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Jakson Solar planning to invest up to ₹5,000 crore ($525.2 million) to establish 3 GW each of solar cell and solar ingot-wafer manufacturing capacity in India. The investment aims to expand domestic solar manufacturing and strengthen the country’s solar supply chain.
Jakson Solar aims to commission its proposed 3 GW solar cell manufacturing facility by December 2027. In addition, the company plans to establish 3 GW of solar ingot and wafer manufacturing capacity by the third quarter of fiscal year 2028. According to Jakson Solar Managing Director Ivan Saha, the new facilities will primarily serve the merchant market. The company has also secured equipment procurement tie-ups to support the planned manufacturing expansion. Jakson Solar already operates a 1.2 GW solar module manufacturing plant. With the proposed investment, the company intends to expand its presence across the solar manufacturing value chain.
Saha emphasised the importance of developing a domestic manufacturing ecosystem across the solar supply chain. According to him, strengthening local production capacity will help India reduce its exposure to potential global supply disruptions. India is increasingly relying on solar energy to support its long-term climate goals, including its target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070. Consequently, the government has introduced domestic sourcing requirements for solar modules and cells to encourage local manufacturing.
The government has also established a framework to extend domestic content requirements to solar ingots and wafers from June 1, 2028. This move aims to deepen domestic manufacturing capabilities and reduce India’s dependence on imports, particularly from China. Against this backdrop, Jakson Solar’s proposed investment could support the development of India’s upstream solar manufacturing sector. As reported by thehindubusinessline.com, by expanding production of solar cells, ingots and wafers, the company aims to strengthen domestic supply capabilities and contribute to the country’s renewable energy ambitions.

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Australian renewable energy investment surges to new heights  pv magazine Global
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Zhejiang Wenzhou, China, October 27, 2026 — 10/2026 CHINA–As the Philippines prepares for rising electricity demand and greater renewable energy integration, electrical safety and infrastructure resilience are becoming increasingly important to the reliability of the country’s power system. SUNTREE, a provider of electrical protection solutions for solar photovoltaic (PV), battery energy storage and electric vehicle (EV) charging applications, highlights the role of protection technologies in supporting the safe and reliable development of energy infrastructure.

For many Filipino households, reliable electricity is a daily necessity. It keeps fans running through humid nights, preserves food in refrigerators and powers the devices people depend on for work, education and communication. For small businesses, an unexpected power interruption can disrupt operations, affect perishable goods and reduce income. When severe weather damages electrical infrastructure, restoring power becomes essential to helping communities recover.
These everyday concerns reflect a larger national challenge. As the Philippines pursues economic growth, expands renewable energy and embraces new technologies, how can it ensure that electricity remains dependable-not only in terms of supply, but also in the safety and resilience of the infrastructure that delivers it?

Meeting the Philippines’ Growing Electricity Demand
The country’s energy needs are closely linked to economic development, urbanisation and changing patterns of electricity consumption. Households, commercial establishments, industrial facilities and emerging electric vehicle (EV) charging networks will all place demands on the power system.
According to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Philippine Energy Plan 2023-2050, projected peak electricity demand is expected to rise from 18,056 megawatts (MW) in 2024 to 33,056 MW by 2035-an increase of approximately 83%.
Meeting this projected growth will require sustained investment in power generation, transmission and distribution. Yet increasing generation capacity alone will not resolve every challenge. Electricity must also be delivered where it is needed, when it is needed, through infrastructure capable of responding to changing demand and operating conditions.
For households, power interruptions can affect everyday routines and essential appliances. For businesses, unreliable electricity may mean disrupted services, additional operating costs and lost productivity. These concerns underline an important distinction: energy security is not simply about producing more electricity, but also about ensuring that the wider power system can deliver it reliably and safely.
KEY TAKEAWAY:The benchmark of a secure energy system is not the volume of electricity generated, but the reliability, efficiency and safety with which it reaches every household, business and community.
Renewable Energy Is Part of the Answer
Renewable energy is becoming an increasingly important part of the Philippines’ long-term energy strategy. National targets call for renewable energy to account for 35% of the power generation mix by 2030 and 50% by 2040.
In February 2026, the DOE outlined a 10-year Green Energy Auction programme targeting at least 25 gigawatts (GW) of additional renewable energy capacity, with project deliveries scheduled from 2027 through 2035. These ambitions highlight the scale of the country’s energy transition and the importance of preparing infrastructure to accommodate a more diverse generation mix.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems offer households and businesses opportunities to diversify their electricity sources. When paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar installations can also help balance differences between electricity generation and consumption.
For commercial and industrial users, solar and storage may provide opportunities to manage energy costs and improve control over electricity use, depending on installation costs, tariff structures and operating requirements. In areas where grid access is limited, appropriately designed distributed energy systems can offer additional options for supplying electricity.
However, expanding renewable energy capacity is only part of the equation. Solar generation varies with daylight and weather, while demand changes throughout the day. Storage, effective energy management and reliable electrical infrastructure are therefore essential considerations when integrating renewable energy into a wider power system. The challenge is not simply to generate more clean electricity, but to make that electricity available when and where it is needed.
Why Electrical Safety Matters to Energy Security
The Philippines’ exposure to typhoons, heavy rainfall, flooding and lightning adds another dimension to energy resilience. As the country expands renewable energy and energy storage, electrical safety is essential to protecting infrastructure and supporting reliable power supply.
Electrical protection cannot prevent every outage, but appropriately designed systems can help reduce risks and protect critical equipment. This is particularly important as solar PV, battery storage and EV charging become increasingly integrated into modern energy systems.
SUNTREE provides diversified energy protection system safety solutions across renewable energy, energy storage and EV charging applications. Its international project portfolio includes an 800 kW grid-connected photovoltaic system in the Philippines, a 1 MW PV project in Thailand and a 300 kW PV project in South Africa. In Central Asia, its 120 kW DC fast-charging station solution in Kazakhstan also demonstrates the application of electrical safety solutions beyond conventional solar installations. These projects illustrate the varied requirements of renewable generation and emerging energy infrastructure across different markets.
Technical innovation is equally important. Higher-voltage DC systems, including 1,500 V photovoltaic installations, require protection technologies designed to address DC arc interruption, thermal management and system coordination. In hot, dusty or humid environments, equipment selection and installation design must also account for local operating conditions.
For the Philippines, expanding generation capacity is only part of the energy security equation. Reliable electricity also depends on how effectively systems are designed, protected and maintained. Integrating electrical safety into renewable energy development from the outset can help build a more resilient energy future.
Engineering a Safer, More Resilient Energy Transition
Building a more resilient energy system requires cooperation among policymakers, utilities, engineers, installers, project developers and technology providers. Investment in renewable generation must progress alongside improvements in grid infrastructure, energy storage, electrical protection and maintenance.
Technology providers specialising in electrical safety have a role to play in this transition. SUNTREE, for example, provides electrical protection solutions for applications including solar PV, battery energy storage and EV charging. Such solutions form part of the broader infrastructure needed to support the safe integration and use of electricity as the country’s energy system evolves.
The wider objective is to ensure that technological progress translates into practical benefits for households, businesses and communities. Renewable energy deployment, infrastructure investment and electrical safety are interconnected parts of that effort, even though each addresses different aspects of energy reliability.
Ultimately, the Philippines’ energy transition should not be measured solely by the gigawatts installed or the electricity generated. Its success will also depend on how reliably and safely power reaches the people and businesses that depend on it. Keeping the lights on is essential. Building an energy system that can withstand changing demand, support cleaner power and protect the infrastructure people rely on is the greater challenge.
STRATEGIC CONCLUSION:The Philippines’ energy transition will be defined not only by the capacity it installs, but by the safety, resilience and reliability with which clean power reaches every home, factory and community across the archipelago.
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“They have to come out and takeoff about six panels to get to where I know the leak is.”
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A homeowner says a solar installer is demanding $2,300 up front just to investigate a roof leak and was warned that the remaining 10 years of warranty coverage could disappear if anyone else touches the system.
The installer seems to charge prices three times higher than anyone else and uses the warranty as a lock-in device, so the homeowner went online to ask, “Is it legal?”
In a thread on r/solar on Reddit, the homeowner said they are 10 years into a 20-year installer warranty. They described leaks that have recurred since the system was first installed and said the company previously asked for a $600 check to inspect a leaking mounting bracket, then returned the money.
The current dispute involves another leak that the poster said they have identified themselves. According to the thread, the installer wants to remove about six panels to reach the area. “If it is their fault it’s free,” the original poster wrote. “They have to come out and takeoff about six panels to get to where I know the leak is.”
Stories like this remind us that a good installer matters as much as the hardware. Readers shopping for systems can use EasyHome to see pricing and savings from properly vetted installers in their area.
The homeowner also said the warranty limits outside help while locking them into high repair deposits. “Can’t have anybody else touch the solar panels or I lose the 10 years that’s left on my Warranty.” 
One commenter, offering advice, said, “A roofer inspecting the roof wouldn’t need to touch anything to see the damage, as long as you have attic access.”
The poster said they paid cash upfront for the system and that the leaks have happened multiple times. “To initial leaks at installation 10 years ago, there’s been three or four ever since,” the original poster wrote.
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One commenter said solar mounts “aren’t supposed to leak” and that those repairs are “usually covered under the installer’s ‘workmanship’ warranty,” while another argued the roof or sealant could also be failing for reasons the installer disputes.
Much of the advice in the thread focused on documenting the cause first. One commenter suggested paying a roofer “to give you a document proving it is their fault,” while another said an attic inspection might identify damage without anyone touching the array and risking the remaining 10 years of warranty coverage.
A second commenter pushed for a tougher response, writing, “If there’s a warranty they just have to fix it. You don’t have to give them any money at all. Send a demand letter, and get a lawyer.” 
Others said the homeowner should confirm why a warranty call needs a $2,300 deposit. They suggested asking: Is it tied to workmanship, roof repair, or simply the labor of pulling six panels? Those are important questions to answer.
For readers who want to compare installers before signing anything binding, EasyHome offers a free explorer tool to clarify pricing and expected savings. EasyHome can also help readers explore backup battery storage options, and pairing solar with a battery can maximize savings while allowing homeowners to power their home with solar when the grid goes down.
In the end, one commenter summed up the issue this way: “Whether it’s legal or not depends entirely on the terms of the contract and the warranty that you have with them.”
These stories cover similar problems with rooftop solar, roof repairs, and surprise costs. 
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Staunton housing series opens Oct. 26 with solar savings, legislation  The News Leader | Staunton, VA
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After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.
The world's solar power is crossing a threshold. A decade ago, it barely registered on a global scale, providing just 1% of the world's power. In 2026, it will almost certainly increase to 10% of power, and overtake nuclear, a mainstay of electricity since the late 1970s.
Globally, solar electricity generation quietly overtook nuclear power (just) in 2025, according to statistics from UK-based energy think tank Ember. And BBC analysis of Ember data over the past 12 months up to September 2026 shows it clearly outstripping nuclear, producing 13% more power.
"[Solar] generating more electricity than all the world's nuclear power plants is a pretty insane stat, for sure," says Dave Jones, co-founder of Ember. 
From China's vast arrays to a recent solar upsurge driven by escalating oil prices, the incredible rise of solar power has defied all projections. Here are seven ways it has become an apparently "unstoppable force" – and what the future looks like from here.
"Solar is now the engine of the power transition," says Jan Rosenow, a professor of energy and climate policy at the University of Oxford in the UK.
Solar has become the fastest-growing source of new electricity in history, and by far the largest source of new electricity globally. In 2025, it met three-quarters of the growth in the world's demand for electricity, overtaking wind power generation (wind power is also growing, just a little more slowly).
"It wasn't expected," says Rosenow. Mainstream projections, he says, have underestimated solar year after year. Outlooks such as those from the International Energy Agency (IEA), an influential intergovernmental organisation based in Paris, "assumed linear growth and slowly falling costs, and got both wrong".
Over 2026, multiple sources indicate solar electricity generation will almost certainly far exceed nuclear globally. Nuclear's electricity generation has remained more or less constant since 2000, while solar's has increased some 2,700-fold.
Solar, a mature technology for some 15 years now, became the cheapest electricity in history in 2020. Since then, solar has scaled, efficiency has risen, and the amount of silicon and silver used in panels has gone down, leading prices to fall yet further, says Jones. 
"Massive Chinese manufacturing scale and current overcapacity have pushed module prices to record lows," says Rosenow. 
In particular, a large fall in the price of panels in 2023-24 pushed us into the current era of what Jones calls "offensively cheap" solar. "A panel in itself is just so unbelievably cheap," he says. "It's well under $100 (£75)… and that's going to keep you generating electricity for 30, 40 years without any input at all."
Of course, it's not just in purely economic terms that solar is bringing down costs. Researchers have calculated the US's rising wind and solar generation brought it $249bn (£186bn) in climate and health benefits between 2019 and 2022.
China is still the world's biggest solar power by far but is by no means the only player.
Despite the US imposing a variety of tariffs on solar, it remains the second country when it comes to installations, which are still skyrocketing – especially in states won by President Trump in 2024. In fact, the US now has enough solar to power more than one-third of its households.
"Tariffs and other federal policies that constrain renewable energy growth are certainly expected to raise costs and slow expansion relative to what we otherwise would have seen," says Alicia Zhao, an expert in US mitigation pathways at the University of Maryland. 
"However, economics are a key part of why solar has been able to grow so quickly. Even with rising costs, solar is still one of the cheapest sources of new power in the US. And it is getting built regardless of political lines."
India, meanwhile, is moving away from fossil fuels far faster than China did, and new solar has met 60% of its rise in power demand in the past two years.
In Australia, over four million homes now have rooftop solar: well over a third of all households.
Countries like Pakistan and Lebanon have also begun installing solar at breakneck speeds, while across Africa countries are installing some 100,000 solar panels per day.

