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America installed 45% more solar this spring than a year earlier, every one of those panels locks its silver away for decades, and even the deepest cut to solar demand I have seen leaves the silver market short for a sixth year.
The two things a long-term silver holder needs from solar both survive this year. The market stays short: even on J.P. Morgan’s estimate, the deepest cut I have seen, the shortfall that Metals Focus and the Silver Institute forecast for 2026 roughly halves and does not disappear. And silver that has gone into a panel stays there for decades, so every installation adds to a stock that never returns to the market. What does not survive is the growth story. The solar case sold to silver buyers over the past three years was about volume: more panels, more silver. The volume half is holding. The silver half is not, because each panel carries less silver than the one before, and that is bad for this year’s balance. The reading is settled in November, when Metals Focus publishes its interim update.
Silver closed at $65.06 an ounce on September 23 against gold at $4,304.11, a gold-silver ratio of 66.2. Silver fell about 3% on the day and gold 1.2%. The trigger was two regional Fed presidents saying the case for further tightening remained after last week’s quarter-point rise. Early trading on September 24 took silver lower still, near $64. Silver is about 9% below where it started 2026. It is roughly 46% below its January peak of $121.58. The Federal Reserve raised its policy rate on September 16 to 3.75% to 4.00% and projected one more increase this year. The market now prices that further increase before the year ends. The Golden Meadow(R) research this article draws on has followed the solar demand line closely for two years. This year’s numbers changed what it shows.
Solar installation in the United States had a very large quarter this spring, and the reason is a deadline. On September 10 the Q3 2026 US Solar Market Insight from SEIA and Wood Mackenzie reported 11.4 gigawatts installed in the second quarter, up 45% on a year earlier. Utility-scale projects, the large solar farms that supply the grid, made up 9.6 gigawatts of that and grew 61%. Developers are putting projects into service before two federal tax credits expire. Projects that locked in the credits ahead of the deadline are being finished now. The smaller segments show what happens when a credit has already gone: residential installations fell 12% and community solar fell 14%. The report raised its outlook for the next five years by only 1.2%, which its authors describe as essentially flat.
Sources: SEIA and Wood Mackenzie, Q3 2026 US Solar Market Insight
Segment figures are as reported and rounded; they sum to slightly more than the stated total.
China supplies the other half of the picture. Its National Energy Administration reported that installed solar capacity reached 1,286 gigawatts at the end of July, passing coal-fired capacity for the first time. That is a milestone for the fleet already built. New additions tell a different story: the previous issue recorded that China’s January-to-July additions were 61.4% below the same period of 2025.
Installation volume, then, is holding up. The silver in it is not. Solar cells use silver paste for the fine lines that carry current off the cell. At this year’s prices manufacturers have cut the amount in every cell. Metals Focus and the Silver Institute forecast photovoltaic silver demand, the silver used in solar cells, at about 151.0 Moz for 2026, down from 186.6 Moz in 2025. On August 13, J.P. Morgan’s research page carried a lower estimate from Gregory Shearer, the bank’s head of base and precious metals strategy. Solar silver demand, he said, could fall by around 30% this year, a reduction of roughly 60 million ounces. Two cautions travel with that figure. It is a verbal estimate on a research page rather than an entry in a published forecast table. And the Silver Institute has not adopted it. It is also the lowest estimate this newsletter has worked with, which is exactly why it is the right one to test the deficit against.
Sources: World Silver Survey 2026, Metals Focus and the Silver Institute | J.P. Morgan Global Research, silver, August 13, 2026 | SEIA and Wood Mackenzie, Q3 2026 US Solar Market Insight
The 126.6 Moz in the table is my subtraction of 60 from 186.6, and it should be read as such. If Shearer is right and every other line in the survey’s balance holds, the 2026 deficit narrows from 46.3 Moz to roughly 21.9 Moz. The survey’s other lines will not all hold, so that figure is a sensitivity rather than a forecast. It is still a deficit. BloombergNEF now expects solar silver demand to fall for a second straight year. Its own earlier figure for 2026 was near 194 Moz, on a higher starting point. The cutting is driven by cost. Metals Focus and the Silver Institute put silver at 8% to 10% of the cost of a solar cell at the start of 2025, and at over 20% by the end of it. The credible range for this year now runs from roughly 127 Moz to roughly 194 Moz. The survey’s forecast sits between them. The three are not built on the same 2025 starting point, so the gaps between them overstate the disagreement.
Two conversions put the installation numbers in silver terms, with the assumptions stated. The first is the American quarter. Its 11.4 gigawatts embed roughly 2.5 Moz of silver at this year’s silver content per gigawatt. That content, about 6.7 tonnes per gigawatt, is a working figure rather than a published one. It is the survey’s 151 Moz forecast divided by an assumed 700 gigawatts of cell production this year. The survey itself expects mainstream cells to fall below 5 milligrams per watt by 2027, which is the same as 5 tonnes per gigawatt. Silver Rising used a range that started at 12 tonnes per gigawatt. At that rate the quarter embeds about 4.4 Moz. Either way, that metal was consumed when the cells were made, mostly in Asia and mostly in earlier quarters. A strong installation quarter confirms demand that has already happened rather than adding new demand. The second is China’s fleet of 1,286 gigawatts. It was built when panels carried far more silver than today, at 10 to 15 tonnes per gigawatt. At those rates the fleet embeds roughly 410 to 620 Moz. That silver is a stock, sealed into panels for twenty-five years or more. It is the physical basis of the one solar claim that survives this year unchanged: silver already installed does not come back.
For this year’s balance, the numbers are worse than the growth story promised, and it is better to say so plainly. The volume argument that opened the solar chapter of Silver Rising is two years stale. Panels are going up at close to last year’s pace worldwide. BloombergNEF’s global estimate for 2026 is 649 gigawatts, barely below 2025’s 655. Each of those panels carries less silver than the one before. On the survey’s own forecast, solar silver demand falls 19% this year. On the lowest published estimate it falls by around 30%. A deficit that halves is a different market from a deficit that widens. The assumption that solar demand grows every year no longer holds.
Two things survive, and they are the two a long-term holder needs. The first is that the market stays short even on the lowest published estimate. The shortfall shrinks to roughly 21.9 Moz from 46.3 Moz. It is still a shortfall, and it runs into the sixth consecutive year of deficit on the figures from Metals Focus and the Silver Institute. The longer-term case for silver rests on that shortfall persisting, not on any single demand line growing. The second is the stock argument. Every gigawatt installed this year locks its silver away for a quarter of a century. The fleet already built holds hundreds of millions of ounces, and none of it returns to the market within any holder’s investment horizon. Thrifting, the cutting of silver per cell, slows the rate at which new silver is locked away. It does not release any of the silver already locked. The survey notes that recycling from old panels remains small in volume.
The cutting has further to run, and the survey says so. Metals Focus and the Silver Institute expect silver per cell to fall by a further 15% to 20% this year. The full replacement of silver with copper is a different matter. Copper electroplating, which lays copper onto the cell in place of silver paste, is in pilot production. The survey says yield and reliability problems mean mass production of pure copper pastes is unlikely this year. Its own view is that silver will remain essential to the industry, with a defensible place in high-reliability cells. So the substitution story has a direction and no date. The checkpoint that does have a date is the Metals Focus interim update in November. It will show whether the survey’s 151 Moz or J.P. Morgan’s lower figure was closer, and the answer will be graded in print either way.
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“Could be as simple as a plugged condensate drain, could be lots more.”
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A plumber in Georgia ran into an alarming HVAC issue while helping at his grandmother’s older house. It had duct insulation that was “soaking wet” and dripping near a furnace that appears to be decades old.
In a Reddit thread on r/hvacadvice, the plumber explained that he had been working at his widowed grandmother’s home in Marietta, Georgia — a house built in the 1940s or 1950s — when he discovered moisture saturating the duct insulation.
In the plumber’s words, “ALL of the insulation on her duct work was soaking wet,” and it was “steadily dripping off the duct work right off the back of the furnace.”
The responses did not point to just one possible cause, but many commenters focused first on drainage and airflow.
“Could be as simple as a plugged condensate drain, could be lots more. But start there,” one commenter wrote.
Another reply suggested the system may date to 1985, highlighting just how old the equipment could be. That fit with other concerns raised in the thread, including one commenter’s assessment that “the equipment is definitely well beyond its expected service life.”
Another commenter warned: “Tell your grandma to call a HVAC contractor and have a carbon monoxide test done first off. That is a very, very old Furnace and probably has a cracked heat exchanger and by the looks of that A coil it is probably filled with dust and dirt and restricting your airflow which in return will make the ductwork sweat. Also check your furnace filter and see if the outside condenser needs hosed off. I suppose it’s possible on R-22 also.”
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Solar panels can save you more than $50k over their 25-year lifespan, and EnergySage can help you save as much as $10k on installation. Which begs the question — isn’t that worth an email or two?
In this case, a technician should inspect the condensate drain, A-coil, furnace filter, and outdoor condenser, since those were among the first problem areas commenters flagged. Because the furnace may be especially old, a carbon monoxide test is also a sensible way to check for a more serious hazard.
If replacement does turn out to be the better long-term option, Palmetto’s Comfort Plans include $0-down options that can lower heating and cooling costs by up to 50%. Each plan also includes 12 years of free maintenance, which can make a major upgrade feel less intimidating for homeowners who are not ready to pay everything upfront.
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• In a basement, a hidden duct gap led pros to warn that the material was “1,000% asbestos.”
• After basic air conditioning maintenance, one homeowner faced a suspicious $20,000 quote that raised red flags.
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WOODBINE, Md. — Some neighbors who live next to a solar panel project in the works along Woodbine Road feel the county council needs to pass a temporary pause, and take a step back.
They learned in January that the project would be built within 100 feet of their fence lines, and stand at about 11.5 feet tall.
The expected changes in stark contrast to why they chose to live in their homes.
“They told us this would never be industrialized because Howard County had preservation programs which gave tax incentives for the farmers and we were all in favor of that,” neighbor Gale Mackison said.
“I am not against solar, in fact, I believe in alternative energy, but I think you have to be mindful in how you do it,” neighbor Barbara Baker said.
It’s not just the view they’re concerned about.
“What do you think that’s gonna do to the value of my home? If I can even ever sell my home. Would you buy it? I wouldn’t have,” Baker said.”
The pair say they’ve spoken to the developer and the landowner in attempts to move the panels further away from their properties, to no avail.
It’s one of 15 solar collection projects currently in the works in Howard County.
Last summer, the Maryland state legislature passed new guidance for solar panel project approvals.
District 5 Councilman David Yungmann introduced Bill 59- 2026 so the county could reevaluate and clear up confusion created by the new state rules.
“I understand why they’re upset. But at the same time, I’m investing in my family’s future and I need to take care of my family. And I’m not doing this to hurt them,” George Boarman, the farm owner, told WMAR-2 News’ Blair Sabol over the phone when asked about neighbors’ concerns.
He says solar is a way to keep farms sustainable, giving them a consistent source of income when the winds don’t blow their way. Any pause on the project which is expected to be complete sometime in next year, would seriously hurt his efforts.
At a public hearing Wednesday night, some environmentalists expressed concerns that any pause would put the county behind on meeting its climate forward goals by 2030.
But impacted neighbors say they desperately need to take a step back and make sure it’s done right.
“You can’t put the genie back in the bottle,” Baker said.
“If this continues to go at the pace that it’s going, and this pause does not give us some time to get the system right and the process right then we’re gonna have to pursue things ourselves,” Mackison said.
They’re also working with State Senator Katie Fry Hester to fix any unintended consequences of the state’s bill.
A county council legislative work session concerning the bill is scheduled on Monday, September 28th at 10 a.m. A vote could come as soon as the first week in October.

