applications span across transportation, heating, and power generation. Diverse production methods, including coal gasification, steam methane reforming, electrolysis, and thermochemical processes, contribute to its versatility. Hydrogen plays a pivotal role in crucial sectors like methanol and ammonia production, petroleum refining, transportation, power generation, as well as in electronics, metal industries, and as a rocket propellant.
A floating solar farm is a renewable energy installation in which solar panels are mounted on floating structures in water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs, ponds, or even the sea. This technology, also known as a floating photovoltaic (PV) system, or “floatovoltaics,” enables solar power generation in areas with limited available land or where land use is restricted for other purposes. Floating solar farms offer various benefits, including improved solar panel efficiency through cooling, land conservation, reduction of evaporation and algae growth, and integration with hydropower facilities to generate both solar and hydroelectric power in the same location.
Nuclear power utilizes nuclear reactions to generate heat, which is then converted into electricity. This energy is released from the nucleus—the core of atoms composed of protons and neutrons. Nuclear power can be derived from nuclear fission, nuclear decay, and nuclear fusion reactions. Across the globe, nuclear power plants predominantly use the fission of uranium and plutonium to produce electricity. The heat generated from fission is used to create steam, which drives turbines connected to generators. Nuclear power offers several advantages over fossil fuels, such as minimal greenhouse gas emissions and a higher energy density, meaning a small amount of nuclear fuel produces a large amount of energy.
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