In many places, escalating diesel prices, driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and US-Israel war with Iran, has swung the cost needle yet further in solar's favour. This is especially the case in many African countries where home diesel generators are a mainstay due to unreliable grids. Rooftop solar panels, nearly all of them imported from China, have now taken off as an alternative.
Ethiopia has even banned the import of petrol and diesel cars in a bid to tackle oil dependency and pollution, says Jones.
Solar is also rapidly providing new electricity where fossil-based grids can't keep up with demand. Pakistan, for example, has become a surprising poster child for the solar revolution due to its extraordinarily rapid rise in installations. In 2019, solar provided less than 2% of its electricity; now it's 24%, driven by costly, unreliable grid electricity combined and cheap solar imports from China.
"What's really incredible in Pakistan is… generally most of the solar boom has been out of people's pockets," says Jones. "People can afford it, without needing to take out loans."
A similar story has been seen in several other "sun belt" countries, from Lebanon to Nigeria. "[Solar] lets households act without waiting for governments or utilities," says Rosenow. "In uncertain times, that speed and independence is extremely valuable."
Solar power, of course, can only be produced during the day when the sun is shining. To turn it into electricity that can be dispatched at any time, it needs to be paired with batteries.
Fortunately, batteries have been having their own cost revolution, transforming their ability to support the solar rollout. "Solar plus storage is now routinely cheaper than new fossil plants in sunny regions," says Rosenow. "Batteries have largely solved the daily problem of shifting midday sun into the evening."
In California, for example, solar and batteries met on average over a quarter of electricity demand from 19:00-21:00 (the evening peak) over the first half of 2026. US states such as Vermont are now rolling out grid-integrated systems of home batteries, often paired with solar.
Barriers still remain for longer-term storage of solar across seasons, cloudy periods and monsoon seasons, though, both Rosenow and Jones say. It means the integration of solar into the wider electricity system still matters, says Rosenow.
Solar is seen as a key part of the push towards electrification, reducing fossil fuel use in areas that previously didn't use electricity, such as via electric cars. Electrification has been chosen as a major theme at this year's UN climate talks in Turkey.
"That's where solar's going, to not just be king of electricity, but king of energy," says Jones. 
Still, it all requires a plan, Julia Souder, chief executive of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, a global executive-led non-profit established at COP26, warned recently. "There is an inherent danger in uncontrolled electrification, and adding massive new loads without built-in flexibility creates a fragile system," she wrote in a blog for international policy network Ren21. "Electrification is not automatically resilient." 
The limits on solar are now grids, storage and how fast we electrify demand, says Rosenow – not panels or cost. "The bigger question is no longer whether solar grows but whether our power systems and institutions can keep up."
In the US, data centres and electrification mean power demand is growing for the first time in decades, says Zhao, with energy security a national priority. 
"Renewables already make up over 90% of new capacity in the US," she says. "This need for secure, quickly deployable electricity could create a critical opportunity for [further] renewable energy growth even without support from the current federal government."
In the past few years, plug-in panels (or "balcony solar"), have started spreading rapidly in Germany. These generate less electricity than rooftop panels but feed it directly into homes via a standard socket.
They have now been approved in several other countries and US states including California.
Meanwhile, agrivoltaics, which combines food production and solar panels, is being touted as a solution to concerns in some areas about the land use of solar.
Other technologies from floating and "mirror" solar plants to perovskite panels and solar windows could all see growth in coming years.
In 2026, the world's solar capacity will go on rising, but the rate of expansion may slow down for the first time ever, says Jones.
This is down to China: last summer, it changed its regime for managing and supporting new solar installations, leading to a burst of installations in 2025 to fall under the old price regime. Elsewhere, it's a different picture. "If you exclude China, there's more panels being installed this year than last year," says Jones.
By 2030, the IEA thinks solar power generation will have reached double that of 2025's levels, with solar overtaking hydro to become the world's third-largest electricity source.
"Wherever grid power is costly and unreliable, the economics keep pulling people towards solar," says Rosenow. "There is one caveat: if Chinese solar panels are difficult to import this will not happen at speed." 
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There has been a lot of bad news about the climate recently. It's now incredibly likely the 1.5C global limit set in Paris in 2015 will be breached, the world is seeing rising climate impacts and is edging towards several climate tipping points this century.
But the solar success story shows we are also making progress in ways that were never anticipated. A decade ago, "no one was getting close to expecting that to happen", says Jones, noting that the growth in clean electricity has directly translated to fewer coal plants being built. 
"Now, worst cases [of climate change] are somewhere between 2-3C of warming, rather than 4C of warming." 
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Arlo’s battery camera has the looks and power, but I put it through rainy weather to see how the solar panel really functions.
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Solar panel features help solve the decades-old question about wireless security cameras — how hard is it to keep the battery charged? These little panels are made to help charge up batteries when they get full sun exposure in good weather, but what happens when the seasons get dark and rainy? So when Arlo announced its new compact solar camera this fall, I knew I had the perfect chance to test out the home camera in downright bad conditions.
Arlo’s great design quality and wide-ranging suite of smart features remain for the flat Arlo Essential Solar Security Camera ($100), but it’s the power management features and solar performance that really won me over. Yes, the cam can charge up on surprisingly little sunlight each day, especially if you use detection settings and motion zones to record only what you want. I don’t know if the battery’s going to last all winter, but this is an excellent start.
Many solar home security cameras use separate solar panels that you can attach to the cam or put a couple of feet away. A few, like Arlo’s new model, have a solar panel built right into the frame to save on space and management. This version, with a 14,790-mAh battery, is one of the most compact I’ve tried, although certain Eufy models offer steep competition here.
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What can’t be compared is Arlo’s design quality, which remains the best I’ve tested and one of the reasons Arlo cams are my top picks in certain security fields. This 2K-video camera is sturdy, easy to charge up for use and comes with a 12x zoom, LED spotlight, and siren, a particularly complete setup. There’s reliable color night vision, too.
My only gripe here is that the small screw-in mounting base is a bit too small for this rather heavy camera, which weighs around one pound. Also, I needed to jump up three drill bit sizes beyond what the instructions recommended for large enough anchor holes in wood, so keep that in mind if you have to drill during installation. However, once finished, I do like how I could swerve the camera in one direction or another, ideal for peeking around corners and catching more light.
All physical features performed reliably and well. I did notice a couple of seconds of lag to reach full resolution on the live view, which is something I’ll talk about later with power management settings.
I blithely disobeyed all of Arlo’s in-app installation instructions and instead installed this solar cam in one of the worst spots possible in my yard. After all, we can’t always choose the best sunlight location when there’s a specific part of the property we really need to watch. So, I placed the camera under a large tree where branches create frequent shade.
The Arlo app will signal when the camera is getting enough sunlight to charge, but it’s very picky about it. Even in my review photos, where you can see the sun shining fully on the solar panel, Arlo insisted it was not lit up. Then I made matters even worse by testing during a week of only occasional sunshine, but lots of cloudy October weather and rain showers. After all, if a solar camera can’t last through gloomy months, that means a lot of manual charging, contrary to expectations.
Arlo promises its solar panel is 33% more powerful than the competitor version, and that a fully charged battery can last six months without sunlight, long enough for the cold months if necessary. That will take time to test, but I certainly came away impressed with how much the solar cam did with so little.
After setup, the battery settled at 97% (measured via app readings), which seemed to be about a full charge for my model. As I tested motion detection, person recognition and more, the solar panel appeared to keep its end of the bargain. Even in the limited light through tree branches, maybe an hour or so of direct exposure a day, allowed the battery to keep at 97%.
During the overcast and rainy days, I pushed the battery harder with extended live view sessions and other recordings, but it only dropped a couple of percentage points after multiple tests, which means in the right conditions, the camera could conceivably last several months without needing a charge. Another day of intermittent sun helped gain back a percentage point or two of battery life as well. It’s slow, but it works.
One last note: Don’t put this solar camera near a bird feeder or similar active spot. The neighborhood squirrels quickly found a way to use mine as a jumping platform and hoist for the feeder, casting the cam askew so it didn’t get any sunlight until I moved food sources away and re-adjusted. Nearby birds, especially in a tree overhead, will also poop on the panel, creating a separate problem. A heavy snowfall is likely to block the horizontal solar panel too, so you’ll want to clear it off (especially before it melts into runoff that could harm the camera).
Arlo has included very useful power settings for this solar camera, so you can adjust how the camera records to save as much juice as possible. I spent most of my testing time in Optimized, the middle ground, with the good results I mentioned above.
There’s also a Best Video setting that enhances video results, which I used to run the battery down faster, as well as a Best Battery Life mode, and finally a Lower Power mode that takes photos instead of running the video. You can also adjust an auto-low power mode option and when it triggers.
Switching to a battery saver or low-power mode during fall and winter is another good way to save power and extend battery life as long as possible, maybe even until the warmer, sunnier seasons. If you want a solar cam, make sure it has settings like these, and you’re comfortable using them when necessary.
Arlo’s app is a lot for newcomers, but the company does a good job of making menus intuitive and walking people through settings. Arlo does have unique labeling for some features: You’ll have to “arm” the camera to enable most alert features, and AI detection is found under the Early Warning System, but otherwise, things work as expected.
Arlo offers more AI detection options than nearly any other security company, although others are catching up now that video descriptions (or as Arlo calls them, Event Captions) and AI video search are common. But even without those advanced options, Arlo cameras can detect people, packages, vehicles, animals and fires, as well as individual people and individual vehicles. It’s also the only brand that offers a customized detection mode that you can train yourself to recognize certain states, like an open/closed garage or a tricycle left on/off the lawn.
The detection worked fairly well, including a couple of custom states I created. However, I found that I had to put packages closer to the solar cam for them to be correctly identified, and Arlo’s app didn’t notify me when I took the package away. Also, I held a lighter in front of the camera for a while to see if it detected the flame as fire, but it never did (I chose not to light an impromptu bonfire on the grass to test it further).
You can turn all these features on or off in the app settings, along with video and spotlight brightness, two-way audio volume for the mic and speaker and more. I also really like Arlo’s dual offering of both privacy and motion zones, allowing you to block windows and choose specific areas for the motion detection features to work, helping privacy while decreasing false alerts – and saving more of that battery life.
Most of these abilities, aside from general motion detection, will require a $10-per-month subscription, including cloud video storage. It’s one area where Arlo can’t match up to non-subscription cameras that save money over time if you don’t mind only the basic object detection and local video storage management.
Arlo’s design quality remains superb, although a flat cam like this may need protection against snow and squirrels. But the most impressive part is the battery life of the Arlo Essential Solar Camera. I tested under a shady tree during an often-rainy week, and the battery still managed to slowly top itself off after multiple activations.
Your mileage will vary based on how often the camera records or how much the spotlight is used, but these results are still impressive. Add in the multiple power management features to save more battery life as needed, and this looks like an excellent choice for avoiding manual recharging as long as possible through the darker months.
The various Arlo AI detection modes also work if you want more detailed information or alerts about specific objects and events. But keep in mind, you’ll have to pay for all this, as well as cloud video storage, starting at $10 per month, but with a free trial to check out how they work. Some setups do allow for local video storage using other Arlo devices.
Overall, the cam is a strong argument for the viability of solar cameras in most homes, and like the rest of Arlo’s Essential line, it’s available at a fairly reasonable price, too.
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Home » Singapore and Switzerland ink deal to advance solar energy tech
The pilot use of solar PV on heritage state buildings is underway.
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Swiss research and technology centre CSEM signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly research and develop solar energy technologies during the Singapore International Energy Week.
This is part of EMA’s efforts to develop and harness solar energy in partnership with the private and public sectors.
The MOU covers several areas of cooperation, including solar photovoltaic (PV) and grid-integration research and exchange, assessment of solar technologies, and identification of pilot projects to validate, share, scale up and commercialise these technologies.
EMA will also collaborate with CSEM and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to pilot the use of solar PV roof tiles on heritage state buildings in the country.
Resembling traditional clay roof tiles, the solar PV tiles will generate clean electricity whilst retaining the appearance and historical character of these buildings.
“Together, we aim to secure the energy transition by accelerating solar deployment and grid integration in Singapore whilst creating opportunities for Swiss PV and grid-management solutions,” said Tonio Buonassisi, CSEM vice president of sustainable energy.
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The Medgidia project comprises a solar power plant with a planned installed capacity of 166 MWp and a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 612 MWh.
Subject to obtaining the required regulatory approvals, the project will further expand ENNA Group’s renewable energy project portfolio in the Romanian market, ENNA Solar, a member of ENNA Group, said.
ENNA Solar has signed a share purchase agreement setting out the terms for the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in the Romanian special-purpose company CIC Grenn Energy Medgidia, which holds the rights to develop the photovoltaic plant and its associated BESS.
The project covers 204 hectares of land
Construction of the Medgidia project is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2027.
The solar power plant is expected to enter commercial operation and begin supplying electricity to the grid in the first quarter of 2028, ENNA Group stressed.
Expected annual electricity generation amounts to 265,932 MWh.
The completion of the transaction and the transfer of the equity stake to ENNA Solar are subject to approval by the competent Romanian authority responsible for screening foreign direct investment (FDI), and approval from the relevant competition authorities in the applicable jurisdictions.
The project is located in the Medgidia area, in Romania’s Constanța county, and covers approximately 204 hectares of land.
Napast: The deal reaffirms our ambition to expand significantly into Central and Eastern European markets
“Medgidia represents a significant step forward in the continued development of ENNA Group’s energy portfolio and the strengthening of our presence in the sizable Romanian market. It also reaffirms our ambition to expand significantly into Central and Eastern European markets, where we see further investment opportunities,” Boštjan Napast, President of the Management Board of ENNA Group, pointed out.
He noted that the company is interested in renewable energy projects that are at an advanced stage of development or ready for construction.
The Medgidia acquisition builds on ENNA Group’s existing investments in Romania. ENNA Solar has already acquired the Mihăilești solar power project, with an installed capacity of 87.52 MWp, which is now at an advanced stage of construction.
The project also includes a 140 MWh BESS, with commercial operation expected to begin in April 2027.
Back in late December 2025 ENNA started the construction of this solar power plant. It is the company’s first major investment outside of Croatia.
It also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on renewable energy projects in Azerbaijan.
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The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has approved 61 licence and construction permit applications, representing proposed investment of approximately K13.4 billion, equivalent to US$662.3 million, across Zambia’s electricity, renewable energy and downstream petroleum subsectors.
The approvals were granted at the ERB Licensing Committee meeting held on 14 October 2026. They comprise 48 initial and renewal licence applications, nine construction permit applications and four amendments to petroleum transportation licences.
The decisions reflect continued investor interest in expanding Zambia’s energy infrastructure and strengthening the country’s energy supply.
The electricity subsector attracted the largest share of the proposed investment, driven mainly by capital intensive power generation projects.
Notable approved developments include a proposed 150 MW coal fired thermal power plant in Ndola, a 125 MWp solar photovoltaic power plant in Mufulira and the 120 MWp Kasama Solar PV Power Plant.
Other projects include solar PV developments at Chikuni and Rusangu in Monze, Mwandi and Chadiza, as well as the expansion of electricity distribution infrastructure in the Chambishi Multi Facility Economic Zone in Kalulushi.
In the downstream petroleum subsector, the approved applications cover petroleum transportation, distribution, importation and exportation, lubricant related activities and liquefied petroleum gas retail.
The ERB said the LPG approvals support the transition to cleaner cooking. The approvals also include proposed petroleum retail facilities in Chongwe, Ndola and Chibombo, together with the addition of tankers to existing petroleum transportation licences to strengthen the fuel supply chain.
In the renewable energy subsector, the approvals primarily relate to the manufacture, supply, installation and maintenance of renewable energy generating equipment.
The ERB said the investments are expected to improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply for residential, commercial and industrial users.
Collectively, the proposed investments demonstrate sustained investor confidence in Zambia’s energy sector. They also highlight opportunities to expand electricity generation capacity, accelerate renewable energy deployment and strengthen petroleum supply infrastructure.
The ERB reiterated its commitment to facilitating responsible investment through transparent, efficient and predictable licensing processes, while ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, regulatory requirements and established safety standards.
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Nidhi Sharma New Delhi: Jakson Group, one of India's largest solar module manufacturers, plans to invest 6,863 crore in an integrated solar manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district to produce 10 GW of silicon ingots and wafers and 5 GW of solar cells.
The Noida-based group will set up the plant at Meedivemula village in Orvakal mandal. According to sources, the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB), led by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has recommended allotting 290 acres to Jakson Integrated Solar for the project. The plant will be developed in three phases and employ about 2,000 people.
The first phase, with capacity for 3 GW of ingots and wafers and 3 GW of solar cells, is targeted to begin commercial production in May 2028. The remaining capacity is scheduled to come on stream by 2030. Jakson, which operates a 1.2 GW module plant in Greater Noida, will move further up the value chain with the project. Andhra Pradesh's Integrated Clean Energy Policy, 2024, targets 20 GW of solar manufacturing capacity across the value chain.
The state has already surpassed that target. According to SIPB papers, approved projects, excluding Jakson's, account for 58.74 GW of cell and module capacity and 48 GW of ingot and wafer capacity. "Andhra Pradesh is committed to building a world-class solar manufacturing ecosystem, backed by cutting-edge research, innovation and a highly skilled workforce," said Andhra Pradesh HRD, IT and electronics minister Nara Lokesh. "Our ambition is to make Andhra Pradesh a leading hub for advanced solar manufacturing and clean-energy technologies." Several major industry players are investing in renewable energy projects in Andhra Pradesh.
ReNew Energy Global began work in April on a 4,200 crore, 6.5 GW ingot and wafer plant at Rambilli in Anakapalli district, part of its 82,000 crore commitment to the state. In Kurnool, the state has approved Agastya Green Energy's 7,799.96 crore, 12 GW ingot and wafer plant at Orvakal.
Indosol Solar is building a polysilicon-to-module complex in Prakasam district, with a planned investment of about 69,000 crore. On September 21, Premier Energies commissioned a 7 GW N-type TOPCon solar cell plant at Naidupeta, built at a cost of 3,293 crore.
The company describes it as India's largest solar cell plant. The facility takes Premier's total solar cell capacity to 10.6 GW. In August, the state's Centre of Excellence for Energy Transition, IIT Tirupati and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, agreed to set up a Centre of Excellence for Solar Manufacturing at IIT Tirupati. UNSW will design courses on cell manufacturing, ingot making and wafering.
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Cleveland Hillel will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Albert & Norma Geller Hillel Student Center at Case Western Reserve University at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11.
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The spooky season is upon us. And no, that is not a reference to Halloween, but instead it is a nod to the musical that is creeping people out at Blank Canvas Theatre in the historic 78th St. Studios on Cleveland’s west side. And if the crisp fall air and the crunchy leaves give you a yen fo…
Douglas Wolfe, known as the “Candy and Snack Man” of Suburban Temple in Beachwood, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 85. 
Shaker Heights Mayor David Weiss, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne, members of city council, Public Works Director Ramona Lowery Ferrell and project partners participate in the ceremonial activation of the city’s solar installation at a ceremony at the public works facility on Oct. 15. 