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The biggest disruptions hit more people despite fewer incidents.
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Pennsylvania saw fewer reportable electric outages in 2025 than in 2024, but nearly the same number of customers were affected.
A new Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission report released Sept. 21 said reportable outages in 2025 impacted nearly 2.9 million customers, roughly matching the prior year, according to PA Environment Digest.
Customer impact was essentially flat year over year: 2,884,067 customers were affected in 2025 versus 2,882,795 in 2024, even though the number of reportable outages dropped from a record 71 to 55.
The biggest disruptions hit more people despite fewer incidents. The report said 20 “Major Events,” abnormal or extreme occurrences that stress the electric distribution system, affected about 1.7 million customers in 2025, up sharply from around 696,000 in 2024. Weather remained the dominant cause, with 52 of the 55 reportable outages tied to weather effects on electric distribution systems.
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Four utilities — Citizens, Pike Electric, UGI Electric, and Wellsboro — had no reportable outages. Among the rest, PPL Electric recorded the most with 15, followed by Met-Ed with 11, West Penn Power with 10, Penelec with 9, PECO with 7, Duquesne Light with 2, and Penn Power with 1.
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Compared with 2024, nine of Pennsylvania’s 11 electric distribution companies improved outage frequency, while eight improved average restoration time and eight improved overall outage duration.
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The Pennsylvania PUC said it continues to assess how utilities maintain and upgrade their systems, manage vegetation near power lines, and respond when storms hit. It also wants utilities to closely monitor crew staffing and how fast they can mobilize when outages occur.
Its Bureau of Technical Utility Services also took part in a Resiliency Deep Dive Project in 2025 that examined how extreme weather and changing climate conditions affect Pennsylvania’s electric distribution systems, including wind-speed thresholds linked to surging outage rates.
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“The numbers show improvement, but they also remind us how much work remains,” Pennsylvania PUC Chairman Steve DeFrank said. “Reliability is ultimately measured by what customers experience — how often the lights go out, how widespread those outages are, and how quickly service is safely restored. With severe weather continuing to test our electric systems, we need to keep strengthening the grid, improving storm preparation and response, and focusing investments where they can make the greatest difference for consumers.”
For more on grid reliability, outage risk, and home backup options, these stories add context as Pennsylvania utilities face mounting weather pressure. They cover electricity losses in Pennsylvania, summer outage risks across the U.S., regional grid upgrades in New Jersey, and solar-plus-battery systems that can keep homes powered.
• Pennsylvania is pressing utilities to show they’re fixing grid losses as electricity disappears in transit.
• The North American Electric Reliability Corporation assessment warns summer outage risk is rising in several U.S. regions.
• New Jersey approved a nearly billion-dollar grid update to strengthen service during extreme weather.
• Across the U.S., backup power is increasingly critical as blackouts grow more common.
• Homeowners are turning to next-gen battery alternatives as Tesla loses backup-power dominance.
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India homeowner’s 5 kW solar makes 575 kWh a month, but power bill still passes $50 USD  Yahoo Tech
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Windrose Holding S.r.l., part of Gruppo Whysol, has completed a Hold-Co project financing transaction, with a total value of approximately €118 million, aimed at refinancing and optimising the operational and financial structure of a portfolio of wind and photovoltaic plants with a combined installed capacity of approximately 157 MW.
The transaction was structured as a Green Loan, with a pool of lending institutions comprising Intesa Sanpaolo (IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division), Banco BPM, BPER Corporate & Investment Banking and ING Bank Milan Branch. Intesa Sanpaolo also acted as bank agent, while all lending institutions also acted as Green Loan Coordinators and will act as Hedging Counterparts in relation to interest rate swap contracts to be entered into by Windrose Holding S.r.l., aimed at providing partial hedging against interest rate risk associated with the financing. The financing is distinguished by certain features uncommon in the renewable energy landscape, including a merchant risk component following the expiry of incentives and the integration of wind and photovoltaic assets into a single portfolio.
The pool of banks was assisted on the preparation and negotiation of the financial documentation by FIVERS Studio Legale e Tributario, with a team led by partner Maria Teresa Solaro and comprising associates Marco Balzano and Andrea Oddo and junior associate Maria Rita Di Mauro. Legal due diligence was carried out by PedersoliGattai, with a team comprising partners Valeria Viti, Nicola Gaglione and Nicola Martegani, supported by associates Angelo Fabris, Francesco Pasetto, Lorenzo Massaro, Elena Martignoni and Cesare Gatti.
Whysol was assisted on the negotiation of the financial documentation by L&B Partners Avvocati Associati, with a team led by partner Pietro Paolo D’Ippolito, Co-Head of the Banking & Finance Department, and comprising associate Bianca Tomassetti and junior associate Beatrice Mascardi. Arcus Financial Advisors acted as Whysol’s exclusive financial advisor, with a team led by Stefano Cassella and comprising Federico Mander and Stefania Gatti. Vector Renewables acted as technical advisor to the banks, with a team led by Luca Radaelli. Notarial matters relating to the execution of the financial documentation were handled by Studio ZNR Notai.
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Chief Executive Officer David McElrea and Executive General Manager for Sustainability Darren Johannesen appeared today before the House Standing Committee inquiry into solar panel reuse and recycling in Australia.
In his opening statement, Mr McElrea reaffirmed the Council’s support for a mandatory national solar panel recycling scheme. He said the $24.7 million (USD 17.3 million) pilot, announced in January, was intended to help inform a permanent scheme by testing the collection of approximately 250,000 panels through up to 100 sites.
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The pilot’s procurement process was suspended in May while a complaint was investigated. The Smart Energy Council was among the organisations that tendered for the work.
Mr McElrea said any complaint must be properly investigated and made no comment on its merits. However, he urged the department to decide whether the existing procurement could proceed or a new tender was required.

“Not making a decision is itself a decision,” Mr McElrea told the committee.
He said businesses had invested in staff, equipment and recycling capacity on the expectation that the pilot would proceed.

“That capacity is now sitting idle, while panels continue to reach the end of their working life across households, commercial sites and large-scale projects, many ending up in landfill,” Mr McElrea said.
Committee members questioned how a national scheme would pay to recycle panels already installed. Mr Johannesen outlined the Council’s proposal for a mandatory product stewardship scheme, funded when panels are imported or manufactured, with the cost of older panels included from the outset.
Mr McElrea cautioned that charging only when panels are discarded could encourage illegal dumping. He said a national scheme would also be simpler to implement consistently than separate disposal arrangements across states and local governments.
The hearing examined the cost of transporting heavy panels across Australia. Mr McElrea said the pilot could help determine where collection and logistics hubs should be located, with the potential to support recycling and manufacturing jobs in regional areas, including the Illawarra and Hunter.
Looking ahead, Mr Johannesen highlighted the need to trace panels from installation through removal, collection and recycling. Knowing the origin of recovered materials could help Australian manufacturers demonstrate their use of recycled content and strengthen the market for those materials.
Mr McElrea said a thriving domestic recycling industry could create good jobs and give Australia the opportunity to share its recycling knowledge and skills internationally. But businesses need certainty to make that investment.
The Smart Energy Council will continue working with its members, industry and governments to get the pilot moving and deliver a national scheme that recovers valuable materials, supports regional jobs and gives businesses the confidence to grow.

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German renewables developer Energiequelle has sold its French subsidiary to French independent power producer H2air.
The sale includes both the employees of the French subsidiary as well as the existing project pipeline, which comprises nearly 500MW of solar PV and wind projects. It also includes 60MW of operational projects and projects already in the pre-construction phase that will be taken over by H2air.
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The French subsidiary has been part of Energiequelle since 2010 and during that time developed and commissioned over 27 solar PV and wind parks with a combined capacity of 266MW.
According to Energiequelle, the sale of its French subsidiary is part of a strategic realignment amid challenging market conditions in the renewables sector. The most notable recent example of this is German solar developer Enerparc filing for insolvency earlier this month.
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Crisifield, Md. — Clean energy company ECA Solar and Madison Energy Infrastructure held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to commemorate the completion of the Crisfield Energy Initiative, a 2.2-megawatt facility that will supply energy to Delmarva Power and Light customers.
Jack Rowland, director of development at ECA Solar, said the facility is mechanically complete, but it won’t have the switch flipped to begin power generation until October.
He added that the project was built on previously unusable land in Crisfield and was completed with removing any trees or impacting farmland.
“This property, it was land that was not used for as long as most people in the city can remember. It was essentially used as a dump site. It’s full of invasive plants, trash, debris, garbage, and really just land that couldn’t be used for anything else. And now it’s a local energy source,” Rowland said.
Rowland said the facility will be a consistent source of tax revenue for the city over the next 35 years. He added that residents using Delmarva Power are able to sign up for a community solar program and get a guaranteed discount on their electrical bills.
“If they’re (Delmarva Power customers) interested in signing up for community solar, I am aware that the City of Crisfield has a program, I believe, with, Solar Simplified, where you can sign up for a community solar project, receive guaranteed, savings on your bill,” Rowland said. “I would reach out if you’re resident of Crisfield, reach out to the city directly for that referral link soon.” 
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Fund managers are unlocking more money for renewable energy from the companies they invest, closing in on the lead fossil-fuel projects have in raking in cash.

Among the companies held by public market funds, for every $1 of capital expenditures for oil, natural gas and coal projects, 80 cents went to low-carbon energy supply like solar and wind power at the end of 2025, according to analysis by BloombergNEF. That ratio has been rising for the past few years, but it’s still short of the level that would deliver net-zero emissions.

BNEF’s Energy Supply Fund Ratio (ESFR) 2026 report highlights that asset managers are unlocking an increasing amount of capital for clean energy build out. Fixed income and private markets funds typically have higher ratios, but they support less energy spending than listed equity funds.

The ESFR measures the volume of capital expenditures (capex) enabled by funds in low-carbon assets against the proportion going to fossil fuels. The report includes data for more than 85,000 exchange-traded, mutual and private market funds. It is part of BNEF’s suite of Energy Supply Ratios, which track the climate progress of financial institutions.

 

Company spending tilts toward clean energy

The latest ESFR analysis shows the ratio of clean energy to fossil-fuel enabled capex rose to 0.8 last year from 0.73 at the beginning of 2024. The raising ratio for public-market pooled investment vehicles shows an increasing tilt toward clean energy.

The main driver was a rise in low-carbon capex for portfolio companies, compared to that of fossil-fuels. Spending on power grids accelerated, translating into $36 billion of fund-enabled capex.

Vanguard and BlackRock dominate enabled energy capex in public market funds. The world’s two largest asset managers enabled more than the remaining top 10 largest managers combined. Their ratios both stayed relatively flat over 2025. European and Asian asset managers have higher ratios than their American peers, but they enable considerably less capex.

Tracker funds give managers less influence over where to put money

Most fund capital supporting energy investments sits in large, diversified funds that track broad stock indexes. Funds tracking the S&P 500 represent half of the 10 largest funds by enabled capex. The ratio of S&P 500 fell in 2025 due to changes in companies included in the index. Companies like natural gas producer Expand Energy joined, while renewable energy equipment manufacturer Enphase Energy exited after its market capitalization fell. Managers offering S&P 500 trackers had to reflect those changes. This illustrates the limited influence managers have on ESFRs for passive funds.

Investors have access to funds with high ratios, but they are typically thematic strategies and account for considerably less capital. For portfolio companies, these funds represent a relatively small pool of capital, although fund inflows have picked up since 2025.

 

Credit and private market funds biased toward low-carbon investment

Fixed income funds were more strongly biased toward clean energy investments than equity funds. Credit funds enable $1.2 low-carbon capex for every $1 that went into fossil fuels. Lower-carbon companies typically take on more debt than fossil-fuel companies to pay upfront for assets like wind and solar farms. Equity funds have a lower overall ratio of 0.7.

Private markets remain the area where investors can find the cleanest portfolios. They represent the asset class with the highest ESFRs at just over 1.2. Institutional ESFRs vary widely among large private managers, giving investors a broader variety of options than the leading players in public markets. Newer funds tilt more towards clean energy and have more dry powder available to be invested. This should continue to support higher private market ESFRs relative to other asset classes.

BloombergNEF clients can access the full report here, which includes institution and fund-level analysis. An abridged version of the report is available at this link.

Fund managers are unlocking more money for renewable energy from the companies they invest, closing in on the lead fossil-fuel projects have in raking in cash.
Among the companies held by public market funds, for every $1 of capital expenditures for oil, natural gas and coal projects, 80 cents went to low-carbon energy supply like solar and wind power at the end of 2025, according to analysis by BloombergNEF. That ratio has been rising for the past few years, but it’s still short of the level that would deliver net-zero emissions.
BNEF’s Energy Supply Fund Ratio (ESFR) 2026 report highlights that asset managers are unlocking an increasing amount of capital for clean energy build out. Fixed income and private markets funds typically have higher ratios, but they support less energy spending than listed equity funds.
The ESFR measures the volume of capital expenditures (capex) enabled by funds in low-carbon assets against the proportion going to fossil fuels. The report includes data for more than 85,000 exchange-traded, mutual and private market funds. It is part of BNEF’s suite of Energy Supply Ratios, which track the climate progress of financial institutions.
 