Shaker Heights Mayor David Weiss, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne, members of city council, Public Works Director Ramona Lowery Ferrell and project partners participate in the ceremonial activation of the city’s solar installation at a ceremony at the public works facility on Oct. 15. 
The city of Shaker Heights celebrated the installation of 900 solar panels at its public works facility with a ceremony Oct. 15 attended by city officials, community partners and citizens.
“Today marks another important step in Shaker Heights’ commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship,” Mayor David E. Weiss said in a news release. “By investing in solar energy at our Public Works facility, we’re demonstrating how local government can lead by example, embrace clean energy solutions and make responsible investments in our community’s future.”
Weiss, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne, members of city council, Public Works Director Ramona Lowery Ferrell and project partners were on hand for the event. Following remarks, attendees gathered for a ceremonial activation of the solar installation, which symbolizes the city’s continued progress toward a more sustainable future, according to the release.
The solar installation represents an investment in renewable energy and demonstrates how municipal facilities can play a role in advancing clean energy initiatives, according to the release.
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An exclusive interview withPawan Kumar Garg, Chairman & Joint Managing Director, Fujiyama Power Systems Ltd.
India’s rooftop solar market is evolving as rising electricity consumption, increasing cooling requirements and growing awareness of energy independence reshape consumer priorities. Government initiatives such as the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana have further encouraged residential adoption, opening up opportunities beyond metropolitan markets.
As the industry matures, consumers are looking beyond solar panels alone, seeking integrated solutions that combine power generation, energy storage, reliability and long-term service support. In this exclusive interview, Pawan Kumar Garg, Chairman & Joint Managing Director of Fujiyama Power Systems Ltd., shares his perspective on India’s changing rooftop solar landscape, emerging consumer preferences, the growing role of battery storage and the opportunities presented by domestic manufacturing.

Rising Temperatures and Rooftop Solar Demand

With above-normal temperatures expected across several parts of India and cooling demand remaining a concern, how are changing weather patterns influencing consumer interest in rooftop solar and power backup solutions?
Prolonged summer heatwaves and rising temperatures have driven residential and commercial cooling loads to record levels across India. This surge places tremendous stress on the grid, leading to frequent voltage fluctuations and power cuts during peak daytime hours—exactly when cooling demand is highest.
As a result, consumer perception has fundamentally shifted. Solar is no longer viewed merely as an eco-friendly alternative or a seasonal backup; it is now recognized as an essential energy management asset. Rooftop solar generates maximum power precisely during peak sunlight hours when air conditioners and cooling equipment run at full capacity. By offsetting daytime grid consumption and providing reliable backup through solar power conditioning units (PCUs), households can maintain uninterrupted cooling while insulating themselves against surging summer electricity bills.

Sustaining the Momentum of Residential Solar Adoption

The PM Surya Ghar programme has accelerated residential rooftop solar adoption, but sustaining this momentum remains important. What more needs to be done to encourage households across India to adopt solar energy?
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has been a game-changer, transforming rooftop solar into a grassroots movement across the country. Central Financial Assistance (CFA) and streamlined bank financing have significantly lowered the entry barrier for millions of families.
To sustain and accelerate this momentum, we need a synchronized four-pillar approach:

1. Streamlined DISCOM Processes: Standardizing net-metering approvals and meter testing timelines across all state utilities is critical to eliminating post-installation delays.
2. Accessible Local Financing: Extending low-interest, collateral-free solar financing deeper into Tier-2, Tier-3, and rural areas through local cooperative banks and NBFCs will reach households beyond metro coverage.
3. Quality and Standard Enforcement: Ensuring strict adherence to Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) rules and high manufacturing standards guarantees that consumers receive durable, high-yielding systems.
4. Consumer Awareness and After-Sales Trust: Expanding grassroots campaigns around system lifetime value, net-metering economics, and regular maintenance will give first-time buyers full confidence in their investment.

Hybrid Inverters and Battery Storage

As households and businesses look for reliable power beyond daylight hours, how do you see the demand for hybrid inverters and battery storage evolving? How is Fujiyama preparing to address these changing requirements?
Daytime solar generation solves half the energy equation; managing peak evening demand and grid instability solves the rest. As grid tariffs evolve and consumers seek round-the-clock power reliability, demand is rapidly shifting from basic grid-tied systems to hybrid inverters and energy storage systems (ESS). Hybrid inverters provide the ultimate flexibility, intelligently routing power between solar panels, the grid, and battery storage based on real-time loads and tariffs.
At Fujiyama Power Systems, we have anticipated this transition:

• Advanced Hybrid Portfolio: We offer smart hybrid inverters ranging up to 50 kVA, equipped with intelligent energy management algorithms and patented technologies like our rMPPT (Rapid Maximum Power Point Tracking) to maximize battery charging efficiency.
• Integrated Battery Manufacturing: To complement our inverter range, we are increasing our battery manufacturing capacity by adding a 3 GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing line alongside our solar cell and panel facilities. This enables us to deliver complete, seamlessly integrated, single-brand energy storage solutions backed by unified warranty support.

Rooftop Solar as a Long-Term Investment

Are Indian consumers increasingly viewing solar as a long-term investment rather than simply a way to reduce electricity bills? What factors are influencing their purchase decisions today, including affordability, product reliability, energy savings and after-sales service?
Yes, Indian consumers—especially in standalone residential and small business segments—now clearly treat rooftop solar as a high-return asset rather than a routine expense. With a typical payback period of 3 to 4 years and system operational lifespans exceeding 25 years, rooftop solar is recognized as an investment yielding substantial financial returns over decades.
Today’s purchase decisions are driven by four key factors:

• Product Reliability and Technology: Consumers actively look for robust build quality, high efficiency, and safety protection against extreme weather conditions.
• After-Sales Service and Local Support: Solar is a 25-year commitment. Buyers prioritize brands with an active local presence and quick service response times over short-term price discounts.
• Affordability and Financing Ease: Transparent pricing, direct central subsidies, and simple EMI options remain vital conversion drivers.
• Single-Brand Ecosystem: Customers increasingly prefer getting the inverter, panels, and battery from a single trusted domestic brand, simplifying service coordination and warranty claims.

Growth Opportunities Beyond Metro Cities

With independent rooftops more common in smaller cities and towns, where do you see the strongest growth opportunities for rooftop solar? How are consumer preferences and buying behaviour evolving across Tier-2, Tier-3 and rural markets?
Tier-2, Tier-3, Tier-4, and rural markets represent the biggest growth engine for residential and small-commercial rooftop solar in India. Unlike metro cities dominated by multi-story apartments with shared roofs, smaller towns feature widespread independent home ownership, providing ample space for solar installations.
Consumer behaviour in these regions has evolved rapidly:

• From Emergency Backup to Primary Power: Rural and semi-urban households are transitioning from basic battery-inverter setups to full-capacity solar installations capable of powering heavy household appliances, agricultural pumps, and small commercial equipment.
• Trust-Driven Partner Networks: Purchasing decisions in non-metro markets rely heavily on local dealer recommendations, installer credibility, and word-of-mouth trust.

Fujiyama has built a deep footprint in these markets, backed by a strong network of over 10,100 channel partners and more than 900 trained field service engineers across 25 states to deliver localized, rapid technical support.

Manufacturing Expansion and Backward Integration

How will Fujiyama’s investments in manufacturing capacity and backward integration support revenue growth, improve supply-chain resilience and strengthen the company’s competitive position in India’s growing solar market?
Our expansion strategy centers on robust scale and deep backward integration across the power electronics and solar value chain:

• Scale in Power Electronics and Solar: We have commissioned a state-of-the-art 2 GW power electronics facility in Ratlam, MP, taking our total power electronics capacity to 4.2 GW—a more than sevenfold expansion over recent years. Our complex also houses 3.6 GW of solar panel capacity and 1 GW of solar cell manufacturing.
• Deep Backward Integration: Fujiyama manufactures key inverter components in-house, including transformers, inductors, heat sinks, metal enclosures, and surface-mount technology (SMT) circuit board assemblies.

Strategic and Competitive Advantages:

1. Supply-Chain Resilience: In-house production reduces reliance on imported components and shields us from global supply disruption and foreign exchange volatility.
2. Cost and Quality Control: Backward integration enables strict quality monitoring at every stage while optimizing production costs, allowing us to deliver premium engineering at competitive prices.
3. Synergy and Pace: Designing and building both power electronics and solar components under one roof ensures operational synergy and accelerates product innovation cycles.

Addressing Barriers to Rooftop Solar Adoption

What are the biggest barriers preventing interested households from installing rooftop solar today? How can manufacturers, installers and policymakers make adoption easier through financing options, consumer education and better service support?
The primary barriers remaining today are:

• Upfront Capital Perception: Despite subsidies, initial capital outlays or perceived financial complexity deter lower-middle-income households.
• DISCOM Approval Friction: Bureaucratic delays in net-metering approvals, meter replacements, and grid synchronization cause consumer hesitation.
• Service Assurance Concerns: Customers worry about long-term maintenance, vendor permanence, and who will service their system 5 or 10 years down the line.

Action Plan to Ease Adoption:

• Manufacturers: Establish robust, direct-to-consumer service networks, offer long-term performance warranties, and deliver integrated product packages (inverter + panels + battery).
• Installers and Dealers: Provide transparent end-to-end guidance—from rooftop assessment to subsidy filing on the national portal—ensuring a hassle-free customer journey.
• Policymakers and DISCOMs: Enforce strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for net-metering approvals and enable digital, automated net-metering clearances.

Outlook for India’s Rooftop Solar Industry Through 2027

Looking ahead to 2027, what are the biggest opportunities and challenges for India’s rooftop solar industry? Which product categories, market segments and regions do you expect to drive Fujiyama’s next phase of growth?
Key Industry Opportunities and Challenges through 2027:

• Opportunities: Massive residential uptake under PM Surya Ghar, rapid commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop adoption, and the widespread integration of battery storage with solar systems.
• Challenges: Grid infrastructure readiness for high multi-directional solar feeds, ensuring domestic cell and raw material availability, and maintaining quality standards across rapid capacity additions.

Fujiyama’s Growth Drivers:

• Product Categories: High-efficiency hybrid inverters, integrated lithium-ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS), and advanced DCR solar modules.
• Market Segments: Mass-market residential solar, small micro-enterprises and MSMEs seeking energy cost reduction, and energy storage retrofits for existing solar owners.
• Geographic Expansion: Consolidating our market leadership in Tier-2, Tier-3, and rural hubs across North, Central, and Western India, while expanding our distribution network across Southern states and selected international export markets.

Building an Integrated Energy Future

As India’s rooftop solar market expands, the focus is shifting from electricity savings alone to reliable, integrated energy solutions. Manufacturing capabilities, energy storage, distribution reach and dependable after-sales service will play an increasingly important role in meeting evolving consumer expectations.
Through its investments in power electronics, solar manufacturing and battery storage, Fujiyama Power Systems aims to strengthen its position in this changing market and support the wider adoption of rooftop solar across Indian households and businesses.
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The solar industry’s growing appetite for silver is creating an opportunity that could eventually help address one of its most important raw-material challenges: recovering the precious metal from the panels it has spent decades installing.
Canadian clean-tech company RZOLV Technologies reported on October 26 that its proprietary, non-cyanide recovery process extracted nearly all the silver from concentrated material recovered from end-of-life solar panels in bench-scale testing. The company reported silver extraction of 99.9%, with its detailed results indicating extraction of up to 99.99% after 24 hours.
The results are encouraging, particularly as solar manufacturing competes with other industrial users for silver. However, the company has yet to demonstrate the recovery of a verified quantity of refined, saleable silver from the process.
The distinction is important. Extracting silver into a solution is not the same as producing a commercially saleable metal product, and laboratory performance does not automatically translate into profitable industrial operations.
Silver is a critical component of conventional crystalline-silicon solar cells, where it is used in electrical contacts that collect the electricity generated by the cell.
According to some figures cited, the solar industry consumed approximately 186.6 million ounces of silver in 2025, equivalent to a substantial share of annual global silver demand. Although manufacturers have been reducing silver consumption per cell and exploring alternatives such as copper, the metal remains important to mainstream solar production.
The pressure is not simply about price. The International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS), in a September 2026 report on future photovoltaic material flows, identified recycling and material substitution as important considerations for sustaining solar expansion over the coming decades.
Its modelling suggests that silver recovered from solar recycling could potentially meet 30–45% of cumulative solar-sector silver demand between 2025 and 2050, depending on deployment and technology scenarios.
This is a long-term potential, rather than a forecast of what recyclers can supply today. Much of the installed solar fleet is still operating, and the volumes of retired panels available for processing will vary considerably between markets.
Nevertheless, the figures indicate that end-of-life panels could become an important secondary source of silver as the industry matures.
RZOLV’s approach is based on recovering silver from a concentrated fraction of the panel rather than chemically processing the entire module.
According to the company, mechanical processing can produce approximately 40 kilograms of silver-bearing cell material from one tonne of solar panels. This represents around 4% of the original panel mass, allowing subsequent chemical treatment to focus on a smaller stream of material.
In its latest tests, the company used a water-based hydrometallurgical process designed to extract silver without cyanide-based reagents.
Independent laboratory assays of the feed material and final washed residue were used to calculate silver extraction. Subsequent electrowinning tests indicated that 99.85% of the dissolved silver concentration was removed from solution over five hours. Electrowinning uses an electric current to recover dissolved metal.
RZOLV also reported that approximately 10% of its reagent was consumed during testing, suggesting that much of the reagent could potentially be reused in subsequent processing cycles.
These results offer several potential advantages: less material requiring chemical treatment, the possibility of lower reagent costs and a route to recovering a high-value metal that might otherwise be lost in conventional recycling.
However, the company acknowledges that further work is required to establish the quantity, purity and overall yield of recovered silver, reconcile the material balance and account for refining losses.
Silver recovery could help improve the economics of solar-panel recycling, where the value of recovered materials has traditionally been concentrated in relatively easy-to-separate components such as aluminium frames and glass.
Silver can account for a disproportionate share of a crystalline-silicon module’s recoverable value despite representing only a tiny fraction of its weight. In recent months, with Silver prices at highs, we have seen forms double down on ways to reduce silver use in cells in India as well.
Specialist recovery processes require investment, reliable supplies of discarded panels and sufficient throughput to justify their operating costs. Collection, transportation, dismantling, chemical processing and refining all influence the final economics.
These challenges are particularly significant in markets where retired panels are geographically dispersed or volumes remain too low to sustain dedicated recycling facilities.
RZOLV says it is in discussions with manufacturers, recyclers, technology providers and refiners to explore a potential supply chain. Whether those discussions lead to commercial partnerships will be an important next step.
For manufacturers, recovered silver could eventually provide an additional source of supply. For recyclers, it could create a higher-value business model that makes processing discarded modules more attractive. For policymakers, it strengthens the case for treating end-of-life panels as a source of recoverable resources rather than merely a waste-management problem.
There is, however, a competing development: as solar manufacturers work to reduce silver consumption and substitute copper in cell metallisation, such substitution could reduce the amount of silver required per unit of solar capacity, changing the economics of future recover
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MENDON, Mass. — A Mendon family was left with an inoperable solar panel system for five months after their solar installer filed for bankruptcy just days before the project was scheduled to be completed.
Peter Magazzu signed a 25-year power purchase agreement worth more than $206,000, but the project stalled when installer Freedom Forever filed for bankruptcy in April.
“It’s frustrating,” Magazzu told Boston 25 when we visited him in late July. “We just want to get the panels turned on.”
Attorney Jennifer Bosco, who specializes in consumer energy issues, says higher interest rates and changing market conditions have created challenges for solar installers nationwide. Freedom Forever is among several solar installation companies that have filed for bankruptcy in recent years.
Bosco says federal protections can give consumers recourse against creditors in certain transactions when a seller fails to deliver as promised. The Federal Trade Commission’s Holder Rule preserves certain consumer claims and defenses against holders of covered credit contracts. Bosco says the rule applies to Magazzu’s situation.
“If a company installs your solar panels, they are not hooked up to the grid and then the company goes bankrupt, the lender who financed the panels actually bears legal responsibility,” Bosco said.
Under the terms of Magazzu’s agreement with solar finance company EnFin, EnFin would own the solar panels and cover the installation costs. In return, Magazzu would pay EnFin monthly for 25 years for the electricity the system generates.
Magazzu spent months making phone calls and sending emails to get help completing his solar project. He even retained an attorney.
After Boston 25 reached out to EnFin, Magazzu says the company stepped in and completed the project. Magazzu also says EnFin gave him a $1,500 credit after he asked for it.
In an email to Boston 25, an EnFin spokesperson said: “The Freedom Forever bankruptcy has created complications for customers, and we’re working hard to support these folks.”
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The Indian company Jackson Solar projects an investment of up to 50 billion rupees, equivalent to about $525.2 million, to expand its photovoltaic component manufacturing capacity. The plan includes new facilities that will allow the production of 3 gigawatts (GW) of solar cells and another 3 GW of ingots and wafers.
The announcement was made by Ivan Saha, the company’s managing director, during the trade fair Renewable Energy India Expo. The initiative is part of Jackson Solar’s strategy to expand its presence in the photovoltaic industry and contribute to the development of a stronger supply chain within India.
With this investment, the company seeks to meet the growing demand for solar components and reduce dependence on imported materials, especially those needed to manufacture photovoltaic panels.
According to the schedule presented by Saha, Jackson Solar expects its new facilities to be operational solar cell manufacturing begin operating before the end of December 2027.
Regarding ingots and wafers, the company anticipates reaching a production capacity of 3 GW during the third quarter of India’s fiscal year 2028. These materials are fundamental to the photovoltaic industry, as they are used in the early stages of manufacturing the cells that convert sunlight into electricity.
Currently, Jakson Solar has a solar module plant whose manufacturing capacity reaches 1,2 GW, with the new facilities, the company will be able to participate in other phases of the production process and expand its range of components.
The executive also confirmed that the agreements to acquire the manufacturing equipment have already been finalized, representing progress in the preparation of the planned facilities.
Furthermore, he explained that the production will be primarily destined for the open market, in this way, Jackson Solar will be able to supply components to other manufacturers and companies involved in the development of solar projects.
The expansion announced by Jackson Solar comes as the Indian government continues to take steps to strengthen its solar industry and expand domestic manufacturing of components.
The goal is to have a supply chain less dependent on imports and to improve the availability of materials needed to develop new products solar energy projects.
Currently, certain photovoltaic projects must meet requirements that favor the use of solar modules and cells manufactured within the country.
Starting from June 1, 2028, the authorities plan to expand the provisions applicable to domestic manufacturing to include solar ingots and wafers, in accordance with the established regulatory framework.
With this measure, India seeks to encourage new investments in the early stages of photovoltaic production and reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers, especially China, which maintains a prominent position in the global supply of these components.
The initiative also opens up opportunities for companies like Jackson Solar, which are expanding their industrial capacity to meet the needs of the national market.
Jackson Solar project responds to an increasingly important need for the Indian photovoltaic industry, and it is having facilities capable of manufacturing the different components that make up a solar panel.
The process begins with the production of silicon ingots, which are then cut to obtain wafers, these undergo various industrial treatments until they become solar cells, which are integrated into the modules used to generate electricity.
Although India has made progress in module manufacturing, developing its own capacity in the earlier stages is crucial to reducing exposure to potential supply difficulties.
In this sense, the new facilities would allow for a greater supply of locally produced components and offer alternatives to manufacturers who currently depend on international suppliers.
During his speech, Saha emphasized the importance of building an industrial ecosystem that encompasses the entire photovoltaic value chain. In his view, this integration would help prevent supply disruptions and strengthen the sector’s responsiveness.
The investment also aligns with India energy and climate goals, which seek to expand the share of renewable sources in its electricity system and maintain its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070.
With the commissioning of the new plants, Jakson Solar expects to strengthen its participation in the manufacture of photovoltaic components and contribute to the growth of the Indian solar industry. Meeting the planned deadlines for 2027 and 2028 will be crucial to realizing this expansion and increasing the availability of domestically produced cells, ingots, and wafers.
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Emmvee has unveiled a TOPCon solar module featuring a four-cut cell design at Renewable Energy India Expo (REI) 2026. The module delivers 640–650 W, 25–30 W more power than conventional half-cut modules of the same dimensions, according to the company. Emmvee also showcased a 2,000 V DC solar module aimed at reducing balance-of-system costs.
The quarter-cut TOPCon module has each solar cell divided into four sections, compared with the two sections used in conventional half-cut modules.
Each section carries one quarter of the module current, reducing resistive losses in the cell interconnections. The module also uses cell overlap, or negative cell placement, to improve space utilisation and increase power output without increasing module dimensions, according to Emmvee.
The module is designed with a lower temperature coefficient. This means the module loses less power as its temperature rises, helping maintain higher power output in hot conditions. The design is also expected to reduce heat generated within the module during operation. Another benefit is the improved performance under shading. The smaller cell sections help limit the area affected by shading and hotspots and thereby allowing the module to maintain approximately 85% performance compared with 75% for conventional modules. 
Also, over the longer term, the new module is engineered to retain its power-generating capacity better. Typically, half-cut modules have a power degradation rate of 1% in the first year and 0.4% annually from the second year onwards. The quad-cut module has a degradation rate of 0.35% in the corresponding time frame. It is designed to retain the same general electrical specification class as the existing half-cut product, according to Emmvee. 
Emmvee’s 2,000 V DC PV module allows more modules to be connected in each string, reducing the number of strings, cables, trenches and electrical components required across a project.  This lowers installation time, labour requirements and balance-of-system costs. By carrying the same power at lower current, it also reduces energy losses that happens on DC cables, helping more of the electricity generated by the modules reach the grid. “The new module requires fewer inverters, and combiner boxes simplifying plant design and maintenance. In fact, it helps lower the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) by 1.8%,” stated the company.   
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Egypt Signs Preliminary Financing Agreement on $650 Million Solar Project in Upper Egypt
Egypt has signed a preliminary financing agreement with Norway’s Scatec and three multilateral development banks for a $650 million solar power project in the southern province of Qena, the cabinet said on Monday.
Egypt ‌is scaling ‌up renewable energy ‌projects ⁠to reduce its natural ⁠gas import bill, targeting a 42% share of renewable energy in its electricity generation mix by 2030.
The Dandara project in ⁠Nagaa Hammadi city will ‌have generation ‌capacity of 1 gigawatt and ‌battery storage of 200 megawatt ‌hours, the cabinet said.
The European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and African ‌Development Bank are participating in the financing arrangements while ⁠the ⁠National Bank of Egypt will take an equity stake in the project company.
The project will be built in two phases, each adding 500 megawatts of solar capacity and 100 megawatt hours of battery storage.
Egypt Signs Preliminary Financing Agreement on $650 Million Solar Project in Upper Egypt
Egypt has signed a preliminary financing agreement with Norway’s Scatec and three multilateral development banks for a $650 million solar power project in the southern province of Qena, the cabinet said on Monday.
Egypt ‌is scaling ‌up renewable energy ‌projects ⁠to reduce its natural ⁠gas import bill, targeting a 42% share of renewable energy in its electricity generation mix by 2030.
The Dandara project in ⁠Nagaa Hammadi city will ‌have generation ‌capacity of 1 gigawatt and ‌battery storage of 200 megawatt ‌hours, the cabinet said.
The European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and African ‌Development Bank are participating in the financing arrangements while ⁠the ⁠National Bank of Egypt will take an equity stake in the project company.
The project will be built in two phases, each adding 500 megawatts of solar capacity and 100 megawatt hours of battery storage.
RSNF Launches HMS NEOM Under Second Phase of Sarawat Project
The Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) launched His Majesty’s Ship NEOM (HMS NEOM), the second ship in the second phase of the Sarawat Project, at Navantia’s shipyard in San Fernando, Spain, following the completion of hull construction and assembly.
The outfitting, installation and integration of the ship’s systems will be completed in Saudi Arabia, followed by acceptance trials on Saudi lands and in Saudi waters, supporting technology transfer and the localization of military shipbuilding.
The launching ceremony was attended by Chief of Staff of RSNF Vice Adm. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Alghuraiby, Saudi Ambassador to Spain Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin, Navantia Chairman Ricardo Domínguez, Chief Operating Officer at the company Gonzalo Mateo-Guerrero, San Fernando Shipyard Director Alberto Cervantes Sánchez, and senior naval officers from both countries.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Adm. Alghuraiby expressed appreciation for the unwavering support extended to the Armed Forces, particularly the RSNF, by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. He said this support has helped develop defense capabilities and enhance operational readiness and effectiveness.
He praised the Saudi-Spanish partnership and its role in developing naval capabilities, as well as the efforts of the project’s engineers and technicians in achieving this milestone. He emphasized that the Sarawat Project strengthens naval readiness and develops national expertise through a comprehensive package of logistics support and crew qualification and training, equipping personnel with the knowledge and experience needed to operate and maintain the ships.
The contract for the second phase of the Sarawat Project includes a comprehensive logistics support package, crew training programs and a plan to qualify more than 100 Saudi engineers, alongside the localization of combat systems integration and maintenance.
HAZEM, the first Saudi naval combat management system of its kind, is among the project’s most significant outcomes. It was developed through a strategic partnership between Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) and Spain’s Navantia.
As the regulator of the military industries sector, the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) supported the project through its industrial participation agreement with Navantia. The agreement includes specific targets for localization and the development of domestic capabilities, supporting Saudi Arabia’s military industries, advancing knowledge and technology transfer, and enhancing military readiness.
The second phase of the Sarawat Project comprises three Avante 2200 multirole corvettes: HMS AlMadinah, HMS NEOM and HMS AlUla. It builds on the first phase, which delivered five warships to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces.
The ships feature advanced systems to counter aerial, surface and subsurface threats, strengthening their ability to protect Saudi Arabia’s strategic interests and secure vital sea lanes.
Oil Drops from Near Six-Month Highs on Hopes Iran War Hostilities to Ease
Oil prices fell on Monday after surging last week to near six-month highs, amid hopes of easing hostilities between the United States and Iran.
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down $1.76, or 1.7%, at $101.51 per barrel by 0744 GMT. Brent crude futures were down $1.49, or 1.28%, at $115.23.
On Friday, prices settled nearly $3 higher after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia stoked energy supply concerns. Brent finished ‌the week up ‌6% and WTI ended 2.3% higher.
On Sunday, Qatari mediators ‌traveled ⁠to Tehran as ⁠part of an effort to de-escalate regional tensions in coordination with the United States, an official briefed on the situation said.
Also, top officials from Makkah Defense Agreement countries Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan are set to meet Iran’s leaders in Tehran on Monday in their first high-level contact since attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis joined the regional conflict by launching attacks on Saudi Arabia.
“Concerns over renewed military hostilities in the Middle East, which drove much of last ⁠week’s crude rally, have eased this morning, but the reprieve may ‌prove temporary,” said Vandana Hari, founder of oil market ‌analysis provider Vanda Insights.
Hari said US President Donald Trump has not dispelled market expectations that strikes ‌on Iran could still follow after the November 3 midterm elections.
“We therefore expect volatility ‌to remain elevated, with risks still skewed to the upside,” she added.
The effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28 continue to reverberate as companies adjust to the disruptions ⁠of commercial shipping ⁠through the key Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Strait caused by the conflict.
On Monday, the energy ministers from Saudi Arabia and Singapore said state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco will start storing crude oil in Singapore from the second half of 2027.
“While supply risks surrounding the Strait of Hormuz remain firmly entrenched, the current pullback appears more reflective of position adjustments and risk management rather than any meaningful improvement in the underlying supply situation,” said Priyanka Sachdeva, head of market insight at Phillip Nova.
The head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, reinforced the concerns about the supply situation, saying on Monday at an industry event in Singapore that he does not expect energy markets in 2027 to return to where they were before the Iran war.
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The pilot use of solar PV on heritage state buildings is underway.
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Swiss research and technology centre CSEM signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly research and develop solar energy technologies during the Singapore International Energy Week.
This is part of EMA’s efforts to develop and harness solar energy in partnership with the private and public sectors.
The MOU covers several areas of cooperation, including solar photovoltaic (PV) and grid-integration research and exchange, assessment of solar technologies, and identification of pilot projects to validate, share, scale up and commercialise these technologies.
EMA will also collaborate with CSEM and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to pilot the use of solar PV roof tiles on heritage state buildings in the country.
Resembling traditional clay roof tiles, the solar PV tiles will generate clean electricity whilst retaining the appearance and historical character of these buildings.
“Together, we aim to secure the energy transition by accelerating solar deployment and grid integration in Singapore whilst creating opportunities for Swiss PV and grid-management solutions,” said Tonio Buonassisi, CSEM vice president of sustainable energy.
 