The latest ESFR analysis shows the ratio of clean energy to fossil-fuel enabled capex rose to 0.8 last year from 0.73 at the beginning of 2024. The raising ratio for public-market pooled investment vehicles shows an increasing tilt toward clean energy.
The main driver was a rise in low-carbon capex for portfolio companies, compared to that of fossil-fuels. Spending on power grids accelerated, translating into $36 billion of fund-enabled capex.
Vanguard and BlackRock dominate enabled energy capex in public market funds. The world’s two largest asset managers enabled more than the remaining top 10 largest managers combined. Their ratios both stayed relatively flat over 2025. European and Asian asset managers have higher ratios than their American peers, but they enable considerably less capex.
Most fund capital supporting energy investments sits in large, diversified funds that track broad stock indexes. Funds tracking the S&P 500 represent half of the 10 largest funds by enabled capex. The ratio of S&P 500 fell in 2025 due to changes in companies included in the index. Companies like natural gas producer Expand Energy joined, while renewable energy equipment manufacturer Enphase Energy exited after its market capitalization fell. Managers offering S&P 500 trackers had to reflect those changes. This illustrates the limited influence managers have on ESFRs for passive funds.
Investors have access to funds with high ratios, but they are typically thematic strategies and account for considerably less capital. For portfolio companies, these funds represent a relatively small pool of capital, although fund inflows have picked up since 2025.
 
Fixed income funds were more strongly biased toward clean energy investments than equity funds. Credit funds enable $1.2 low-carbon capex for every $1 that went into fossil fuels. Lower-carbon companies typically take on more debt than fossil-fuel companies to pay upfront for assets like wind and solar farms. Equity funds have a lower overall ratio of 0.7.
Private markets remain the area where investors can find the cleanest portfolios. They represent the asset class with the highest ESFRs at just over 1.2. Institutional ESFRs vary widely among large private managers, giving investors a broader variety of options than the leading players in public markets. Newer funds tilt more towards clean energy and have more dry powder available to be invested. This should continue to support higher private market ESFRs relative to other asset classes.
BloombergNEF clients can access the full report here, which includes institution and fund-level analysis. An abridged version of the report is available at this link.