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India's Jakson Solar plans to invest up ​to 50 billion rupees ($525.2 million) to ‌build 3 gigawatts (GW) each of solar cell ​and ingot-wafer manufacturing capacity, a ⁠top company executive said.
* Jakson Solar aims to commission 3 GW of ‌solar cell manufacturing capacity by December 2027, Managing Director Ivan Saha ‌said on the sidelines of ‌the ⁠Renewable Energy India Expo
* The ⁠company plans to set up 3 GW of solar ingot and wafer manufacturing capacity ​by the third ‌quarter of fiscal year 2028
* The facilities will primarily cater to the merchant market, Saha said
* Jakson ‌Solar already has a 1.2 ​GW solar module-making plant
* Equipment procurement tie-ups for manufacturing have already ⁠been secured, Saha said
* Developing a domestic manufacturing ecosystem across the solar ‌chain is necessary to avoid potential supply shocks, Saha said
* India, which is counting on solar energy to help achieve its 2070 net-zero emissions target, has already mandated ‌the use of domestically manufactured solar modules ​and cells
* The government has also laid out a framework ⁠to extend local-content requirements to solar ingots ⁠and wafers from June 1, 2028, in a move aimed ‌at deepening domestic manufacturing and reducing import dependence on China
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They’ll be giving a presentation on their opposition of Rosefield Solar Farm.
The group will be attending a solar action summit in Parliament this evening (26/10), after being invited by organiser MP Caroline Johnson to give a 5 minute talk on the project.
Claydons Solar Action Group formed after Rosefield was first proposed in 2023, opposing the site on the grounds that it would use up acres of "good agricultural farmland" whilst swallowing up most of the villages of East and Botolph Claydon.
They also told Bucks Radio that the farm's construction would also entail "2-1/2 years of more misery" on local roads with traffic and noise. They also claimed "the cumulative impacts of Rosefield Solar farm with East West Rail, HS2, Statera BESS (battery energy storage system), Statkraft BESS, the Mega Prison at Grendon, the new double the size substation at East Claydon and other Solar and BESS planned in our small area will destroy our countryside."
Rosefield's own website says the proposed 675 acre site would provide enough clean energy to power more than 57,000 homes. 
It's expected between 30-50 people will attend the event tonight, comprising of MP’s, fellow opposition groups and the general public. Discussions are expected to cover other nationally significant infrastructure projects like Rosefield, battery energy storage systems and fire safety. 
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Sunergise has bought Infratec NZ from Hamilton lines company WEL Networks, and the most telling line from the deal is what it is not. “There’s no kind of like cost out. This is giving us capability and capacity that we need,” chief executive Paul Makumbe told RNZ. In a sector where consolidation usually means redundancies, this one is about adding engineering depth to a company that has run out of room to grow on its own.
The price is undisclosed. What is disclosed is the shape of the combined business: about 100 staff offering development, engineering, construction, financing and operations across commercial, industrial and utility-scale customers in New Zealand and the Pacific. Sunergise paid from its own resources and plans to seek private capital for the next leg.
This is not a merger of strangers. The two firms have worked together for 14 years and have jointly delivered five renewable plants across Nauru, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau since 2020, according to BusinessDesk. That reporting also puts Sunergise’s installed base at more than 50MW, including a 5.3MW rooftop at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and more than 200 commercial installations overall.
Integration risk kills more acquisitions than bad pricing does. When the teams have already built island grids together, most of that risk has been retired before the paperwork is signed. Makumbe has been clear the driver is Pacific demand, with grid operators across the region wanting more than Sunergise could previously deliver.
Sunergise’s core model is commercial power purchase agreements. It designs, builds and operates systems for clients who then pay Sunergise for electricity instead of a retailer, with no upfront capital outlay, a model RNZ profiled in July through its Snowplanet project. It is a sound, recurring-revenue business, but it is a rooftop and mid-scale business.
Infratec brings the heavy end. WEL’s 2025 annual report credited it with design and development work on more than 250MW of projects over six years, naming the 33MW Kohirā farm in Kaitaia, the 32MW Rangitaiki farm in Edgecumbe and the 42MW Te Herenga o Te Rā project near Waiotahe. Back in 2021, Lodestone Energy picked Infratec as EPC contractor for five solar farms expected to produce 400GWh a year. Infratec also built assets behind WEL’s 64MW generation and storage exemption granted in 2024, including the 22.4MW Taiohi farm in Huntly and a 32.5MW battery.
Put together, the buyer has customers and a financing model, while the seller has utility-scale build experience. That is vertical integration a lender can understand.
Independent analysis keeps landing on the same diagnosis. Legal commentary on renewable M&A points out that smaller developers struggle to secure bankable offtake contracts and to carry land and grid connection costs through early stages, making consolidation the natural market response. EY’s analysis describes a stalemate where new generation waits for demand certainty while large users wait for affordable supply, with PPAs gaining little traction locally. Engineers quoted by Engineering New Zealand point to a shortage of power engineers and favour portfolios of mid-sized sites over single giant farms.
A 2023 RCP industry analysis found solar supplied less than 0.5% of New Zealand’s energy, and identified EPC delivery as the dominant model for utility-scale projects. Infratec is an EPC specialist. Sunergise now owns one.
The business case writes itself. Pipelines are full of projects that never reach financial close because the developer is too small to absorb risk or hire the engineers. A firm that can originate, finance, build and maintain in-house is a firm that can actually convert pipeline into megawatts, and offer commercial customers a single counterparty for the lot.
WEL has not explained why it sold, and it was not under pressure. Its FY25 results showed revenue of $196 million and equity of $814 million. The likeliest reading is that a regulated lines business has little reason to run a contracting arm chasing Pacific island work, and Infratec’s capability is worth more inside a company whose whole strategy is growth. That is capital finding its proper home, which is how markets are meant to work.
The test now is execution. There is no combined order book or pipeline figure yet, and Sunergise will need outside capital to fund larger projects. Watch for who comes in on that raise and whether the first post-deal announcements are utility-scale builds rather than more rooftops. If they are, New Zealand will have one more domestic player with the balance sheet and engineers to turn solar ambition into built capacity, without a subsidy or a government programme in sight.
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The city of Ann Arbor has set a goal to have the first neighborhood in the country to be carbon neutral, meaning the neighborhood won’t produce in aggregate greenhouse gas emissions.
Ann Arbor is committing millions of dollars in federal, state and local tax funding to transform its Bryant neighborhood. City officials hope it will become one of the nation’s first carbon-neutral neighborhoods.
The Bryant neighborhood sits in a floodplain bordered by a landfill and I-94.
Public funding includes nearly $10.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for geothermal heating and cooling, a $3.1 million Michigan grant to improve 50 homes, and a separate $5 million state award supporting a solar power pilot and the city’s Sustainable Energy Utility. Local property taxes will fund neighborhood outreach.
Ann Arbor began installing solar panels and battery storage systems on homes in its Bryant neighborhood on May 18 as part of a publicly funded pilot project. The city said about 100 homes were slated to receive systems before the pilot ends in 2026.
The McKnight Foundation is one of the nonprofits that have also pledged financial support.
The city of Ann Arbor did not respond to an email seeking comment.
The geothermal project carried an estimated $22 million price tag in the city’s grant application. That proposal covered an underground well field and pump house sized for the neighborhood’s 262 homes and road work and home conversions for just over 100 households.
One estimate puts the cost of the geothermal project, including home retrofits, at $34.4 million to serve nearly all 262 homes in Bryant, according to the Building Decarbonization Coalition.
City council members approved terms of the federal grant in October 2025. The city subsequently said it would finance approximately $11.1 million in additional funding. The council memorandum, however, said the city still needed financing, with potential financing partners to be evaluated through a competitive process.
The system would become a city-owned asset operated by the Sustainable Energy Utility. Individual buildings would use geothermal heat pumps connected to a shared underground loop. The city’s stated goal is to have the system working in 2028.
Separate state funding is paying for upgrades inside Bryant homes.
In November 2024, the City Council accepted $3,115,600 from the Michigan Public Service Commission to improve up to 50 income-qualified homes. Eligible work includes energy-efficiency improvements, electrical panel upgrades, electric appliances, solar panels and battery storage. The grant excluded heating and cooling upgrades because the city was pursuing the geothermal grant.
The grant’s stated goals included reducing participating households’ energy spending and annual greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from baseline levels by August 2026.
Local taxpayers are financing additional support through Ann Arbor’s Community Climate Action Millage, which voters approved in 2022. In October 2025, the city council authorized a contract of up to $300,000 with Community Action Network for engagement, outreach and general support through June 2028.
City officials say the investments will reduce energy costs and emissions.
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By Billy Ludt | October 26, 2026
Community solar management service Neighborhood Sun has acquired Meadow Energy, a community solar aggregator with a substantial project portfolio in New York. The acquisition doubles Neighborhood Sun total project portfolio from approximately 300 MW_DC to more than 600 MW_DC, and quadruples its presence in New York state.
Climate First Bank helped facilitate the transaction.
“Climate First Bank believes we can help save the planet by expanding access to affordable, renewable energy,” said Hana Freymiller, senior VP and director of energy project finance at Climate First Bank. “Neighborhood Sun’s laser focus on increasing access to solar savings in low- and moderate-income communities is literally converting our beliefs into practice. Together, we have the opportunity to accelerate progress toward fighting climate change and creating true American energy independence.”
This portfolio covered 67 of Meadow Energy community solar projects. The more than 30,000 subscribers to these projects will be transferred to Neighborhood Sun’s management platform.
The company manages projects across Maryland and nine other markets, including New York.
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A new integrated plug-in solar panel and battery system is launching in the UK, promising renters and homeowners a cheaper way to generate and store their own electricity.
Energy supplier Fuse has opened reservations for Jules, a system that combines plug-in solar panels with a 2.5kWh home battery.
But those interested in buying one will have to wait. Although plug-in solar panels became legal in Great Britain in August, the new rules do not currently cover systems incorporating batteries.
Fuse says it expects the first Jules systems to be delivered in 2027, subject to the necessary regulations being approved.
The launch comes less than two months after new rules made it legal for households to connect approved small solar systems directly to a standard plug socket without employing an electrician.
The government estimates that compliant plug-in panels could save households up to £110 a year and provide as much as 20 per cent of an average home’s electricity.
Jules goes a step further by adding battery storage, allowing households to keep some of the electricity produced during the day and use it later rather than having to consume the power as it is generated. Fuse says its system can also charge the battery from the grid when electricity is cheaper, with software deciding when to charge and discharge it according to electricity prices, solar forecasts and a household’s expected consumption.
The company claims users could save around £180 a year with one of its advertised configurations, although actual savings will depend on factors including the number and position of panels, electricity consumption, weather and tariff.
Fuse currently advertises Jules with two solar panels for £577 when combined with a Fuse energy tariff discount, and the system can support up to four 500W solar panels.
That doesn’t mean it can send 2,000W into a home’s electricity system, however. Under the UK’s new plug-in solar rules, compliant systems are limited to a maximum inverter output of 800VA, although you can connect up to 2,000W of solar panel capacity.
Adding more panel capacity can help a system get closer to its maximum output for longer periods when conditions are less than ideal. The battery could also potentially make a plug-in system more useful for those who are away during the sunniest part of the day, since electricity generated by the panels could be stored for use in the evening.
Although plug-in solar panels are now legal in Great Britain, the Government’s current rules only cover systems without batteries and explicitly exclude both plug-in batteries and solar devices integrated with battery storage.
Fuse is therefore unable to deliver Jules until the regulations are updated to permit these systems. For now, consumers interested in Jules can join Fuse’s free reservation list, although deliveries cannot begin until regulations permit plug-in systems with integrated battery storage.
Fuse is targeting a 2027 launch, but the government hasn’t yet announced a firm timetable for approving these systems.
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Thailand offered subsidies worth up to $1.5 billion on Monday to help households install solar panels, as it seeks to boost renewable energy and reduce dependence on costly imports.
The government offered almost $1,500 (50,000 baht) towards installation costs for up to one million households, while also promising low-interest loans and tax benefits for those fitting panels to their homes or land.
“Today, we import a lot of our energy; we’re among the top buyers globally,” Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas told reporters.
But he said this “was not a sustainable solution”.
The solar panel subsidy is expected to be approved at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, with applications to open soon after, Ekniti said.
It will be funded out of a 400-billion-baht emergency borrowing package announced earlier this year to cushion the economic impacts of the Middle East war
Around 60 percent of electricity production in Thailand comes from natural gas, with renewables making up almost 11 percent, according to government data from January to July 2026.
Much of the gas has historically come from offshore production or via pipeline from Myanmar, but declining production has forced Bangkok to step up liquid natural gas (LNG) imports.
Imported LNG made up 32 percent of its natural gas in the January-July period.
Qatar was a major supplier, but its gas infrastructure has been hit by the US and Israeli war with Iran, as has energy production across the region.
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Proa Energy said its Nexo platform brings the company’s renewable energy solutions together in one operating system that connects plant data, forecasting, bidding, dispatch management, performance analytics, reporting and operational workflows.
The Melbourne-based company said the Nexo platform combines its software and on-site hardware solutions to give asset managers, traders, operational teams and external providers a clearer and more consistent view of performance across assets and portfolios while its modular architecture enables them to select the capabilities relevant to their assets and add new modules as their operational requirements and portfolios evolve.
“Nexo is not an additional layer sitting alongside our existing technology. It is the platform that brings our solutions together,” Proa founder and Chief Executive Officer Victor Depoorter said.
“Nexo represents a major step change. It connects plant data, market intelligence and team workflows within one operating environment. It aims at maximising the effectiveness and predictability of renewable assets, which translates into maximised revenue for stakeholders and owners.”
“Our vision is to power the global transition to clean energy by improving performance, cost and reliability across every asset.”
Proa said 12 renewable energy projects across Australia have already adopted or are onboarding Nexo, representing more than 2 GW of contracted capacity. These include two hybrid projects, with the remaining projects spanning stand-alone large-scale solar, wind and battery assets.
Among the projects are four of Vena Energy’s assets in Queensland and South Australia and Potentia Energy’s Quorn Park hybrid project near Parkes in western New South Wales.
The Quorn Park facility, the first large scale solar-battery hybrid power plant to be built on the National Electricity Market, combines an 80 MW solar farm and a 20 MW / 40 MWh battery behind the same connection point.
Potentia Energy Chief Operations Officer Gabriele Mallarini said the Nexo platform is a key part of maximising the performance of the Quorn Park project.
“Nexo is now part of how we operate the project every day, and we’re excited by its potential to help us unlock the full value of hybrid assets,” he said.
Proa, which recently secured $4.1 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to develop a platform to help solar farm operators detect faults, improve performance, and cut operating costs, said the launch of Nexo marks the company’s evolution from a forecasting and monitoring specialist into an integrated renewable energy intelligence partner.
“Nexo is our latest milestone and the foundation for what comes next. It gives us a platform to integrate new hardware, develop new tools and keep improving how renewable energy assets operate,” Depoorter said.
“The energy transition requires more than building new infrastructure. We also need to get more from every asset: better performance, more predictable operations and greater value from the investment already made.”
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TOKYO, October 27, 2026 – Ricoh Company, Ltd. today announced that it will establish manufacturing capabilities for inkjet-printed perovskite solar cells as the company moves toward mass production. The company will build a production site at Ricoh Industry Co., Ltd.’s Tohoku Site in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and aims to achieve annual production capacity of several hundred megawatts (MW) by 2030, with future expansion to gigawatt (GW)-scale production.
Ricoh’s perovskite solar cell manufacturing initiative has been selected for support under Japan’s GX (Green Transformation) Supply Chain Development Support Program administered by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Ricoh leverages its inkjet technology, which enables precise deposition of the right amount of material exactly where it is needed, to form all functional layers of perovskite solar cells. This enables efficient material utilization and streamlines manufacturing processes, with the aim of improving productivity and reducing manufacturing costs.
As part of its medium- to long-term growth strategy, Ricoh is advancing the commercialization of “Functional Printing,” which applies inkjet technologies developed through its commercial and industrial printing businesses to manufacturing processes such as the coating and deposition of functional materials. Inkjet-printed perovskite solar cells are one of the projects being pursued under this initiative. Following this selection, Ricoh will build on its research, development, and demonstration activities to advance toward mass production and commercialization, with the aim of expanding the real-world deployment of perovskite solar cells and creating new business opportunities.
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By Billy Ludt | October 26, 2026
Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is launching “Megawatts for Maryland,” a $200 million auction program to build new clean energy generation over the next two years and help lower power costs for ratepayers. MEA will administer the program, which was established through the Utility RELIEF Act, Moore signed into law earlier this year.
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“We’re using every tool at our disposal to bring Marylanders relief as energy costs skyrocket in our region and across the country,” Moore said. “This program will tackle rising electricity demand with cleaner, cheaper, in-state energy generation that will drive down costs for the long-term.”
The program reportedly plans to bring “hundreds of megawatts” of clean energy to the Maryland grid, with the goal of powering more than 150,000 homes in the state. The program can draw up to $100 million from the state’s Strategic Energy Investment Fund annually, and will reportedly award grants to renewable energy generation and storage developers. The funding is for curbing development and construction costs of renewable energy generation and energy storage projects. The press release states that it was developed to fill in for the investment tax credits the Trump administration through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
“Maryland families and businesses need reliable electricity at prices they can afford. That’s why we made increasing our state’s energy supply a central part of the Utility RELIEF Act,” said Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk Maryland House of Delegates speaker. “This $100 million investment puts that commitment into action, using a competitive process to bring new solar generation online while making responsible use of public dollars. Building more energy capacity here at home is an important part of our long-term strategy to ease pressure on utility bills and create a more affordable energy future for Marylanders.”
Megawatts for Maryland is the latest step in the state’s goal to lower energy costs. Moore issued an executive order that would manage energy costs affected by data center development in the state in September, and the state issued $300 million in utility cost relief through its Utility RELIEF Act.
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A Wagoner County Judge has ordered the County Commission to issue a permit for a solar farm they denied last year.
Nextera Energy sued the Commission over the permit, which was rejected after several contentious meetings with public comment generally criticizing the project.
The plans call for a 5,000-acre solar installation spread over several square miles, near Porter, on leased land now largely used for grazing. Nextera claimed the application for a conditional use permit met every requirement and could not legally be denied, and the judge agreed. The County is allowed to impose reasonable restrictions on the permit.
Commissioner Randy Stamps said Monday, “We’ll have to do some research on where we are with the project,” and said he wanted to ensure the project didn’t leave the County on the hook for road repairs after construction. “I’ve been to those in another county, and the roads just go through a beating.”
Stamps said the County has 30 days to appeal the decision, and no deadline for issuing the permit.
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Subsidiary of China National Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. has signed a low-margin photovoltaic EPC contract in Ghana, which tests payment collection capability and comprehensive strength.
According to the announcement of China National Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., its subsidiary Sedin Engineering has signed a 300MW photovoltaic EPC contract in Ghana.
In the past few months, Guangdong Power Engineering Co., Ltd. of China Energy Engineering Corporation has just started construction of the 50MW Tamale photovoltaic project in the Savannah Region of Ghana; the agreement between JinkoSolar and Nigerian distributors for 100MW Tiger Pro 3 module orders has taken effect; the 35MWh energy storage system provided by Sungrow for the RESPITE solar-storage project in Sierra Leone has been connected to the local power grid.
Four Chinese companies, three West African countries, four completely different market entry approaches. The RMB 2.58 billion contract of China National Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. is the largest one among them and closest to the traditional centralized EPC model. However, it is facing a market where the government has cut the electricity tariff from 18 cents to 6.5 cents, the arrears of independent power producers (IPPs) are still accumulating, and the gross profit margin of photovoltaic EPC has been compressed to the single-digit range.
Can an engineering company rooted in coal chemical industry and new chemical materials find its own position in the low-margin segment of West Africa’s photovoltaic industry?
By the end of 2025, Ghana’s cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity reached 276.7MW, of which the utility-scale segment only accounted for 183.1MW, lower than the previously set target of 347.5MW. The updated 2026-2030 plan sets the new target for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations at 852MW, which will be equipped with nearly 2GWh of battery energy storage, and the private sector will bear 41% of the utility-scale photovoltaic investment.
The 300MW single contract volume of Sedin exceeds 1.6 times of Ghana’s existing utility-scale photovoltaic installed stock. The figures on the demand side are clear, even a little urgent.
But on the payment side opposite the demand, there is a completely different logic.
Ghana Electricity Company collects electricity bills in Ghanaian Cedi and pays independent power producers in US dollars. Every time the Cedi weakens, the arrears return to the receivables of independent power producers in the form of “re-accumulation”.
Ghana’s Minister of Energy disclosed in October 2026 that the monthly payment ratio to IPPs has increased from about 40% to nearly 100%. The Minister of Finance said that the 2026 budget has allocated 345 million US dollars for energy payments, with the goal of “no longer accumulating new arrears for the first time”. These improvements are real, but they are also political commitments. For an EPC contract with a construction period of two to three years, the sustainability of commitments is more worthy of attention than the intensity of commitments.
The reason why China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) previously adopted full letter of credit payment in Ghana’s photovoltaic supporting equipment projects, upgrading government credit and commercial credit to bank credit, precisely shows that in this market, the reliability of cash payment is not sufficient to support the risk pricing of a long-term contract.
As the EPC contractor, Sedin does not hold the power station assets and does not directly bear the erosion of the Cedi depreciation on electricity bill income.
However, the release of its progress payment and quality guarantee deposit depends on the rhythm of the owner receiving money from the power purchaser. When the cash flow of the power purchaser is squeezed by the exchange rate, the payment milestones in the EPC contract will be extended first. Low price is not the biggest problem, but the opaque payment path is.
In the first half of 2026, China National Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. newly signed 72.935 billion yuan of overseas contracts, a year-on-year increase of 76%, and the proportion of overseas revenue rose to 35%; in the first 8 months, it newly signed 79.188 billion yuan of overseas contracts, a year-on-year increase of 57.46%. In emerging tracks such as photovoltaic and energy storage, the company’s statement is to “continue to make efforts”.
The most notable public track record of Sedin in the photovoltaic EPC field is the 150MW DC project in Laos signed in 2025, with a contract value of 528 million yuan, less than half of the scale of the Ghana project.
From 150MW to 300MW, from Southeast Asia to West Africa, from chemical plants to ground-mounted power stations, the span is obvious.
But Sedin is not entering this field from scratch.
Within the China National Chemical Engineering system, Hualu Engineering has long-term accumulation in the engineering of polysilicon materials. The multi-professional interface management, long-cycle equipment procurement rhythm control and overseas on-site construction organization trained by chemical EPC can be reused to a considerable extent in ground-mounted photovoltaic power stations.
The problem is that what is reused is engineering discipline, not profit margin.
The reason why the gross profit margin of chemical EPC is higher than that of ordinary civil engineering is that the process complexity constitutes an entry barrier; the process barrier of photovoltaic EPC is much thinner, and the competitors are much denser.
The average gross profit margin of overseas new energy EPC projects disclosed by Sinoma Energy Conservation is about 8.13%, which is achieved under the background of “fierce competition and price pressure in standardized onshore new energy projects”; the gross profit margin of clean energy engineering business is 9.10%, lower than the industry average of 10.25%.
If the 0.86 yuan/W price of Sedin corresponds to a power station body with compressed boundaries, the price is not as aggressive as it seems on the surface; if it corresponds to a more complete scope of work, the profit margin will be further squeezed.
The RMB 2.58 billion Ghana project accounts for about 2.6% of China National Chemical Engineering’s newly signed overseas contracts in the first three quarters of 2026 in the overall order book, and will not change the profit direction alone.
But it is a verification sample: whether Sedin can turn photovoltaic EPC in Ghana from a one-time “new track breakthrough” into a repeatable business category. If it succeeds, there will be bargaining chips for the second and third projects in West Africa; if it fails, the RMB 2.58 billion will only be a nice-looking announcement.
Looking at the bigger picture, Sedin is not the only Chinese enterprise that has placed bets in West Africa, but its operation mode is clearly different from that of several other peers.
China Energy Engineering Corporation follows the path of “centralized EPC + government framework”, binding sovereign-level or utility-level owners, winning large orders and acting as the general contractor. The payment risk largely depends on the owner’s credit rating and the host country’s fiscal discipline; JinkoSolar takes another path: it does not touch EPC, sells modules through distribution channels, earns profits from the manufacturing end, and bets on whether West Africa’s distributed installed capacity can spread out from the current concentration in South Africa; Sungrow focuses on the equipment and system layer, does not bear the payment risk of the power purchaser, but the financing structure of the project determines whether the equipment payment can be collected smoothly.
Sedin’s position is heavier than Sungrow’s, and lighter than China Energy Engineering’s centralized EPC model.
It does not only earn profits from the manufacturing end like JinkoSolar, nor does it bind the national power company in Senegal to develop a 500MW framework like China Energy Engineering. In a market where electricity tariffs have been renegotiated and payment is being restored but not yet stable, it uses the discipline of chemical engineering to undertake a low-margin photovoltaic general contracting project.
The success or failure of this contract will not define the overall trend of the West African photovoltaic market, but it will give a clear reference: when the unit price of centralized photovoltaic EPC is compressed to 0.86 yuan per watt, can an engineering company that transitions from the chemical industry maintain its gross profit margin around the central level of the engineering business by relying on execution efficiency and contract boundary management.
Sedin’s RMB 2.58 billion contract buys it a ticket to enter the African new energy EPC market.
It has already sat at the table, and the heaviest chip on the table is not the quotation, but the payment calendar of Ghana Electricity Company and who will stand in front of the contractor when the Cedi fluctuates next time.
China National Chemical Engineering’s chemical industry foundation can help Sedin complete the construction of the power station, but whether the payment after completion can be smoothly collected along the path from Cedi to US dollars depends on whether there is a role in the contract structure that can shield the contractor from exchange rate risks.
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DEARBORN COUNTY, Ind. (WKRC) – Dearborn County officials are weighing how big is too big when it comes to solar farms, as the county works to rewrite its zoning rules for solar projects of all sizes.
The Dearborn County Plan Commission reviewed a new zoning draft focused specifically on solar projects during a meeting held on Monday.