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The cranberry business owns one of the best visuals in American farming, and you’ve seen it: a flooded bog, a couple of growers standing in it up to their waists, and a few million berries floating around them like a red ball pit. Ocean Spray has built decades of commercials on that picture. Last fall in Plympton, Massachusetts, part of that flood happened somewhere the commercials haven’t caught up with yet, under 8,060 solar panels tracking the sun 10 feet overhead.
And because the farm behind it files paperwork with the state, we now have the thing that’s been missing from pretty much every agrivoltaic project we’ve covered this year: a real harvest number. The annual report filed with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources logs the first crop under the panels at 325 barrels, against the 400 barrels the same bogs were expected to produce without them.
A barrel, if you don’t speak cranberry, is the industry’s unit for 100 pounds of fruit. That’s 32,571 pounds of berries. They came off the vines between late October and early November, and it’s about a fifth short of the open-field benchmark.
Hard harvest numbers are the scarce commodity on this beat. A sweet corn field in Hadley gave us one of the few others, at about 80 percent of its open rows, and most projects never publish one at all. This one comes with a winter attached, and it turns out the glass wasn’t the biggest problem.
The project is called Ring Road Solar: a 2-megawatt array spread over 45 acres of farmland, with 30.4 acres of working cranberry bog in production underneath. Distributed Energy Infrastructure built it, Greenbacker Renewable Energy owns it, and the vines belong to Soland, LLC, the farm run by grower Iain Ward.
The build itself is my favorite section of the filing. You can’t just drive heavy machinery onto a cranberry bog, because a bog’s basically soft, wet ground, and compacting it stresses the vines for years afterward. So crews pre-drilled every pile hole 4 feet down so lighter pile drivers could finish the job, laid plastic matting under anything that had to cross the vines, and installed the torque tubes and all 8,060 panels by hand, off ladders. Machinery tends to drive the design in this niche, the way a straddle harvester set the panel height over a Spanish olive grove. Here the machines had to tiptoe instead.
The panels are 550-watt units on single-axis trackers, split 5,746 and 2,314 between the two bogs, and the rows sit 23 feet apart. Two sections got experimental spacings of 19, 22 and 25 feet instead, because the UMass Cranberry Station put sensors in these bogs and tracked vine health under each gap through 2024 and 2025. Row spacing’s arguably the live question over any crop, and a Bavarian hop farm already learned the expensive version of that lesson.
I can’t tell you which cranberry variety is under all that steel, because the filing doesn’t name it. UMass’s own shading pilot ran on ‘Stevens’, a common commercial variety, but that experiment used plywood sheets standing in for panels.
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The February before that harvest dropped to 2°F, and a UMass Cranberry Station alert that spring described winterkill showing up on bogs across southeastern Massachusetts, with some growers estimating their crops down by as much as 30 percent. Stressed vines take cold the worst, the report notes, and these vines had just been through a construction season.
The damage split the site in two. The southerly bogs produced no harvestable fruit, only about 40 percent of the northerly bogs could be picked, and every one of the 325 barrels came off that 40 percent.
Construction didn’t help either. The original application anticipated no cranberry crop at all in year one if the build ran into the growing season, and it did, all the way through. These bogs had also sat uncultivated until work started in 2023, according to a February announcement from the builder. Read against all of that, 325 barrels off a freeze-burned site in its first season looks pretty respectable to me.
The fruit graded out decently too, from the looks of things: about 25 percent of the harvest sold as premium fresh fruit, and the other 75 percent went to processing.
So why flood a bog at all?
Cranberries have small air pockets inside, and that’s why they float. Knock them off the vine in a flooded bog and you can herd the whole crop across the water with a boom instead of gathering it off the ground. More than 90 percent of the crop gets harvested that way, according to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association, and wet berries go to juice, sauce and dried fruit. Only dry-picked berries get sold fresh.
Ring Road’s first harvest used both methods, and the filing doesn’t break down how the 325 barrels split between them, in case you’re wondering. This year’s harvest goes entirely dry, with the same equipment. Given that only dry-picked fruit sells fresh, you can see where they’re aiming. The crews also pruned the vine canopy during last fall’s dry pass, which the filing expects to raise fruit quality this season.
Two more changes are already in. About 10 acres, roughly a third of the bog, gets mowed this year instead of harvested, to push the vines into denser regrowth, and the farm automated its two irrigation pumps so the water goes on in the early morning, when less of it evaporates before the plants get to it.
The filing also puts a number on what the panels alone are expected to cost in a normal year: a projected 750 barrels with the array against 1,000 without it. Both figures are estimates on a form, not measurements, and the 10 mowed acres won’t add a berry to either one.
The Massachusetts picking window runs from mid-September into early November, so the second harvest under these panels is getting started right about now. Ring Road goes into it picking dry and chasing 750 barrels.
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Amid surging energy demand from AI data centers, costly efforts to upgrade the aging power grid, and tightened global gas supplies, electric bills are skyrocketing across the United States. As Americans try to cut costs, an affordable DIY solution first popularized in Europe is now sweeping the nation.
Plug-in solar, also known as “balcony solar,” is exactly what it sounds like: compact solar energy systems that plug right into a wall outlet to supplement your home’s energy supply. Despite the nickname, these systems don’t have to run on a balcony. They can work anywhere sunlight is available, from your back patio to the roof of your garden shed. They’re significantly more affordable than large rooftop solar systems, and while they don’t generate as much energy, they can still take a big chunk out of your electric bill.
Just ask Ben Paulos. He’s a researcher with the Clean Energy States Alliance who set up plug-in solar at his home in Berkeley, California, as part of his research. It generates about 150 kilowatt hours of electricity per month, which is roughly 17% of the average American household’s monthly energy consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Paulos built his own 900-watt plug-in solar system for about 65 cents per watt. That’s generally more affordable than purchasing an off-the-shelf system in the United States. His paid for itself in just 18 months, but that certainly won’t be the case for everyone.
Because Paulos’s home was already outfitted with rooftop solar, he is billed through a net-metering system, which means he gets credit for any extra power he exports to the grid. Electricity rates are high in California at about 35 cents per kilowatt hour, so that exported energy is worth a lot. Living a relatively low-energy lifestyle in such a sunny place also helps, he told Gizmodo.
An 18-month return on investment is “probably about as good as you can get” for a plug-in solar system in the U.S. right now, Paulos said. He said a more realistic timeframe might be a few years, as the vast majority of users won’t be able to partake in net metering, and some places are simply sunnier than others. What’s more, plug-in solar isn’t legal in every state yet.
So, when considering whether plug-in solar is right for you, there are some important questions to ask. Here’s what you need to know before purchasing one of these systems.
Plug-in solar legislation is advancing rapidly across the United States. In the last year, 11 states have legalized it: Utah, California, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. A bill passed the Massachusetts House of Representatives in February, and legislation is also active in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
The legal framework around plug-in solar varies significantly by state. Different states have different safety standards, utility requirements, output limits, and ways of handling exports to the grid, so it’s important to know what the rules are where you live before you invest in a system.
If your state hasn’t legalized plug-in solar, there’s a good chance that could change in the next several years.
“High energy prices are a top-tier issue right now, and this is something legislatures can do to help their constituents lower their energy prices,” Paulos said. 
Not every household is a good fit for plug-in solar. Firstly, these systems are going to make the biggest difference for folks whose energy rates are highest, so users in California and New England will get bigger bang for their buck than users in Utah, for example.
Secondly, plug-in solar systems require a sunny location with enough space for at least one solar panel, a microinverter, and a standard household electrical outlet. They are particularly well-suited to renters and can work great on a balcony or patio. They can also be a good fit for homeowners with shaded rooftops but sunny yards.
But homeowners with roofs that have good solar orientation and can accommodate larger panels should probably opt for a rooftop solar system, according to Paulos. “They cost more, but they also save more,” he said.
If you decide to go the plug-in route, the next question to consider is whether you should purchase a battery. These are typically sold separately from plug-in solar kits and can be expensive, but they are often worth it for those with high nighttime energy rates or those who do not earn credit for power exports to the grid.
This is the million dollar question, and the answer depends on many different factors. The biggest savers are going to be plug-in users like Paulos who pay high electricity rates, live in a sunny place, and benefit from net-metering.
Most state legislation excludes plug-in solar systems from net-metering. Paulos earns credit for his exported energy because California allows owners of existing net-metered rooftop solar to expand their capacity by up to 1 kilowatt, or 10% of the original system’s capacity, with a plug-in system. These rules vary by state and utility, but in most situations, having a plug-in solar system won’t allow you to earn credit for your energy exports.
With that said, every kilowatt hour you avoid pulling from the grid directly lowers your utility costs and protects you from rising rates. According to EnergySage, a typical 400- to 800-watt plug-in system costs $500 to $1,500 and can save you roughly $15 to $50 on your monthly electric bill.
As more states legalize plug-in solar and U.S. manufacturing scales up, these systems should become more affordable, leading to even faster paybacks. Right now, plug-in solar isn’t exactly a boon for the energy affordability crisis, but it could make a big difference for the right household.
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Díaz-Canel announced this Wednesday the intention to “make Havana’s water pumping independent” with solar energy.
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HAVANA TIMES – A new shipment of 5,000 solar photovoltaic panels donated by the Chinese Government arrived in Cuba, destined for a project to electrify public facilities and homes in remote regions of the Island.
China’s ambassador to Cuba, Hua Xin, announced on social media the arrival of the donation, which came from his country and was transported in 200 containers.
“China is supporting Cuba’s energy transition and supporting its efforts to improve the living conditions of the people with concrete actions,” the Chinese diplomat said in a video accompanying the announcement.
Havana and Beijing maintain close political and economic relations in which the Asian country stands out as one of the Island’s main allies, although the statements have gone no further than mere verbal support and occasional donations such as the current one.
In a message on social media, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez thanked “the Communist Party, Government and people of China for their solidarity and sincere material assistance, at a time when the U.S. Government is intensifying its blockade against Cuba and maintaining an energy siege that causes considerable harm to the population.”
This is the third donation of 5,000 photovoltaic panels sent by China in recent months, following the one received in November 2025 for homes that were left isolated in the easternmost part of the Island after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
Last August, a similar shipment arrived and was assigned to health services and emergency medical institutions, daycare centers, funeral homes, state facilities for children without family protection, and bank branches, among other facilities, according to information provided at the time by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines reported in March on a plan to install solar systems at vital facilities in all of the country’s municipalities, as well as in isolated homes, including those that have never had access to electricity.
This Wednesday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said in his new radio program, Criterio Compartido [Shared Views], that, to date, 1,418 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic capacity have been installed in the country, distributed among 144 solar parks, and he cited a target of more than 1,500 MW by the end of the year.
Regarding renewable sources, he said that they currently account for 21.4% of the country’s electricity generation. He also detailed that these have been installed in 99% of polyclinics, 47% of hospitals, 89% of nursing homes and grandparents’ homes, 99% of maternity homes, 98% of funeral homes, and 16% of state homes for children without family protection.
He also indicated that 72% of banks, 97% of radio stations, and 25% of radio base stations have photovoltaic systems.
The intention is also to achieve, in the first months of next year, “the independence of Havana’s water pumping from the National Electric System.”
The biggest problems are still the lack of batteries to store the energy generated, as well as the impossibility of using the total amount to help compensate for the shortage of thermal generation. Most of the thermoelectric power plants, responsible for 40% of generation, were built in the 1960s and 1970s, and every day around half of the 16 generating units installed are not operational because of breakdowns or lack of maintenance.
Under these circumstances, the country’s energy situation is “critical” and “extremely tense,” and has reached record levels in recent months with eight total disconnections of the National Electric System so far in 2026.
The Cuban Government’s main strategy for emerging from this crisis has been solar energy, mainly with Chinese support, and it has launched a program to build 92 solar parks with companies from that country to reach a total installed capacity of about 2,000 megawatts (MW).
But the scale of the crisis is such that the deficit continues to increase despite the expansion of solar energy. For this Thursday, an impact of 2,133 MW is forecast during the peak hour, after reaching 2,170 MW yesterday.
Electricity production from the photovoltaic solar parks this Wednesday was 3,343 MWh, with 520 MW as the maximum power delivered, which moderated the deficit during the morning hours, when it was 1,660 MW.
The lack of fuel for distributed generation and breakdowns at the thermoelectric plants, which reduce this contribution by 467 MW, are at the root of the precarious situation. Unit 8 of Mariel, Antonio Guiteras, Unit 6 of Nuevitas, Unit 2 of Felton, and Unit 6 of Rente are out of service. Due to maintenance, Units 3 of Santa Cruz del Norte, 5 of Nuevitas, and 5 of Rente are also not contributing.
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Solar panels getting installed at the high school. Photo by Coltrane Carlson-Raccoon Valley Radio
A project to help lower energy costs for the Greene County School District is nearing completion.
Superintendent Brett Abbotts says the elementary school is the closest building to starting up with solar energy in a couple of weeks, while the middle school will be about two weeks after that and the high school will be coming online approximately mid-November. He explains one critical step that is needed in order for the solar panels to be fully functional, which the elementary school has already been through.
“There is a day where both the middle school and the high school will have to be shut down. Thankfully, we do have full day PDs (Professional Development) where it won’t interrupt student learning where the buildings will actually get powered down basically while the interconnection happens and then they’ll turn back on.”
Abbotts reminds everyone the estimated savings that solar power will give the district overall.
“We’re spending anywhere between $525,000 and $600,000 a year in electrical costs. It’s estimated that that total, or overall cost, once we have the batteries up and running, taking off the demand charge that we’re going to be under $200,000. So we’re looking at potentially a $350,000 to $400,000 a year savings. 
Additionally, Abbotts says the district qualified for federal tax credits and will receive between $950,000 to $1.3 million on the $5.1 million authorization of Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) funds. He adds that the district is also applying for grants to further offset the cost. Abbotts appreciates working with One Source Solar, Story Construction and 8×8 Electrical Contracting in Ankeny.
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Solar panel wiring, often called stringing, is a core subject for anyone installing solar systems, according to Aurora Solar. The company, in a September 25, 2026 article, explains that understanding how different stringing configurations affect the voltage, current, and power of a solar array matters when choosing an inverter and ensuring a system works effectively.
The consequences of getting stringing wrong are significant. Aurora Solar notes that when an array voltage goes above an inverter maximum, production is capped at what the inverter can deliver, and depending on how far the voltage exceeds the limit, the inverter lifetime may be shortened. On the other side, an array voltage that is too low for the selected inverter leads to underproduction, because the inverter does not begin operating until its start voltage is reached. The same underproduction can occur when shade is not factored into how system voltage changes over the course of a day.
According to Aurora Solar, the topic covers both the fundamentals of wiring solar panels together and the ways different stringing setups influence array performance. The company points to its website for the full story.
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Cleantech Solar, a commercial and industrial (C&I) renewable energy solutions provider operating across India and Southeast Asia, has commissioned 36 MWp of open-access solar projects for clients in the automotive, industrial manufacturing and engineering sectors.
The projects, located at Cleantech Solar’s 200 MWp renewable energy park in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, will supply clean, reliable power on a captive basis to power the clients’ manufacturing requirements.
According to the company, the projects were completed well ahead of schedule.
Power from the newly commissioned projects will be supplied under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), enabling clients to access clean and cost-competitive whilst advancing their decarbonisation goals.
“This commissioning at our Thoothukudi park reflects the continued trust that leading corporates place in Cleantech Solar’s ability to deliver bankable, high-quality renewable energy solutions in Tamil Nadu. It is pertinent to note these projects have been delivered in record time and well ahead of schedule, whilst adhering to the highest health and safety standards,” said Sanjay Gupta, chief executive officer at Cleantech Solar.
Headquartered in Singapore, Cleantech Solar has numerous solar and wind hybrid projects across India and Southeast Asia, covering approximately 1.2 GWp of assets in operations, construction and development stages. This includes installations in India, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The company is backed by long-term strategic shareholders including Keppel Ltd, Keppel Asia Infrastructure Fund and partners.
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WASHINGTON TWP., Pa.- A proposal for a large solar farm in Washington Township, Northampton County goes under the microscope on Monday.
The township’s zoning hearing board has scheduled a public hearing on an appeal, request and challenge filed by the developer of the project on two sides of Franklin Hill Road.
According to an application filed with the township, the project involves five parcels: 223, 237, 239 and 245 Franklin Hill Road, which are a combined 25.35 acres; as well as a 55.27-acre parcel across the street.
All five parcels were purchased in 2007 by Sharp Development LLC, which lists Califon, New Jersey as the basis of its operations. The land is currently zoned for agriculture. 
The project’s applicant is a pair of LLCs (FFP PA Washington Project 1 and FFP PA Washington West Project 1) associated with the San Francisco-based ForeFront Power company.
For the 25.35-acre plot, plans call for a 3-megawatt (MW) ground-mounted solar energy system consisting of fixed-tilt solar panels, plus mounting equipment, cables and other infrastructure. The total construction area would be about 12 acres, the application says.
The development for the larger, 55.27-acre area would include one 3-MW and one 2-MW solar system, plus the accompanying equipment, in a 22-acre zone.
In March, the township’s zoning officer determined that a solar energy system as a principal use is not a permitted use or a special exception use in the agricultural zoning district, and that a solar energy system is permitted only as an accessory use in that district.  
The developer is appealing that decision and also requesting that the zoning hearing board grant the applications for special exception. The developer is also challenging the validity of the zoning ordinance and questioning whether it is exclusionary when it comes to solar farm projects.
In April, the township updated its zoning ordinance to include provisions for solar farms that would be considered a principal use. 
The public hearing hosted by the zoning hearing board begins at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 28. It’s being held at the Washington Township Firehall Complex at 920 Washington Blvd.
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India’s cumulative solar module manufacturing capacity reached 261.7 GW by June 2026, while cell capacity stood at 36.6 GW, says Mercom
Gujarat accounted for nearly 45% of India’s module manufacturing capacity in June 2026
Solar cell and module imports rose 18% YoY in H1 2026, with cells making up 81% of imports
India added 50.6 GW of solar PV module manufacturing capacity and 9.7 GW of cell capacity in H1 2026, as domestic solar manufacturing continued to expand. However, cell availability remained a constraint despite the growth in installed capacity, according to Mercom India Research. 
In its report titled State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 1H 2026, Mercom counts cumulative module manufacturing capacity of the country having reached 261.7 GW by June 2026, while cell manufacturing capacity stood at 36.6 GW.
However, the capacity listed under the government’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) was lower. While ALMM List-I module capacity reached 225.5 GW, ALMM List-II cell capacity stood at nearly 35.5 GW as of the report’s release, says Mercom.
In terms of technology, TOPCon accounted for the largest share of ALMM-listed module manufacturing capacity as of June 2026, with an 80% share. Monocrystalline PERC/TOPCon accounted for 11%, followed by mono PERC at 4%. Heterojunction (HJT) represented 3%, while thin-film technology accounted for the remaining 2%, according to the report.
The concentration of manufacturing capacity is also significant, as the report specifies that the top 10 manufacturers accounted for 60% of India’s module manufacturing capacity.
Gujarat remained the largest location for module manufacturing, accounting for nearly 45% of capacity at the end of June 2026. Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu followed, with module manufacturing capacities of 26.1 GW and 23.4 GW, respectively.
Gujarat also had the largest share of India’s annual solar cell production capacity at 37%. Tamil Nadu and Telangana followed with 4.3 GW and 4.2 GW, respectively.
Mercom Capital Group CEO Raj Prabhu said domestic cell shortages had become a near-term challenge for India’s solar market. “Module capacity has expanded rapidly, but cell supply has not kept pace,” Prabhu said. He added that limited domestic cell availability was tightening supply and increasing prices for compliant modules.
According to Prabhu, installed solar cell capacity does not necessarily represent commercially available supply because new manufacturing lines can take months to reach stable production. Additionally, the introduction of ALMM List-II has increased dependence on domestic cells before sufficient capacity became commercially available.
The supply constraint is affecting manufacturers and project developers. Prabhu added, “Many module manufacturers are struggling to maintain production because of limited domestic cell availability.” On the other hand, developers are experiencing commissioning delays until commercially available cell supply catches up with demand.
India’s imports of solar cells and modules increased 18% in H1 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. Cells accounted for 81% of total imports, while modules made up the remaining 19%.
On the export side, the US remained India’s largest destination during the period, accounting for 92% of total solar cell and module exports.
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On a July morning in the Waikato, a lone sheep stood beneath a tracker row while the panel above it fed electrons to a grid that had never seen this much solar at once.
The connection had just been made.
Four hundred and fifty acres of converted dairy pasture near Te Aroha had become something the national system had never held before: a solar farm large enough to matter on a dry day.
So what took New Zealand so long to build it, and what changes now that it exists?
New Zealand’s electricity system is built on water. Roughly 80 percent of the country’s power flows from hydroelectric stations fed by alpine catchments, a setup that works well in wet years and badly in dry ones.
Solar generation does not care about rainfall in the mountains. Every megawatt hour a panel produces on a dry sunny afternoon is one the hydro reservoirs do not have to release. That simple arithmetic, long understood but rarely acted on at scale, finally found its expression in a flat Waikato paddock.
A crisis triggered by gas shortages and low rainfall sharpened commercial interest in diversifying the generation mix. In a grid that depends on snowmelt and catchment rainfall, a long dry spell is not an inconvenience but a supply emergency that shows up on every household bill within weeks.
The Tauhei solar farm sits near Te Aroha in the Matamata Piako District, rated at 202 MWp and 150 MW of grid connected capacity, spread across 450 acres, a footprint roughly equal to 340 American football fields laid side by side.
The project converted a dairy farm to sheep, with farming continuing alongside electricity generation. Sheep graze low and do not damage the tracker hardware the way cattle do, and their movement between the rows keeps ground cover from trapping the moisture that accelerates corrosion on mounting frames.
Around 40 percent of the workforce came from the Matamata Piako District, and over 100,000 native plants were established across the site to restore biodiversity. So the same paddock that once held a dairy herd now holds native plantings, grazing sheep and tracker rows that follow the sun from dawn to dusk. Construction began in April 2025, and the final panel went in during May 2026, just fifteen months from first steel to live generation.
Tauhei replaces the 63 MWp Lauriston solar plant as New Zealand’s largest solar installation. Lauriston had claimed that title when it opened in April 2025 and was eclipsed within fifteen months. At 202 MWp, Tauhei is more than three times the size of the farm it displaced.
Commercial operations are expected by October 2026, roughly four months ahead of the original schedule. Once fully operational, the plant will generate an estimated 280 GWh of renewable electricity per year, enough to power approximately 35,000 homes.
All output from the first ten years has been contracted to a major gentailer under a power purchase agreement. That bankable offtake structure enabled the project to move from consent to energisation inside four years. The developer’s managing director said the energisation milestone was achieved “well ahead of schedule,” as reported by PV Tech at energisation.
The site is not a desert, and that matters to the equipment. Waikato weather is humid, frequently overcast and prone to low angle winter sun that forces tracker algorithms to work harder than a high irradiance location would demand.
Soiling from sheep grazed pasture settles on panels differently than sandy desert grit, and cleaning schedules have to account for that. Tracker motor performance must be validated across the full humidity range, and grounding systems are stress tested against the wet clay soils that underlie much of the Waikato Basin.
The project will undergo several months of testing as output rises to the full 150 MW plant capacity. None of that is unusual for a large solar farm in a temperate climate, but it does mean the gap between energisation and full commercial output is real work. The farm the grid operator receives in October will be a different machine entirely from the one that first pushed power in July.
Tauhei is New Zealand’s largest solar farm today, but the pipeline suggests it will not hold that title long. A 400 MW project is already under construction further north, and the appetite for non hydro generation sharpened by the energy crisis has not dulled.
The honest caveat is that 280 GWh a year, while the largest solar contribution from a single New Zealand site, represents a fraction of a national system that in a good hydro year generates around 40,000 GWh. The scale gap is still real. But the developer also holds a pipeline of more than 500 MW of further capacity, with three additional solar farms with energy storage already granted approval.
Each new approval is another hedge against the dry years that have always been the grid’s deepest vulnerability. For the Matamata Piako farmers who watched fifteen months of construction, the simplest measure is the sheep still moving between the rows on a July morning, much as livestock and panels have learned to share land elsewhere, while 280 GWh of annual output flows toward a grid that will be grateful for every dry summer ahead.
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India expanded its solar manufacturing base in the first half of 2026, adding 50.6 GW of module capacity and 9.7 GW of cell capacity, according to a report by Mercom India titled State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 1H 2026. The findings, reported by pv magazine, put cumulative module manufacturing capacity at 261.7 GW and cumulative cell manufacturing capacity at 36.6 GW as of June 2026.
As of the report’s release, module capacity under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers List-I totaled 225.5 GW, while cell capacity under ALMM List-II stood at nearly 35.5 GW.
Raj Prabhu, chief executive at Mercom Capital Group, described domestic cell shortages as the most pressing near-term issue for the Indian solar market. He noted that module capacity has grown quickly while cell supply has lagged, tightening availability of compliant modules, raising their prices and slowing project activity. Many module makers, he added, are finding it difficult to sustain production because domestic cells are in short supply.
Prabhu also indicated that installed cell capacity overstates what is actually available, since new lines require months before reaching stable commercial output. He said ALMM List-II has added pressure by raising reliance on domestic cell supply before sufficient capacity was commercially ready.
TOPCon represented 80% of total ALMM-listed module manufacturing capacity as of June 2026. Monocrystalline PERC and TOPCon together accounted for 11%, mono PERC for 4%, HJT for 3% and thin-film technology for 2% of that listed capacity.
Prabhu commented that the industry will stay under strain until commercially available cell supply matches demand, leaving manufacturers with production constraints and developers with commissioning delays.
Gujarat remained the leading destination for solar module manufacturing, holding nearly 45% of cumulative capacity as of June 2026. Rajasthan followed with 26.1 GW of module production capacity and Tamil Nadu with 23.4 GW.
Gujarat also held the largest annual solar cell production capacity at 37%. Tamil Nadu and Telangana were the other leading states, with cell capacities of 4.3 GW and 4.2 GW respectively.
India’s imports of solar cells and modules rose 18% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. Cells made up 81% of total imports, with modules accounting for 19%.
The United States remained India’s largest solar export destination in the first half of 2026, taking 92% of total exports.
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The analytical framework is designed to work both for a single specialized storage or conversion component and for a broader renewable energy generation component, where market structure is shaped by chemistry, duration, project economics, system integration, safety requirements, route-to-market, and grid-interface logic rather than by one narrow customs heading alone. It defines Solar Cells and Module as Semiconductor devices that convert sunlight directly into electricity, manufactured as individual cells and assembled into modules (panels) for integration into solar power systems and examines the market through deployment use cases, buyer environments, upstream input dependencies, conversion and integration stages, qualification and safety requirements, pricing architecture, commercial channels, and country capability differences. Historical analysis typically covers 2012 to 2025, with forward-looking scenarios through 2035.
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Third, a supply model evaluates how the market is served. This includes Polysilicon, Silicon Wafers (Mono Grown, Cast Multi), Solar Glass, Encapsulation Materials (EVA, POE), Backsheets, Frames (Aluminum), Silver Paste & Conductive Adhesives, and Specialty Gases and Chemicals, manufacturing technologies such as Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC), Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon), Heterojunction Technology (HJT), Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC), Bifacial Module Design, Half-Cell and Shingled Cell Interconnection, and Advanced Module Encapsulation and Framing, quality control requirements, outsourcing, contract manufacturing, integration, and project-delivery participation, distribution structure, and supply-chain concentration risks.
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Part of Adani Group; one of India's largest integrated solar manufacturers.
India's largest solar module exporter; capacity over 12 GW.
Leading module producer with global certifications.
Subsidiary of Tata Power; established player in solar manufacturing.
Integrated manufacturer of solar modules and encapsulation materials.
Rapidly expanding module capacity; strong domestic and export presence.
Known for high-efficiency modules and EPC services.
Diversified energy company with solar manufacturing division.
Focus on residential and commercial solar modules.
Manufacturer of polycrystalline and monocrystalline modules.
Part of Chiripal Group; new entrant with large capacity plans.
Known for high-efficiency mono PERC modules.
Exports to multiple countries; ALMM certified.
Growing manufacturer with focus on quality and innovation.
Part of the Goyal Group; produces mono and poly modules.
Diversified engineering group with solar manufacturing arm.
Major supplier of solar glass to module manufacturers.
One of India's oldest solar cell manufacturers; recently revived.
Part of Moser Baer Group; cell and module producer.
Specializes in solar cell production; under restructuring.
Integrated manufacturer with cell and module lines.
Part of Borosil group; produces modules for domestic market.
Focus on off-grid and rooftop solar solutions.
Part of Mahindra Group; major solar project developer.
Independent power producer; large solar portfolio.
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Northwestern and southern India and Pakistan saw above-average solar irradiance during the 2026 summer monsoon, while August tropical depressions reduced irradiance in eastern and central India, according to analysis using the Solcast API. Fortunately, the majority of India’s utility-scale PV capacity is in the regions with favourable conditions. After late-August flood damage in Nepal, India began exporting electricity there, supported in part by Indian PV generation.
The monsoon arrived slowly in June and rainfall has been below average in the sunnier regions. Early June–September analysis, using forecasts out to the end of September, puts irradiance around 5% above the long-term average in those areas, whilst August saw up to 10% above average. The weaker monsoon is consistent with the strong El Niño that has developed throughout 2027. These effects are also influenced by a marginal positive Indian Ocean Dipole, an Indian Ocean temperature pattern that can counteract El Niño’s influence.
Accumulated irradiance at Jodhpur, near Rajasthan’s PV-producing areas, is provisionally tracking as the second-highest year since 2007. Bahawalpur, near solar installations in Pakistan’s Punjab province, is tracking at the top of its comparison years since 2007.
Eastern and central India followed a different course. Several tropical depressions, or low-pressure systems formed over the Bay of Bengal in August and moved northwest across land, carrying cloud and heavy rain. August irradiance in the affected areas was 20–30% below the monthly average. The provisional June–September estimate is around 10% below average across Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, eastern Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra.
Spot analysis of time-series data in impacted locations demonstrates the impact this has for local solar production, revealing the impacts of the onset of the monsoon. Seen below, Nagpur started above average after the late monsoon onset, but August rain pushed its seasonal total below average. Abikapur, in Chhattisgarh, is tracking toward its lowest accumulated summer-monsoon irradiance in the comparison record after an average start.
Less PV capacity is deployed in these eastern areas than in India’s main solar-producing regions in the northwest. The sharp local irradiance decline therefore had a more limited bearing on national PV production potential than the August irradiance data alone might suggest.
Late-August floods in Nepal and Tibet, attributed glacial collapse, damaged 12 hydropower plants, PV facilities and transmission lines. Nepal’s generating capacity fell by 10%. Normally an exporter of hydropower to India during the summer monsoon, Nepal instead began importing electricity from India after the damage. Indian PV generation supported those exports, alongside the favourable irradiance across India’s main solar-producing
regions.
Solcast produces these figures by tracking clouds and aerosols at 1-2km resolution globally, using satellite data and proprietary AI/ML algorithms. This data is used to drive irradiance models, enabling Solcast to calculate irradiance at high resolution, with typical bias of less than 2%, and also cloud-tracking forecasts. This data is used by more than 350 companies managing over 350 GW of solar assets globally.
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India expanded its solar manufacturing base in the first half of 2026, adding 50.6 GW of module capacity and 9.7 GW of cell capacity, according to a report by Mercom India titled State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 1H 2026. The findings, reported by pv magazine, put cumulative module manufacturing capacity at 261.7 GW and cumulative cell manufacturing capacity at 36.6 GW as of June 2026.
As of the report’s release, module capacity under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers List-I totaled 225.5 GW, while cell capacity under ALMM List-II stood at nearly 35.5 GW.
Raj Prabhu, chief executive at Mercom Capital Group, described domestic cell shortages as the most pressing near-term issue for the Indian solar market. He noted that module capacity has grown quickly while cell supply has lagged, tightening availability of compliant modules, raising their prices and slowing project activity. Many module makers, he added, are finding it difficult to sustain production because domestic cells are in short supply.
Prabhu also indicated that installed cell capacity overstates what is actually available, since new lines require months before reaching stable commercial output. He said ALMM List-II has added pressure by raising reliance on domestic cell supply before sufficient capacity was commercially ready.
TOPCon represented 80% of total ALMM-listed module manufacturing capacity as of June 2026. Monocrystalline PERC and TOPCon together accounted for 11%, mono PERC for 4%, HJT for 3% and thin-film technology for 2% of that listed capacity.
Prabhu commented that the industry will stay under strain until commercially available cell supply matches demand, leaving manufacturers with production constraints and developers with commissioning delays.
Gujarat remained the leading destination for solar module manufacturing, holding nearly 45% of cumulative capacity as of June 2026. Rajasthan followed with 26.1 GW of module production capacity and Tamil Nadu with 23.4 GW.
Gujarat also held the largest annual solar cell production capacity at 37%. Tamil Nadu and Telangana were the other leading states, with cell capacities of 4.3 GW and 4.2 GW respectively.
India’s imports of solar cells and modules rose 18% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. Cells made up 81% of total imports, with modules accounting for 19%.
The United States remained India’s largest solar export destination in the first half of 2026, taking 92% of total exports.
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The analytical framework is designed to work both for a single specialized storage or conversion component and for a broader renewable energy generation component, where market structure is shaped by chemistry, duration, project economics, system integration, safety requirements, route-to-market, and grid-interface logic rather than by one narrow customs heading alone. It defines Solar Cells and Module as Semiconductor devices that convert sunlight directly into electricity, manufactured as individual cells and assembled into modules (panels) for integration into solar power systems and examines the market through deployment use cases, buyer environments, upstream input dependencies, conversion and integration stages, qualification and safety requirements, pricing architecture, commercial channels, and country capability differences. Historical analysis typically covers 2012 to 2025, with forward-looking scenarios through 2035.
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The report is particularly useful in markets where buyers are highly specialized, suppliers differ significantly in technical depth and regulatory readiness, and the commercial landscape cannot be understood only through top-line market size figures. In this context, the study is designed not only to estimate the size of the market, but to explain why the market has that size, what drives its growth, which subsegments are the most attractive, and what it takes to compete successfully within it.
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First, a scope model defines what is included in the market and what is excluded, ensuring that adjacent products, downstream finished goods, unrelated instruments, or broader chemical categories do not distort the market boundary.
Second, a demand model reconstructs the market from the perspective of consuming sectors, workflow stages, and applications. Depending on the product, this may include Grid-connected solar farms, Commercial rooftop installations, Residential solar systems, Industrial self-consumption projects, Off-grid electrification, and Solar-powered consumer electronics and mobility across Power Generation (Utilities/IPPs), Commercial Real Estate, Industrial Manufacturing, Residential Construction, Telecommunications, and Public Infrastructure and Technology R&D and Pilot Lines, Capacity Planning and CAPEX Deployment, Supply Chain Sourcing and Qualification, Manufacturing Process Optimization, Quality Assurance and Certification, Sales Channel and Distribution Setup, and Project Design and System Integration. Demand is then allocated across end users, development stages, and geographic markets.
Third, a supply model evaluates how the market is served. This includes Polysilicon, Silicon Wafers (Mono Grown, Cast Multi), Solar Glass, Encapsulation Materials (EVA, POE), Backsheets, Frames (Aluminum), Silver Paste & Conductive Adhesives, and Specialty Gases and Chemicals, manufacturing technologies such as Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC), Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon), Heterojunction Technology (HJT), Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC), Bifacial Module Design, Half-Cell and Shingled Cell Interconnection, and Advanced Module Encapsulation and Framing, quality control requirements, outsourcing, contract manufacturing, integration, and project-delivery participation, distribution structure, and supply-chain concentration risks.
Fourth, a country capability model maps where the market is consumed, where production is materially feasible, where manufacturing capability is limited or emerging, and which countries function primarily as innovation hubs, supply nodes, demand centers, or import-reliant markets.
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Finally, a competitive intelligence layer profiles the leading company types active in the market and explains how strategic roles differ across upstream material suppliers, component and controls providers, OEMs, storage-system integrators, EPC partners, project developers, and distribution or service channels.
This report covers the market for Solar Cells and Module in its commercially relevant and technologically meaningful form. The scope typically includes the product itself, its major product configurations or variants, the critical technologies used to produce or deliver it, the core input categories required for manufacturing, and the services directly associated with its commercial supply, quality control, or integration into end-user workflows.
Included within scope are the product forms, use cases, inputs, and services that are necessary to understand the actual addressable market around Solar Cells and Module. This usually includes:
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The exact inclusion and exclusion logic is always a critical part of the study, because the quality of the market estimate depends directly on disciplined scope boundaries.
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The geographic analysis explains local deployment demand, domestic capability, import dependence, project-development relevance, safety and approval burden, and the country’s strategic role in the wider market.
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In many energy-transition, storage, power-conversion, and project-driven markets, official trade and production statistics are not sufficient on their own to describe the true market. Product boundaries may cut across multiple tariff codes, several product categories may be bundled into the same official classification, and a meaningful share of activity may take place through customized services, captive supply, platform relationships, or technically specialized channels that are not directly visible in standard statistical datasets.
For this reason, the report is designed as a modeled strategic market study. It uses official and public evidence wherever it is reliable and scope-compatible, but it does not force the market into a purely statistical framework when doing so would reduce analytical quality. Instead, it reconstructs the market through the logic of demand, supply, technology, country roles, and company behavior.
This makes the report particularly well suited to products that are innovation-intensive, technically differentiated, capacity-constrained, platform-dependent, or commercially structured around specialized buyer-supplier relationships rather than standardized commodity trade.
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Part of Adani Group; one of India's largest integrated solar manufacturers.
India's largest solar module exporter; capacity over 12 GW.
Leading module producer with global certifications.
Subsidiary of Tata Power; established player in solar manufacturing.
Integrated manufacturer of solar modules and encapsulation materials.
Rapidly expanding module capacity; strong domestic and export presence.
Known for high-efficiency modules and EPC services.
Diversified energy company with solar manufacturing division.
Focus on residential and commercial solar modules.
Manufacturer of polycrystalline and monocrystalline modules.
Part of Chiripal Group; new entrant with large capacity plans.
Known for high-efficiency mono PERC modules.
Exports to multiple countries; ALMM certified.
Growing manufacturer with focus on quality and innovation.
Part of the Goyal Group; produces mono and poly modules.
Diversified engineering group with solar manufacturing arm.
Major supplier of solar glass to module manufacturers.
One of India's oldest solar cell manufacturers; recently revived.
Part of Moser Baer Group; cell and module producer.
Specializes in solar cell production; under restructuring.
Integrated manufacturer with cell and module lines.
Part of Borosil group; produces modules for domestic market.
Focus on off-grid and rooftop solar solutions.
Part of Mahindra Group; major solar project developer.
Independent power producer; large solar portfolio.
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“Most end-of-life PV panels continue to be landfilled, stockpiled or illegally dumped.”
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Australia’s biggest rooftop solar market is facing a fast-growing challenge: what to do with millions of aging solar panels once they reach the end of their useful lives.
New South Wales’ government has begun consulting on a plan that could make it the first place in Australia to require solar manufacturers and importers to help pay to collect and recycle old panels, rather than sending them to landfill.
The state is weighing a mandatory product stewardship model for solar panels that would make manufacturers and importers shoulder part of the cost of handling panels at the end of their lives. As PV Magazine reported, the idea is to recover useful materials from discarded photovoltaic panels and reduce dumping, stockpiling, and landfill disposal.
Submissions are open until 16 November as the government seeks feedback through an issues paper on how NSW can expand panel recycling, remanufacturing, and manufacturing. Under the proposal, regulated PV panels supplied in NSW would be covered, and the funding would support collection, recycling, and resource recovery across the state.
The amount of retiring solar equipment is already significant. NSW has more than 1.18 million rooftop solar systems, and about 15,400 tons (14,000 metric tons) of panel waste is produced each year. That total is projected to climb to 98,100 tons (89,000 metric tons) by 2045 as older systems are phased out and households switch to newer, more efficient technology.
Solar panels reduce emissions while generating power, but the pace of adoption has created a disposal problem that current systems have not caught up with.
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According to the NSW Environment Protection Agency, “Current disposal pathways are insufficient to safely and sustainably manage this growing waste stream.”
The agency added, “Most end-of-life PV panels continue to be landfilled, stockpiled or illegally dumped.”
NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe said the proposal could create value from recovered materials as well.
“NSW has embraced rooftop solar, and now we’re making sure those panels don’t become tomorrow’s landfill problem,” Sharpe said.
Under the proposed rules, the companies that make or import the panels would help finance the collection and processing system.
She added, “Solar panels contain valuable materials that can be recovered and put back to work.”
Business groups say a single state cannot fully solve what is effectively a national waste challenge. Smart Energy Council Chief Executive David McElrea said the draft legislation creates a strong foundation for a circular economy, but argued that federal leadership will be needed to avoid a patchwork of rules across Australia.
“NSW is showing leadership, but unless transitioned into a Commonwealth scheme, over 70% of Australia’s decommissioned solar panels will remain uncaptured outside NSW,” McElrea said. “The federal government has to step up and deliver a national product stewardship framework to provide the scale, consistency, and certainty Australia needs.”
Efforts to deal with retired solar panels are already taking shape in several places.