The discussion comes as many rural communities revisit their zoning ordinances and as Dearborn County considers how to regulate large-scale developments that can require significant amounts of land.
In February, county commissioners passed a one-year moratorium to halt commercial solar farms and data centers from coming into the county. The moratorium was intended to give the county time to update its zoning code.
A major point of debate at Monday’s meeting was the maximum size the county should allow for solar farms. A group identifying as the Concerned Dearborn County Citizens submitted an alternative ordinance proposal before the meeting, saying it is intended to protect neighboring property owners and the county’s rural character.
The citizens’ proposal suggests solar farms be no larger than 500 acres. The county’s draft ordinance set a maximum of 1,200 acres.
“I just look; that’s two square miles. That’s a, that’s an airport,” said Eric Lang, a Dearborn County Plan Commission member. “We spent the better part of a year or two years ago changing our ag and ag homestead to limit subdivisions on prime farm grounds. And we’re sitting here now talking about putting solar on that same area that we just said. No subdivisions."
Lang also noted that some farmers are struggling because of economic factors, and he said he sees solar as an opportunity to help farmers survive tough times by putting solar panels on part of their land.
If the plan commission does not vote on Monday, another special plan commission meeting is scheduled for Nov. 12, and a vote could happen then.
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Philippine renewable energy developer Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) has secured PHP 35.014 billion ($552 million) in syndicated project financing to develop five solar projects with a combined capacity of 900 MW and 120 MWh of battery storage in Batangas province.
The financing is the company’s largest syndicated loan facility to date. Three Philippine banks provided the funding: Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank), and Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).
The portfolio consists of two 300 MW solar plants and three 100 MW solar facilities. Each of the smaller projects will incorporate a 40 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), bringing the portfolio’s total storage capacity to 120 MWh.
CREC has not disclosed the batteries’ power ratings, technology suppliers or storage durations. It has also not provided details of the loan tenor, interest rates or financing allocated to individual projects.
All five projects secured offtake allocations under the Philippine Department of Energy’s fourth Green Energy Auction Program (GEA-4), held in 2025.
The auction framework provides for 20-year electricity supply contracts starting from commercial operation, giving developers long-term revenue visibility. CREC has not disclosed the tariffs awarded to individual projects, commissioning schedules or the status of their power supply agreements.
The projects will expand CREC’s existing portfolio in Batangas, where it reports 374 MW of operational solar capacity and 560 MWh of battery storage. An additional 198 MW of solar capacity in the province is nearing completion.
CREC said concentrating multiple projects in Batangas is part of its development strategy, enabling it to coordinate construction activities and potentially improve project execution efficiency.
The Philippine government has used successive green energy auctions to accelerate renewable energy investment. The fourth auction round covered ground-mounted, rooftop and floating solar, onshore wind, and integrated solar-plus-storage projects, with electricity deliveries scheduled between 2026 and 2029.
The Philippines aims to increase the share of renewables in its electricity generation mix to 35% by 2030 and 50% by 2040.
CREC, which is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, operates across solar power generation, project development and electricity supply. The company said earlier in October that it had reached 1 GW of installed renewable energy capacity and is targeting 5 GW within the next five years.
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Mass production will begin at Panasonic’s Nagahama facility in Japan
October 26, 2026
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Japan-based technology company Panasonic Holdings Corporation has advanced the start of full-scale mass production of its glass-type perovskite solar cells from fiscal year 2030 to April 2029 at Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture.
Panasonic began selling pre-production units of its glass-type perovskite solar cells manufactured at its Moriguchi facility in September 2026.
The company said it is gathering information on installing and operating solar cells through customer installations. It plans to use this experience to develop a mass-production technology at the Nagahama facility and support the technology’s commercial adoption.
Panasonic attributed its decision to accelerate mass production to growing market expectations and government policy support for perovskite solar technology.
The glass-type perovskite solar cells combine proprietary material technology, inkjet coating, and laser processing to provide flexibility in size, transparency, and design.
The company is also developing materials to improve durability and is using glass sealing technology to meet building material performance requirements.
Panasonic’s pre-production glass-based perovskite solar panels feature a laminated-glass structure, with maximum dimensions of 1.8 m × 1.0 m and glass thickness options of 3+3 mm and 6+6 mm. The panels are available with float glass or high-strength glass and can be customized with decorative designs.
The modules, scheduled for launch in April 2029, will have larger dimensions of up to 1.8 m × 1.2 m, with additional glass thickness options of 4+4 mm and 5+5 mm. They will also be available in laminated insulating glass configurations, with tempered glass as an additional option.
Panasonic said building-integrated solar cells require electricity generation, transparency, design compatibility with buildings, dimensional flexibility, ease of installation, and long-term durability.
The company aims to develop power-generating glass that can be incorporated into windows and exterior surfaces of buildings.
Panasonic said it is pursuing the technology under its Technology Future Vision, which outlines its research and development priorities through 2040. The initiative focuses on using previously underutilized building surfaces for renewable electricity generation.
Perovskite solar cells are emerging as a next-generation technology that could improve module efficiencies and transform solar manufacturing. Advances in perovskite-silicon tandem cells and other cell architectures could help manufacturers achieve higher efficiencies and improve competitiveness.
Recently, researchers from Australia’s UNSW Sydney collaborated with UTMO Light to achieve a world-record-certified stabilized power conversion efficiency of 23.5% for a large-area perovskite solar submodule. The 30 × 30 cm submodule, with an aperture area of 676 cm², surpassed the previous efficiency benchmark by 0.6 percentage points.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) claimed to have developed a formamidinium-based perovskite semiconductor technology for solar cells and memory devices, using a molecular interface-engineering method that helped solar cells achieve 25.73% efficiency, converting one-quarter of incident sunlight into electricity.
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The export of Indian photovoltaic (PV) modules has risen exponentially by more than 23 times between Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and FY2024, primarily to the US, which accounted for more than 97% of India’s exports in both FY2023 and FY2024.
With the expiration of the Free Trade Agreement and an ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigation, India can potentially replace Southeast Asian countries to become the leading PV exporting country to the US.
During periods of domestic supply shortage, certain distributed renewable energy segments, such as residential rooftop solar, will be affected due to their smaller order sizes.
After accounting for exports, the resultant supply by Indian PV manufacturers available for consumption in India in the next two years will only be 21 gigawatt (GW) and 25GW, which is less than the approximate requirement of 30GW per annum to meet India’s 2030 renewable energy target.
India is making significant progress in transitioning from a net importer to a net exporter of photovoltaic (PV) products. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, Indian PV manufacturers exported approximately US$2 billion worth of PV modules. The export value of PV modules from India increased by more than 23 times in just two years between FY2022 and FY2024.
Several factors have contributed to this rapid increase in PV exports from India FY 2022. These include reduced demand for domestic PV modules following the delayed implementation of the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers in April 2024, several countries considering India as a viable option for their “China Plus One” strategy, and an opportunity for domestic PV manufacturers to diversify their revenue base and sell their products at a higher premium abroad. Despite increased logistics expenses, domestic manufacturers can achieve approximately 40-60% higher profit margins on PV module sales in developed nations like the US than in India.
Indian PV manufacturers are increasingly focusing on the export market. Until FY2024, three of the largest domestic PV manufacturers – Waaree Energies, Adani Solar and Vikram Solar – accounted for most of India’s PV exports. Each company exported more than half of its annual actual production in FY2024. Several other Indian PV manufacturers, like Grew Energy, ReNew Power, Navitas, Solex Energy and Saatvik Energy, are pursuing export markets and setting up supply chains abroad. Waaree Energies and Vikram Solar are also planning to set up PV manufacturing capacities in the US, taking advantage of the incentives offered under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Most Indian PV exports are to the US, which accounted for 97% and 99% of India’s PV exports in FY2023 and FY2024, respectively. India also exports PV products to South Africa, Somalia, Kenya, the UAE, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
The US has imposed steep tariffs on PV products from China to gradually phase out Chinese imports. The US government might extend these tariffs to imports from Southeast Asia (SEA), subject to the result of an ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation by the US Department of Commerce. SEA countries, including Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, cater to more than three-fourths of the US’ annual PV requirements. If found guilty under the AD/CVD investigation, the import duty on PV products from SEA countries will be the same as that on Chinese imports, enhancing India’s prospects of establishing itself as a leader in PV exports to the US. The outlook for Indian exports further improves considering that PV manufacturing capacities set to come online in the US under IRA are experiencing delays and not all may come to fruition.
India needs to adopt a multi-pronged export-oriented approach. First, it should continue to leverage its advantageous position in the US market, as it is one of the largest solar markets in the world in terms of both installations and technology adoption. This exposure will enable Indian PV manufacturers to attain economies of scale, ultimately enhancing their product quality and competitiveness. Second, to truly establish India as a global manufacturing hub in the long run, Indian PV manufacturers must focus on upstream backward integration. This will help India maintain its foothold in existing markets while unlocking untapped markets like Europe, Africa, Latin America, etc.
As India establishes itself as a viable alternative to China, balancing the demands of the export and domestic markets is important. When there is a supply-demand gap, it is crucial to ensure adequate domestic supply, especially for market segments with smaller order sizes, such as distributed renewable energy, including residential rooftop solar. The supply-demand gap also affects solar module prices, a critical factor for the price-sensitive residential rooftop solar segment.