• In Georgia, Qcells is building a solar panel recycling operation alongside US manufacturing expansion.
• In Odessa, Texas, SolarCycle opened a dedicated recycling facility to process retired photovoltaic modules.
• In China, engineers have found a more efficient way to separate and recycle panel materials.
• In Tennessee, TerrePower plans to recycle over 125,000 solar modules each year.
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“As UK solar capacity grows, asset owners need long-term partners who can manage market risk and optimise performance over time,” said Erova CEO Nick Williams, following the signing of the deal.
September 25, 2026
Dublin-headquartered renewable energy optimiser Erova Energy has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with European energy company Finlight for a 107MW solar PV portfolio in England.
The portfolio consists of the Finlight's 55.5MW Skeeby site in north Yorkshire and the 51.9MW Osberton facility in Nottinghamshire. Under the terms of the deal, Erova will provide route-to-market and optimisation services for the two-project portfolio for the duration of the deal.
The deal mirrors a similar offtake agreement signed between Erova and independent power producer (IPP) Elgin Energy in July, in which Erova also said it would provide optimisation services. Optimisation is becoming an increasingly valuable tool in the UK’s energy mix, which is increasingly reliant on renewable energy—in July this year, solar was responsible for over 14% of all power generated—and Erova said that it would help Finlight “access intraday market opportunities” in this context.
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“As UK solar capacity grows, asset owners need long-term partners who can manage market risk and optimise performance over time,” said Erova CEO Nick Williams. “This agreement reflects Erova’s ability to support renewable projects with flexible PPA and risk management solutions tailored to each asset.”
The news follows Finlight’s merger with UK-headquartered distributed solar PV firm Atrato Onsite Energy earlier this year, as part of Finlight’s plans to increase its operational solar capacity in Europe to over 2GW by the end of the decade. Finlight CEO Gurpreet Gujral said that the Skeeby and Osberton projects are an “important part of our growing UK portfolio”.
Last year, Solar Media Market Research’s Josh Cornes wrote a guest blog for Solar Power Portal in which he described a “boom” in mergers and acquisitions in the UK solar sector as portfolios grow too large for single companies to operate, and named the Osberton project, then owned by Atrato, as an example of one such project that had changed hands.
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ISFH Researchers have evaluated five inverter based methods for fault diagnosis in photovoltaic systems, identifying practical approaches for detecting defects during normal daylight operation.
Defects in solar modules can reduce energy production and increase operating costs if they remain undetected. The study examined Daylight Photoluminescence, or DPL, as a method of identifying faults such as cell cracks and areas of increased series resistance before they result in significant performance losses.
DPL captures the weak infrared luminescence emitted by solar cells while they are generating electricity. Unlike conventional photoluminescence inspections, the technique can be used under sunlight without taking the photovoltaic system out of operation.
A key challenge is separating the weak luminescence signal from reflected sunlight. The researchers therefore investigated whether different inverter operating modes could be used to isolate the required signal without relying on expensive optical filters.
Five measurement approaches were assessed, including inverter IV sweep, inverter power control, inverter shutdown, dynamic shading of individual modules and Short Current Interruption.
The study also compared three image processing techniques: Dark Image Subtraction, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Non Normalized Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The NNPCC method was developed specifically as part of the research.
The results showed that NNPCC provided substantially improved visualisation of defect structures compared with conventional PCC analysis.
Cell cracks and areas with increased series resistance were detected most reliably using IV sweep and inverter shutdown. These methods also showed the closest agreement with laboratory reference images.
Image quality was assessed using the Structural Similarity Index. The highest SSIM values, at approximately 0.65 to 0.66, were achieved when IV sweep and inverter shutdown were combined with either DIS or NNPCC.
Dynamic shading was also identified as a practical alternative for field inspections. The method briefly shades neighbouring modules while the inverter continues operating under Maximum Power Point Tracking.
This approach has the advantage of requiring no inverter reconfiguration, making it suitable for detailed inspection of individual modules under operating conditions.
The findings indicate that DPL could provide operators of large photovoltaic systems with a practical method for identifying defects and potential energy losses while reducing the need for system downtime.
The researchers suggest combining inverter shutdown for rapid system wide inspections with dynamic shading for more detailed assessment of individual modules. The combined approach could enable DPL based condition monitoring without rewiring or major changes to inverter configurations.
For photovoltaic operators, the technology could support earlier detection of faults, more efficient maintenance planning, reduced operating costs and improved system performance.
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As predicted earlier in the year, the more powerful than usual 2026 El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific has contributed to significant changes in historical solar irradiance patterns on a worldwide basis. This has resulted in major variations in regional performance of photovoltaic power generation projects from baseline projections. Some regions did better than usual, others did worse.
New research from Slovakia-based solar data and software provider Solargis shows that global horizontal irradiance (GHI) levels – the amount of solar radiation reaching a horizontal surface on the ground — departed from long-term seasonal averages, in some places by over 30%. The latest analysis of the June-July-August (Northern Hemisphere summer) season attributes much of this variation to El Niño and widespread areas experiencing higher-than-normal temperatures.
Key findings from the most recent seasonal study include the following:
In North America, the report said, GHI anomalies varied substantially between individual months of the summer season, resulting in a relatively balanced seasonal signal across much of continent overall. The most pronounced anomalies in the continental United States occurred across the central regions, where temperatures exceeded 2.5°C above the long-term average.
Air temperatures across northern Canada were about 4°C above historical averages. The combination of exceptionally warm and dry conditions contributed to widespread wildfire activity across the region, the report said.
“Summer 2026 has demonstrated the extent to which solar resource conditions can diverge from historical averages across major markets,” said Marcel Suri, CEO of Solargis. “For asset owners and investors, understanding the extent to which these variations are weather-driven is essential when assessing performance. Historical data remains fundamental to solar resource assessment, but it needs to be complemented by current, high-resolution resource information to provide an accurate picture of changing conditions.”
Suri points out that variations in the solar resource may be due to a number of complicating factors that are not easily measured or accounted for with historical data and forecasting models. These variations can make it more difficult for solar investors and asset owners to distinguish weather-driven changes in generation from genuine asset underperformance.
Moreover, there is not necessarily a direct correlation between GHI and solar resources. The aforementioned Canadian wildfires, in addition to potentially threatening physical generating and transmission infrastructure, produce smoke that lowers irradiance levels and PV output for projects affected by the resulting smoke and persistent haze.
Lack of rain can also reduce PV output. Recent analysis from Australia-based solar analytics firm Solcast noted that modeled soiling loss near Dallas, Texas, rose towards 2% by the end of August, the highest late-August value in the last 20 years. The increase primarily reflected the absence of rainfall to wash accumulated material from modules, the report said.
Solargis’ Suri says that current resource data is essential for understanding the drivers of measured performance where conditions depart significantly from long-term expectations: “Developers and operators of solar power plants will require ongoing sources of weather information to incorporate extreme conditions in their technical planning and financial models.”
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Solar panel wiring, often called stringing, is a core subject for anyone installing solar systems, according to Aurora Solar. The company, in a September 25, 2026 article, explains that understanding how different stringing configurations affect the voltage, current, and power of a solar array matters when choosing an inverter and ensuring a system works effectively.
The consequences of getting stringing wrong are significant. Aurora Solar notes that when an array voltage goes above an inverter maximum, production is capped at what the inverter can deliver, and depending on how far the voltage exceeds the limit, the inverter lifetime may be shortened. On the other side, an array voltage that is too low for the selected inverter leads to underproduction, because the inverter does not begin operating until its start voltage is reached. The same underproduction can occur when shade is not factored into how system voltage changes over the course of a day.
According to Aurora Solar, the topic covers both the fundamentals of wiring solar panels together and the ways different stringing setups influence array performance. The company points to its website for the full story.
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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the Solar Panels market in the World, including market size, structure, key trends, and forecast. The study highlights demand drivers, supply constraints, and competitive dynamics across the value chain.
The analysis is designed for manufacturers, distributors, investors, and advisors who require a consistent, data-driven view of market dynamics and a transparent analytical definition of the product scope.
This report covers photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, which are devices that convert sunlight directly into electricity. It encompasses the global market for finished modules, including all major product technologies and form factors designed for a wide range of end-use applications.
The market data is classified and analyzed according to international trade codes, primarily under the Harmonized System (HS) headings for photovoltaic cells and electric generating sets. This ensures consistent tracking of trade flows for assembled solar modules and relevant apparatus across global markets.
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World's largest solar wafer manufacturer
Consistently top module shipper globally
Major producer of cells and modules
Pioneer in module technology and Vertex series
Vertically integrated, strong in project pipeline
Largest US-based manufacturer, unique technology
Major investment in US manufacturing
Significant producer with heterojunction focus
World's largest solar cell producer
Maxeon manufactures SunPower's legacy technology
Pioneer in heterojunction technology
Part of GCL Group, large-scale manufacturer
Vertically integrated under Chint Group
Significant global shipments
Major Indian manufacturer with global presence
Part of Adani Group, large integrated capacity
Exited solar business in 2022 but legacy remains
Historic leader, now smaller scale
Largest US residential solar company
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Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week’s biggest stories from the global solar PV industry.
This week, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says that the world’s renewable energy capacity must double, but that the strong growth potential of solar PV makes this target  “feasible”; other top stories include figures from Anza that show how US solar module prices are up more than 40% since the updates made to the Section 232 rules and Abu Dhabi’s targeting of 14GW of operational solar PV by 2030, up from an earlier target of 10GW, and more than 35GW five years later.
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Annual global renewable energy capacity additions will need to almost double to 1.2TW between 2026 and 2030 if the world is to meet the energy transition targets set out at the COP28 summit in 2023.
This is the headline takeaway from ‘Delivering on the UAE Consensus: Tracking progress toward tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030’, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); the ‘UAE Consensus’ is the group of targets agreed upon at COP28 that include, among other goals, tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030.
The report notes that the world added 693GW of new renewable energy capacity in 2025, bringing cumulative operational capacity to 5.15TW, which equals a 15.5% growth rate over capacity additions in 2024.
IRENA also argues that solar PV is well-positioned for future growth, saying that the industry could drive new renewable energy capacity additions and make the achievement of the 2030 goals “feasible”.
Read more about the latest IRENA report here.
The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section 232 by the Trump administration in August.
This is according to the latest data from Anza, which compares average price data for imported modules prior to the new Section 232 rules and prices for modules purchased since 7 August, which are expected to be delivered after 4 December, the date at which the minimum import prices introduced in the new Section 232 rules will take effect.
Anza notes that, between these periods, the average price of a module imported to the US has increased from US$0.27/W to US$0.38/W. Anza president Aaron Hall confirmed to PV Tech that the average price of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules sat at US$0.38/W, the price of passivated emitter rear cell (PERC) modules was US$0.385/W and the price of heterojunction (HJT) modules was a low of US$.39/W but that much higher prices have been reported.
Read more about the latest US module prices here.
Abu Dhabi’s utility, Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), is targeting more than 35GW of solar capacity by 2035.
The utility has set an interim target of 14GW of PV by 2030, up from an earlier target of 10GW, as it scales its installed capacity to beyond 35GW by the middle of the next decade. The planned PV deployment will be backed by 15GW of battery storage capacity, enabling ‘round-the-clock’ provision of solar-generated power.
In this latest statement of intent, Mohamed Almarzooqi, chief assets officer of EWEC, said: “We are actively procuring the utility-scale solar photovoltaic, battery storage and reverse osmosis desalination capacity required to deliver this outcome, structurally reducing the reliance of the system on gas-fired generation. Through this transformation, EWEC is enabling the UAE and Abu Dhabi to build a highly diversified, resilient, and low-carbon system that seamlessly meets rising demand while strengthening water and energy security.”
Read more about the new Abu Dhabi targets here.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (ITT) has terminated anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) on certain solar PV modules and laminates from China. The Canada Border Services Agency will therefore no longer impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese solar panels and laminates.
The order was originally made on 25 March 2021 and the expiry review ( RR‑2020‑001) – continuing, without amendment, its finding made on 3 July 2015, in inquiry NQ‑2014‑003 – has not been renewed and used to cover PV modules consisting of crystalline silicon PV cells, thin-film PV products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe) or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). Modules with a power output not exceeding 100W were already excluded from the order.
According to the Canadian ITT, the expiry review lacked the support of domestic producers, and for this reason, it terminated the order.
Read more about the latest change to Canadian duties here.
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unlawfully terminated the US$7 billion Solar for All programme, which was designed to expand solar access and reduce electricity costs for low- and moderate-income households.
US District Judge Mary McElroy granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs and vacated the EPA’s termination of the programme. The court found that Congress intended the agency to continue administering grants that had already been obligated.
“The court ruled the Trump Administration never should have terminated Solar for All because Congress intended it to continue, and EPA broke the law when it killed the programme and pocketed the money,” said Southern Environmental Law Center, senior attorney Nick Torrey.
Read more about the ruling here.
Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies has commissioned a 7GW n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) G12R solar cell manufacturing facility in Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh, taking its total solar cell manufacturing capacity to 10.6GW.
The facility, spread across 101 acres, was developed with a capital expenditure of INR 32.93 billion (US$343.6 million). It has a production capacity of approximately 88,000 solar cells per hour. The company said the facility has entered trial production and is India’s largest solar cell manufacturing plant.
Chiranjeev Saluja, managing director at Premier Energies, said: “The timing of this 7GW capacity addition is therefore significant: as the line stabilises and ramps up, it gives us the scale to serve that demand with greater supply reliability and operating efficiency. Together with our planned backward integration into ingots and wafers, this strengthens our strategy of building a fully integrated and globally competitive solar manufacturing platform while supporting India’s clean energy transition.”
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Indian energy company Nava Limited has commissioned a 100MW solar PV project in Zambia through its step-down subsidiary Maamba Solar Energy Limited (MSEL), with power evacuation to the Zambian grid now underway.
The project has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with ZESCO, Zambia’s national power utility, covering the plant’s entire generation.
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The commissioning marks Nava’s entry into utility-scale renewable energy as it seeks to diversify beyond its existing interests in power generation, mining and ferro alloys.
Ashwin Devineni, CEO of Nava Limited said, “The commissioning of our 100MW solar project in Zambia marks a defining step in Nava’s journey into renewable energy. This milestone reflects our commitment to sustainable growth and reinforces our vision of building a diversified, future-ready energy portfolio across geographies.”
The energy firm does not currently operate commercial utility-scale solar capacity in India. The Hyderabad-based conglomerate’s energy division manages 434MW of generation capacity across Telangana and Odisha, primarily comprising thermal power and captive generation assets, making the 100MW Zambia project the company’s first utility-scale solar project.
MSEL is owned 65% by Nava Global, Nava’s international arm, and 35% by ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH), a Zambian investment holding company. Nava said the project forms part of its strategy to develop a broader renewable energy portfolio across geographies.
Indian solar companies are increasingly taking their PV expertise and investment into Africa. In July 2026, Navitas Solar, an Indian solar module manufacturer, announced that its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) arm, Navitas Planet, had secured a US$ 20 million contract for a 54MW utility-scale solar project in Zambia’s Serenje Province.
Additionally, in February 2026, Inox Clean Energy, the independent power producer (IPP) arm of India’s INOXGFL Group, partnered with RJ Corp through a 50:50 joint venture to expand into African renewable energy markets. The venture acquired SkyPower Services MENA and is targeting 570MW in its initial phase and 2.5GW of operational renewable capacity in Africa by FY29, across markets including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to get what are known as cells.
“The $2.5 billion, the 3.5 million gallons of water, the 90 megawatts of power, the 60 tons of chemicals on site, and all of the football fields’ worth of infrastructure you’ve seen is to arrive at this,” said Scott Bell of Qcells, holding up one of the paper-thin blue cells.
It’s the basic building block of a solar panel.
In June, the plant, about an hour northwest of Atlanta, began its expansion from assembling the major components of solar panels to bringing the whole production process under one roof. It’s a major milestone for the U.S. solar industry. China has dominated solar panel manufacturing since the 2010s, flooding the global market with far cheaper panels than anyone else could make. For a host of reasons — national security, labor practices, job creation — the U.S. is trying to bring back domestic production, Grist reports.
In its latest move, the Trump administration plans to levy new tariffs and impose minimum import prices on polysilicon, the key ingredient for solar cells. The new measures go into effect in December.
“Having the full supply chain is critical,” said solar manufacturing expert Ben Damiani, chief technology officer at Atlanta-based solar developer Cherry Street Energy. Moving that supply chain to the U.S., he said, hasn’t been a smooth road. “Probably the biggest hindrance has been the constant change of our own policies.”
The Biden administration took a carrot approach to attracting solar panel makers: The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act included tax credit bonuses for solar projects that used U.S.-made panels. Qcells, a South Korean firm, has said those incentives were a major reason they built their Cartersville plant.
The Trump administration, by contrast, is taking a stick approach. While last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” revoked most of the tax credits, it also made solar equipment from certain countries — including China — ineligible for the few tax credits that remain. That, along with the new tariffs, may help a U.S. manufacturer like Qcells compete with Chinese imports, which are now more expensive.
The two policy approaches have the same ultimate goal, according to researcher Coco Zhang of the banking and investment firm ING. But it’s been whiplash for companies.
Following Trump’s latest executive actions, Qcells is still likely able to find a way to be successful, Zhang said. But Qcells has already made a multibillion-dollar investment in its brand new facility that took more than three years to come online. For other companies with less capital and poorer timing, the supply-side incentives for domestic production may not be enough — especially when the policies could completely change again.
As a part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Trump administration closed the Inflation Reduction Act loophole that had left room for China-based solar companies to simply set up shop in the U.S., which, according to Zhang, may go further still toward rooting out Chinese competition. In the long run, she’s optimistic that the U.S. solar panel industry can complete its shift to domestic production. But because the rules discouraging foreign ownership cut deeper into the supply chain, those restrictions and the policy back-and-forth could make things harder to navigate in the short term, she said.
The short-term outlook is complicated for those buying solar panels, too. The phaseout of federal clean energy tax credits removed a major incentive to develop new solar projects, and the Trump administration has taken steps to cancel federal funding for clean energy projects and add new hurdles for solar and wind installations on federal land. The courts have blocked or reversed some of those actions, but the delays add costs and uncertainties even for projects that do ultimately move forward.
In the first quarter of this year, clean energy advocacy group E2 tracked nearly $13 billion in abandoned investments in solar, wind, and battery projects. But some $18 billion in new projects were announced as companies scrambled to meet the deadline of the expiring tax credits. While the new tariffs and price controls on polysilicon could help U.S. manufacturers compete to supply the solar developments that remain, they could also drive up costs for developers, Zhang said, and “limited U.S. supply means many will still depend on imports and face higher costs.”
But industry experts maintain that solar isn’t going anywhere. It’s still one of the cheapest sources of electricity at a time when energy demand is growing fast. Solar panels are also readily available, while gas turbines are backordered for years. Solar and storage made up 90 percent of new power added to the U.S. grid in the first quarter of the year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
“We absolutely should make solar, right? Like, it is the fastest deployed, lowest cost foreseeable,” said Damiani. “Solar will be, for the next hundred years, a good portion of our energy.”
The questions, experts agreed, aren’t whether solar development will keep happening, but how quickly, how much it will cost, and who — and where — will make the solar panels.
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Chief Executive Officer David McElrea and Executive General Manager for Sustainability Darren Johannesen appeared today before the House Standing Committee inquiry into solar panel reuse and recycling in Australia.
In his opening statement, Mr McElrea reaffirmed the Council’s support for a mandatory national solar panel recycling scheme. He said the $24.7 million (USD 17.3 million) pilot, announced in January, was intended to help inform a permanent scheme by testing the collection of approximately 250,000 panels through up to 100 sites.
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The pilot’s procurement process was suspended in May while a complaint was investigated. The Smart Energy Council was among the organisations that tendered for the work.
Mr McElrea said any complaint must be properly investigated and made no comment on its merits. However, he urged the department to decide whether the existing procurement could proceed or a new tender was required.

“Not making a decision is itself a decision,” Mr McElrea told the committee.
He said businesses had invested in staff, equipment and recycling capacity on the expectation that the pilot would proceed.

“That capacity is now sitting idle, while panels continue to reach the end of their working life across households, commercial sites and large-scale projects, many ending up in landfill,” Mr McElrea said.
Committee members questioned how a national scheme would pay to recycle panels already installed. Mr Johannesen outlined the Council’s proposal for a mandatory product stewardship scheme, funded when panels are imported or manufactured, with the cost of older panels included from the outset.
Mr McElrea cautioned that charging only when panels are discarded could encourage illegal dumping. He said a national scheme would also be simpler to implement consistently than separate disposal arrangements across states and local governments.
The hearing examined the cost of transporting heavy panels across Australia. Mr McElrea said the pilot could help determine where collection and logistics hubs should be located, with the potential to support recycling and manufacturing jobs in regional areas, including the Illawarra and Hunter.
Looking ahead, Mr Johannesen highlighted the need to trace panels from installation through removal, collection and recycling. Knowing the origin of recovered materials could help Australian manufacturers demonstrate their use of recycled content and strengthen the market for those materials.
Mr McElrea said a thriving domestic recycling industry could create good jobs and give Australia the opportunity to share its recycling knowledge and skills internationally. But businesses need certainty to make that investment.
The Smart Energy Council will continue working with its members, industry and governments to get the pilot moving and deliver a national scheme that recovers valuable materials, supports regional jobs and gives businesses the confidence to grow.