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RWE and Borussia Dortmund have commissioned a 3.7MW battery storage system at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, completing their joint energy concept for the stadium.
The system was officially commissioned during BVB’s Bundesliga home match against Eintracht Frankfurt on 26 October, RWE said.
The company added that the battery can deliver its full 3.7MW output for just over an hour, allowing electricity generated by the stadium’s photovoltaic system to be used when the sun is not shining.
The solar installation, commissioned in December 2025, comprises 11,132 modules with a capacity of more than 5MWp.
The photovoltaic system can meet up to 45% of SIGNAL IDUNA PARK’s electricity requirements.
The project follows the installation of solar panels on the roof of the BVB FanWelt and the completion of what the partners describe as the world’s most powerful photovoltaic system on a stadium roof.
RWE chief executive Dr Markus Krebber said: “With the commissioning of the battery storage system, the entire system comprising the photovoltaic plant and the battery at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK is now fully operational.
“Linking the two systems makes it possible to use the solar power generated on site even more flexibly, even when the sun isn’t shining.”
Borussia Dortmund executive board chairman Carsten Cramer said: “SIGNAL IDUNA PARK is not only our iconic home, but also a central element of our holistic decarbonisation strategy.
“With the battery storage system, we are collaborating with RWE to complete a forward-looking energy concept that makes our solar power even more usable.”
RWE will continue supporting BVB in optimising the stadium’s energy management under the companies’ six-year partnership.
The collaboration, which forms part of the BVB Empowers initiative, aims to further improve security of supply, energy efficiency and decarbonisation at the stadium.
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This was led by solar farms and hybrid solar-and-battery projects.
Twelve Australian renewable generation projects totalling 2.6 gigawatts (GW) reached a final investment decision in the first half (H1) of 2026, more than the 2.3 GW recorded across all of 2025, according to the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
CEC said the growth was led predominantly by solar farms and hybrid solar-and-battery projects.
Nine utility-scale batteries worth $3b (AU$4.3b) and representing 2.3 GW/7.1 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of storage capacity, were also switched on, surpassing the 2 GW/5.1 GWh added last year.
CEC chief executive Jackie Trad said the results show the resilience and growth of the country’s clean energy industry in the face of difficult headwinds.
“Australian sun and wind cannot be cut off by conflict overseas,” Trad pointed out.
“Each new solar, wind, and battery investment helps make Australia more energy independent and economically resilient, shielding Australians from global fossil fuel price shocks and supply disruptions,” she added.
Five generation projects totalling 1.4 GW of new capacity and worth more than $1.9b (AU$2.8b) were commissioned in H1, including the 756-megawatt first stage of Victoria’s Golden Plains Wind Farm.
The first stage will produce enough capacity to power 400,000 homes, according to CEC.
Queensland leads the nation in clean energy investment, accounting for $6.7b (AU$9.6b) and 4.5 GW in projects that are currently at financial close or are under construction.
Meanwhile, New South Wales has the largest battery storage pipeline at 4.3 GW/11.2 GWh.
Trad said the story is bigger than any one state or territory.
“Maintaining this momentum will require predictable approvals, timely transmission and long-term revenue certainty to help more projects, including onshore wind, progress into operation,” she said.
“Australian-made clean energy will not only deliver more affordable, reliable electricity for households and businesses, but also tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment and economic activity, particularly in regional Australia,” she added.

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Is it possible to get cheap and clean solar energy without owning your own home? Until quite recently, unless you lived in a house large enough for 8-13 solar panels, it was assumed solar energy would likely be out of reach. Unfortunately, solar panels and rental properties were not seen as compatible.
However, is it the case that in 2026 you need to own your own home to get solar panels? No. Can you get solar panels and batteries and cut your energy bills without owning your home? Unequivocally, yes.
Solar energy has changed for renters in lots of ways, and they all mean not owning your own home is no longer a big barrier.
There are plenty of reasons why not owning your own home is no longer a major hurdle to getting solar panels. The main one is that the UK solar industry is changing at a rapid pace, with a greater emphasis than ever on helping billpayers cut their costs by not relying on gas or the grid. 
More specific reasons include:
Fewer than 2 million households in the UK have solar panels as of 2024. Going a bit deeper, just 7% of owner-occupied properties have solar panels, with 2% of private rented ones and 5% of social rented ones doing so respectively. 
Just over a third of households overall, just under 9 million, are rented, with an almost even split between private (54%) and social (46%). What does this mean? Renters in the UK are a hugely untapped market for solar panels.
Does it need to be so? Not anymore. We’ve gone into a bit more detail below about why even if you rent you can still get all the benefits of solar energy.
This is the one you’ve likely heard the most about because it’s only recently been fully legalised in the UK. On the 27th August it became fully legal to plug in a solar panel of 800MW into your electricity socket after safety laws were changed. 
This is a massive leap forward in domestic energy because it allows billpayers to use their balconies and open space to generate electricity. A plug-in solar panel pushes power into a home’s grid, using a microinverter to convert DC electricity into AC. 
The benefits for billpayers is a cut of energy bills by £110 a year on average, although this figure is considered by some to be a low estimate. With a battery and home that is well insulated, that figure could be a lot higher. When combined with other clean tech, such as rooftop solar or a heat pump, a home could be very well protected from spikes in energy costs.
Before 27th August, plug-in solar panels were not allowed in the UK because of safety concerns. Why did the plug-in solar panels laws change? Firstly because plug-in solar panels are proven to cut energy bills and secondly because of the (still ongoing) ballooning wholesale gas prices, which has caused the energy price cap to increase massively since June.
Essentially, it became imperative for more people to be able to access solar energy. Now that plug-in solar panels are legal, living in a flat is no longer a hurdle to getting cheap and clean energy. The one thing that was previously a requirement – a roof – is now not needed. 
Yes, you do still need to get permission from your landlord, freeholder, or building manager if you want to install plug-in solar panels. 
Yes, despite plug-in solar panels being legal and available, your landlord, freeholder, or building manager can still say no. At the time of writing (September 2026) tenants have no legal right to install plug-in solar panels against a landlord’s wishes BUT the government has strongly encouraged landlords to assess each request on a case-by-case basis and only turn one down if absolutely necessary. 
Thanks to the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, landlords cannot refuse a tenant’s request to make energy efficiency improvements without reasonable grounds. The reasonable grounds are:
All in all, plug-in solar has made it much easier for renters to get solar power and it represents one of the biggest, and most important changes to renters’ ability to cut their energy bills. 
Naturally everyone wants their home to be more energy efficient, but recent changes to the way energy efficiency is measured means it’s easier than ever to get solar panels if you’re a renter. 
The upcoming Warm Homes Plan, the biggest government home energy improvement scheme in UK history, will mean all privately rented properties will have to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C or above. 
This is a big win for renters because the best way to make a home more energy efficient is to use clean energy tech, including solar panels. Another huge benefit to renters is the Home Energy Model, the new metric for measuring EPCs. 
The Home Energy Model will specifically measure a home’s ‘smart readiness’ which in other words means its ability to generate its own energy and how it uses smart technology to optimise it. 
That means energy generation is baked into a property’s EPC rating and it means renters can ask their landlords to help them get roof-top solar panels, batteries and/or plug-in solar to improve their homes energy efficiency. 
The best part? Any home with solar panels alongside a smart meter would be guaranteed to meet the stipulations of the Home Energy Model and get that all-important C EPC rating.