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BLOOMINGTON — PureSky Energy, a Denver-based solar energy company, recently announced the launch of McLean 1 Community Solar, its first solar project in Illinois, between Bloomington and Downs.
Wind and solar power generated more electricity than coal in the United States for the first time ever last year.
Renewable energy in the United States nearly quadrupled in the last decade.
Solar power production today is 23 times greater than in 2011, while wind energy has tripled. This rapid expansion can be credited to technological improvements and economies of scale. State-level policies and incentives have also played a role in subsidizing renewable infrastructure.
With production ramping up and costs coming down, Stacker outlined what 100% renewable energy could look like across the U.S. by 2050, including challenges to reaching that milestone. Data is from Stanford and projections were gleaned from The Solutions Project.
Petroleum, natural gas, and coal represented the largest sources of American energy over the last century-plus. Coal production has been in sharp decline over the last two decades, marking major progress in the country’s move toward phasing out fossil fuels. Still, the havoc being wrought by high gas prices is evidence enough of our continued reliance on dirty energy.
Roughly 61% of electricity in the U.S. was generated from fossil fuels in 2021, including coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gasses. The U.S. is the second-largest emitter of carbon dioxide globally, with 75% coming from the energy-related burning of fossil fuels. However, the U.S. also ranks second in the world behind China for renewable energy power capacity.
Despite the plummeting prices of solar and wind, renewable energy is slow to replace fossil fuels across the country. In many cases, the cost of producing electricity using existing infrastructure is cheaper than building new renewable infrastructure. Nonetheless, more than two-thirds of Americans believe the U.S. should prioritize alternative energy sources and that steps should be taken to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. More than 30% of Americans believe fossil fuels should be phased out of the energy mix altogether.
Public opinion on renewable energy breaks along familiar political party lines, with 64% of conservatives opposing steps toward carbon neutrality by 2050 and 94% of liberals being in favor of it. Many fossil fuel workforces and economies exist in traditionally Republican regions of the country—regions that also happen to have some of the greatest wind and solar energy potential.
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Using models to estimate future energy demand and weather prediction, Mark Jacobson, director of the Atmosphere/Energy program at Stanford, calculated how the U.S. could meet 100% renewable energy by 2050. The analysis determined what those energy demands would be in 2050 if exclusively powered by electricity, based on industry-specific breakdowns of current energy consumption and sources. Jacobsen and his team determined how renewables could meet future electric demand by combining these calculations with layers of additional data, such as wind and sun exposure, how many rooftops are shaded, and access to hydropower dams.
Wind and solar energy are broad terms that encompass many different types of products and processes to harness the power of the wind and the sun. Geography plays an important role in the strength and reliability of these resources.
There is onshore wind, like the impressive collection of turbines one might see sprawling across the plains, as well as offshore wind harnessed by turbines in bodies of water and characterized by high speeds, no obstructions, and predictable patterns.
Solar energy can be collected by residential rooftop panels, solar plants which utilize larger photovoltaic solar panels, and concentrating solar plants which use mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy to power engines that create electricity.
Additionally, moving water can be converted into hydroelectric power. This makes up a smaller percentage of most states’ current and possible future renewable energy mix.
Most states would employ a combination of wind, solar, and hydropower to meet a goal of 100% renewable energy production—but based on the region, the share of each of those will vary. States receiving more consistent sun exposure may rely more heavily on solar energy, while those in the Great Plains region with high average wind speeds may rely more on wind than states with typically stiller climates, such as those in the southeastern U.S.
In states like Alaska, where certain regions regularly go weeks without sunlight, only 6% of the potential renewable energy future would rely on solar power.
Green infrastructure creates new jobs and, in many regions, could help retain the fossil fuel workforce that renewable energy would displace.
Roughly 1.7 million Americans held jobs in the fossil fuel industry in 2019, according to a Brookings Institute analysis. Many regions where fossil fuel jobs are concentrated overlap with potential wind and solar hubs. For example, Wyoming—the country’s biggest producer of coal—is already seeing a large portion of its fossil fuel workforce attending solar and wind energy training programs.
Solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine service technicians are among the “green” jobs expected to grow the most by 2026.
A decade ago, it was cheaper to build a power plant that burned fossil fuels than it was to build a solar or wind farm. In 2009, the cost of electricity from solar was $359/MWh—223% more expensive than coal. Ten years later, solar prices have declined by nearly 90% to just $40/MWh and wind dropped 70% to $41/MWh, according to Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis as analyzed by Our World in Data.
Meanwhile, the cost of nonrenewables like coal and nuclear either increased or remained the same over the last decade. The prices of nonrenewable energy generation are determined by the cost of the fuel they’re burning (i.e. coal and petroleum) and the operating costs of the facilities themselves. In the U.S., a typical coal-fired power plant operates at roughly 33% efficiency. Energy derived from natural renewable resources does not have to be acquired or processed, keeping operational efficiency higher and costs lower.
Many states have enacted Renewable Portfolio Standards, which mandate that a certain percentage of electricity sold as utilities be generated by renewable resources. Other states have Clean Energy Standards, which require energy sources to produce zero carbon emissions—making them “clean” but not necessarily renewable—either in addition to or in place of an RPS.
Nuclear energy is an example of clean but nonrenewable energy. Ten states have set 100% clean or renewable energy targets by 2050 at the latest. Individual states determine which resources qualify under an RPS based on their state’s potential for renewable energy development. In Hawaii, for example, moving water from waterfalls or ocean currents qualifies as a renewable energy resource.
According to the most recent EIA data, the closest state to meeting 100% renewable energy consumption is Maine, at 42% derived from renewable sources. Louisiana, which has no active renewable or clean energy goals, is the furthest from this possible future, with 3.7% of energy consumption sourced from renewable resources. Public opinion and legislative action are significant factors in a state’s renewable energy progress.
One of the most significant barriers to ramping up renewable energy production is the need to do it at scale with standardized equipment to turn a profit. The physical requirements of renewable infrastructure can vary significantly from region to region and even building to building. Despite long-term savings and installation costs being half of what they were just a decade ago, the average residential solar panel installation cost is around $20,000.
Lagging regulations and policies that favor existing energy providers also make it challenging to scale up renewable infrastructure efficiently. Lastly, the industry suffers from high soft costs like customer acquisition and permitting, which are difficult to recover.
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Britain may be known for grey skies and frequent rain, yet an analysis indicates that sunlight could still help households reduce their electricity costs by more than EUR1,000 annually. According to Euronews, an analysis of over 15 million UK homes by the solar software company GreenSketch estimates that an optimised rooftop solar and battery system could save the average household roughly EUR1,100 per year, a figure the company describes as a sunlight salary.
Even in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, average savings exceeded EUR930. The findings indicate that household savings depend on factors beyond sunshine alone. Electricity prices, roof angle, the timing of power use, battery storage and payments for electricity exported to the grid all play significant roles.
Researchers used satellite imagery to model individual homes, taking into account rooftop slope and orientation, local electricity consumption and hourly solar generation. Southwest Wales recorded the highest average estimated savings at about EUR1,160 per year, followed by southeast England at approximately EUR1,150. In Northern Ireland, the strongest returns were found in the east rather than the south, which GreenSketch says demonstrates that local weather and geography can influence solar generation as much as geolocation.
These figures challenge the assumption that solar panels only make financial sense in sunnier locations. Although panels generate more electricity in direct sunlight, they still produce power on overcast days, which is favourable for Europe’s less sunny regions.
Solar can also recover its installation cost relatively quickly. The Energy Saving Trust, an independent UK energy advice organisation, estimates that a typical system can pay for itself within 10 to 12 years.
The UK findings point to similar potential elsewhere in Europe. If solar panels do not require Mediterranean sunshine to lower electricity bills, particularly when paired with batteries that allow households to store daytime power for later use, they could make financial sense well beyond southern Europe.
A Joint Research Centre study published earlier this year found that rooftop solar panels could meet 40 per cent of the EU’s long-term electricity needs by 2050. In Finland and Denmark, non-residential roofs alone could provide at least 95 per cent of the solar capacity targeted for 2030.
Still, only one in ten European rooftops has solar panels, according to the Joint Research Centre, leaving substantial room for further expansion.
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