As long as renters have all the necessary landlord permissions, there is a lot of help available for solar panels. The Warm Homes Plan will replace the ECO4 scheme, which will expire on 31st December, and offer all households financial support to install solar panels and batteries. 
Everyone in the UK will be entitled to low-interest loans for solar panels regardless of home ownership. 
Renters will still, as already explained, need their landlord’s permission, but the financial support and the need to have a C EPC rating makes the argument for solar almost undeniable. 
This is a concept that is designed to help renters access solar energy by sharing a large, local battery system to store renewable energy and reduce electricity costs without needing solar panels or a battery inside their flats. 
The shared community battery charges up with cheap energy during low-peak hours and releases into the shared grid when it’s expensive. For renters this involves no complex installation because the solar panels are shared and each separately smart metered-flat can get their share of the solar energy. 
This is still quite a new area and governments, technology manufacturers, and energy providers are still creating frameworks to do it at scale, but it’s a very promising area for renters. One particular case study in Cardiff saw occupants of 24 flats cut their energy bills by more than 70%. 
On top of government legislation and help, there are other products on the market that make solar more accessible than ever for renters. One innovation in particular now means every type of household now has solar within their reach: EcoFlow’s newly released STREAM series, the next-generation home battery platform that’s designed specifically to help overcome traditional barriers when it comes to home battery installation. 
The STREAM series, which includes the STREAM 5000 and STREAM AC, is a gamechanger because it fits into what EcoFlow calls ‘the missing middle’. That is households who don’t have enough room for a large residential solar system and whose energy needs are too big for plug-in solar. 
That could be someone who lives in a small two-storey house without a huge amount of roof space for a 13-solar panel system or simply someone who lives in a flat. Crucially, it could also be renters who need to show their landlords that the technology is compact enough to fit nicely into the building.
Essentially, the types of households who might not have been able to get solar power in the past.  
Despite its size, the STREAM series can pack in enough energy to run a huge number of critical household appliances, including washing machines, dishwashers, tumble dryers and much more. It also lets billpayers store energy at cheap times for use when electricity is most expensive. The result  is a system that can easily be installed in compact household spaces, such as garages, utility rooms and in fact anywhere else that’s out of the way, all without compromising on power. 
This is really important because it helps those households who might not have used solar power before. In fact, it could be their first effort of using anything clean energy technology, and that’s the point. It’s designed for those taking their first solar steps. 
In short, a lot. It’s easier than ever for renters to access solar energy because of:
The biggest thing is that every household now has the ability to make the use of solar energy through residential systems, plug-in, and now battery systems that integrate into a home’s energy consumption patterns. Now a lot more people have the ability to use solar energy. The technology is there, the market is ready, and the legislation is gradually changing. Solar in the UK is evolving, and everyone, including renters, are able to take part.

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Attention-enhanced AI detector spots incipient fires in solar plants
Photovoltaic power plants pack together flammable polymers and electrical components prone to arcing, which makes early fire detection a safety-critical monitoring task. A new study published in Scientific Reports presents PVFire-YOLO, a real-time neural detection framework designed to catch fires while they are still small, weakly contrasted patches of smoke or flame. The work addresses a problem that plagues conventional detectors in solar installations: the glossy surfaces of photovoltaic modules produce specular reflections that fabricate fire-like visual cues, degrading detection accuracy precisely where early warning matters most.
The framework combines three technical components. A patch-aware parallel attention block amplifies weak responses from small targets against reflective backgrounds, helping the network distinguish genuine incipient flames and smoke from mirrored light on module glass. A gather-and-distribute neck performs information fusion across four feature-pyramid levels, closing the semantic gap that limits conventional neck architectures, in which features at different resolutions carry inconsistent information. Finally, a four-scale adaptive spatial feature-fusion head learns per-pixel scale weights and adds a high-resolution branch dedicated to targets smaller than 100 pixels, the size range where incipient fires typically first appear in plant surveillance imagery.
To train and evaluate the detector, the researchers built PV-Fire, described as the first annotated flame-and-smoke corpus with a photovoltaic-specific background distribution. The dataset allows models to learn the visual statistics of solar plants, including the reflective surfaces and equipment layouts that generate false alarms in generic fire-detection systems. Evaluation was conducted both on this new corpus and on the public D-Fire benchmark, allowing comparison with detectors trained outside the photovoltaic domain.
Against fourteen baseline detectors, PVFire-YOLO reached a mean average precision of 87.4 percent at an intersection-over-union threshold of 0.5 on PV-Fire and 84.4 percent on D-Fire. On small targets specifically, the model raised average precision by 5.2 points over its own baseline architecture, indicating that the attention and fusion components contribute most where targets are hardest to see. The reflection-induced false-positive rate fell to 3.1 percent at higher recall, addressing the trade-off in which detectors that catch more real fires also flag more spurious events.
Speed figures support the real-time claim in the framework’s name. PVFire-YOLO ran at 79 frames per second on a desktop graphics card and 21 frames per second on an embedded edge device, the class of hardware typically installed at remote plant sites. The authors report the work as an applied computational-intelligence study, positioning the detector for deployment in operational photovoltaic monitoring. As with any benchmark-based evaluation, field performance across varying lighting, weather and plant geometries would need to be established through deployment experience, and the published version of the paper remains subject to further editorial updates pending the final Version of Record.
Subject of Research: Real-time small-target fire detection in photovoltaic plants using an attention-enhanced multiscale fusion neural detector
Article Title: Real time small target fire detection in photovoltaic plants using attention enhanced multiscale fusion
Article References: Guo, W., Meng, X., Wang, J., Cai, C., & Cui, H. (2026). Real time small target fire detection in photovoltaic plants using attention enhanced multiscale fusion. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-74289-7
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-74289-7
Keywords: photovoltaic, fire detection, PVFire-YOLO, attention mechanism, feature fusion, small target detection, computer vision, deep learning, PV-Fire dataset, real-time detection, solar plant safety, false positives
News Source: Blake Davidson. (October 26, 2026). Attention-enhanced AI detector spots incipient fires in solar plants. Scienmag.
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Las Cruces Public Schools outlines solar parking canopy projects at four campuses, including a 393-panel system expected to offset Conlee Community Elementary School's electricity use.
State-funded projects at three elementary schools and Las Cruces High could reduce utility expenses, but the district will be responsible for ongoing maintenance
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LAS CRUCES – Las Cruces Public Schools has received approval for $3.5 million in state solar grants for projects at four campuses, with three elementary schools awarded $1 million apiece and Las Cruces High School awarded $500,000.
The funding comes through the New Mexico Finance Authority’s Local Solar Access Fund, according to a presentation by LCPS Chief of Operations Steve Rodriguez during the Oct. 20 Board of Education meeting.
Conlee Community Elementary School, Desert Bloom Elementary and Fairacres Elementary each were approved for $1 million, representing full funding for their proposed projects. Las Cruces High was approved for $500,000, representing partial funding.
The district expects the systems to reduce electricity expenses while providing covered parking. At Conlee alone, a proposed 393-panel solar array is projected to generate enough electricity annually to offset the school’s entire electricity consumption.
At Conlee, the district plans a 226-kilowatt solar installation consisting of 393 panels mounted on parking canopies.
Rodriguez told board members the system is projected to generate enough electricity over the course of a year to offset approximately 100% of the school’s annual electricity consumption.
The district is also exploring how excess electricity generated by the system might be credited through El Paso Electric.
Rodriguez said similar elementary school projects could potentially offset their campuses’ annual electricity consumption once completed.
At Las Cruces High School, the partially funded project is expected to offset approximately 60% of the campus’s electricity use.
Those figures are projections, not documented savings from completed installations. The district did not present a comprehensive estimate of annual dollar savings for all four campuses during the discussion.
The district is pursuing solar parking structures rather than mounting panels on school roofs.
Rodriguez explained that many district roofs need replacement, making parking canopies a more practical option than installing solar equipment that might later need to be removed for roofing work.
The approach would allow campuses to generate electricity while adding shaded parking areas.
Rodriguez identified the four schools as part of an initial phase of the district’s broader effort to improve the sustainability and efficiency of its facilities.
He also discussed the possibility of pursuing additional projects if the state funding program continues.
Although the grants are intended to cover project costs, LCPS will remain responsible for ongoing maintenance.
That distinction surfaced during questions from board members about the financial implications of the installations.
Rodriguez said modern solar panels generally have relatively modest maintenance needs but acknowledged that the district must plan for their long-term upkeep.
He also discussed battery storage as a possible future improvement that could help schools retain excess electricity and provide backup power during outages. Battery systems were discussed as a potential future option, not as an established component of the four projects.
Board member Ed Frank encouraged the district to develop estimates of long-term savings, saying the financial benefits could help make the case for continued state support.
Frank also suggested including future funding for the solar program among the district’s legislative priorities, with the goal of redirecting money otherwise spent on utilities toward classroom needs.
District officials described the solar installations as part of a broader sustainability strategy that also includes electric school buses and charging infrastructure.
The Oct. 20 presentation was informational and required no board vote.
The district has not established, in the materials presented, a comprehensive timeline for completion of all four installations or the total amount of electricity cost savings expected once they are operational.
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Infinity Power and HAU Energy secured up to $566 million in debt for Nefer Minya, a 1.2 GWp solar plant in Egypt paired with a 600 MWh battery. Its power goes to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
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Nefer Minya, a solar project in Minya, Egypt, now has up to $566 million in debt in place. The plant pairs 1.2 GWp of solar capacity with battery storage rated at 600 MWh. Infinity Power and HAU Energy secured the financing, which they announced on October 20, 2026, and the sponsors expect the plant to become the biggest solar power plant in both Egypt and Africa.
The size claim gets the headlines. The shape of the deal is more useful to developers, EPC contractors and storage suppliers working in Egypt: who lent, what the battery is sized to do, and what stands behind the buyer. Put together, those pieces suggest what lenders currently accept as a bankable solar project in the country.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led the financing, according to Dealroom, and arranged up to $265 million of the package itself. That tranche breaks down into three pieces.
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DEG, FMO and Proparco are providing additional financing alongside the EBRD-arranged portion. Dealroom reports that FMO alone committed a $100 million senior loan. Add that to the EBRD tranche and close to two-thirds of the up-to-$566 million ceiling is accounted for by just two institutions.
The concessional money is a small slice. At up to $30 million, the Clean Technology Fund piece comes to about a twentieth of the total, so the rest of the package is carried by development-bank and bank lending.
For operators planning similar projects in Egypt, the lender list suggests where long-term debt for storage-backed solar could come from. Dealroom reads the heavy development-finance presence the same way, pointing to Scatec's $600 million Obelisk project as a comparable. By its own data, a debt round of up to $566 million sits above the 98th percentile all-time among what it classes as deep-tech projects in Egypt.
The sponsors haven't disclosed tenor, pricing, total project cost or equity, so nobody outside the deal can benchmark the terms against other Egyptian facilities yet.
Infinity Power's announcement says the plant will hold daytime solar output in its battery and release it when demand peaks after sunset. Nayer Fouad, Infinity Power's co-founder and CEO, said the project is paired with a battery system that ranks among the first utility-scale storage installations in the country. Dealroom also describes battery-supplied power at peak hours as still relatively new to Egypt's grid.
GWp is the peak rating of a solar array's panels under standard test conditions. MWh measures stored energy, not the rate at which it is released. The battery's power rating in MW hasn't been published, so the actual discharge duration isn't known.
The storage design gives grid planners a sense of what to expect. A battery sized for evening discharge could shift energy past sundown and ease the evening ramp. That points to Nefer Minya being a solar plant that extends into the evening peak, not a source of firm round-the-clock supply, and buyers who model it as round-the-clock supply could overestimate it.
Dalia Wahba, CEO of Hassan Allam Utilities, framed the pairing the same way in comments carried by TradeArabia, saying the partners are combining large-scale solar with storage "to provide clean power that is available when the grid needs it most." The pitch is timing, not volume.
For storage suppliers and integrators, the numbers still add up to a lot of hardware. Set against the array, 600 MWh works out to 0.5 MWh of storage per MWp of panels, a modest ratio on a very large plant. And because so few comparable systems are running on Egypt's grid, how this one performs once it's operating is likely to become the reference that later Egyptian projects get measured against.
Once running, the sponsors expect the plant to supply enough electricity for more than 1.4 million homes a year and to avoid over 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 annually.
The state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company will buy the plant's electricity, and the power purchase agreement runs for 25 years. Development lenders size long debt against revenue certainty, and a contract of that length with one buyer provides it.
There is a second layer. Dealroom reports that the PPA is fully guaranteed by Egypt's Ministry of Finance, which it describes as giving the plant a secured route to market. That suggests lenders are underwriting Egypt's sovereign commitment as much as the utility's own payment record, which would help explain how a project this size drew this much long-dated development money.
When comparing Nefer Minya's financing with another Egyptian solar deal, check two things first: the length of the offtake contract and whether the Ministry of Finance guarantees it. On Dealroom's account, this one has 25 years and a full guarantee.
Strip away the superlatives and Nefer Minya is a 25-year contract with a state buyer, wrapped around one of the country's first utility-scale batteries.
National policy matters here too. Wahba said Egypt aims to generate 42% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. She said each megawatt-hour the project produces cuts reliance on imported fuel.
Strip away the superlatives and Nefer Minya is a 25-year contract with a state buyer, wrapped around one of the country's first utility-scale batteries.
Dealroom sees the deal as part of a wider change in Egypt, where the country is shifting away from solar-only plants and toward dispatchable power supported by storage. Signed renewable power purchase agreements totalling nearly 6 GW had reached financial close as of March 2026. The government's NWFE programme aims for 10 GW of new renewables.
For scale, Nefer Minya's 1.2 GWp is equivalent to roughly a fifth of that 6 GW financial-close figure. A single plant of that weight, with storage attached, could shape what lenders and the state buyer expect from the storage-backed projects that follow it.
The same partners have more coming. REGlobal reported that in September 2026, Infinity Power and Hassan Allam Utilities Energy signed a power purchase agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for Ras Shokeir, a wind project that will add 1 GW of generation to the grid. For the sponsors, that suggests a growing share of their Egyptian pipeline could depend on the same state buyer.
Taken together, the two projects put about 2.2 GW of nameplate capacity under contract with the transmission company. Concentration like that cuts both ways: the partners know the buyer and its contract terms well, and they also carry more exposure to a single counterparty.
Both sponsors are building at scale. Infinity Power, a joint venture between Infinity and Masdar that describes itself as Africa's largest pure-play renewable energy provider, reports about 1.3 GW of operating capacity across Egypt, South Africa and Senegal, plus 6.3 GW of wind and solar in development, 3.8 GW of it at an advanced stage, and a target of 10 GW operating by 2032. HAU Energy, the renewables platform set up by Hassan Allam Utilities within Hassan Allam Holding and described in a Zawya report as Netherlands-based, has nearly 3.3 GW under development.
Infinity Power says its existing portfolio avoids over 3 million tonnes of CO2 a year. On the sponsors' own figures, Nefer Minya would add about half that again, and its 1.2 GWp peak rating is close to the company's entire 1.3 GW operating base. Once it is running, that makes it the single biggest step Infinity Power can point to toward its 10 GW target.
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