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CIM Group launches US energy platform with 1. 2 GW solar PV, 690 MW BESS
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (311+ words) US real estate investment company CIM Group has launched an energy platform with a portfolio of solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets. Called Permanent Power Company, the new energy platform has an initial portfolio of 1. 2 GW solar…...
OX2 starts construction work at 135 MW Muswellbrook solar-plus-storage project in Australia
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (231+ words) Swedish independent power producer (IPP) OX2 has started construction work at its Muswellbrook project, which combines 135 MW of solar capacity and 100 MW of batteries. The project will cover 482 hectares in the Hunter Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone of New South Wales…...
European Energy starts building 225 MW agri PV project, Italy's "largest'
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (292+ words) Danish IPP European Energy has started constructing a 225. 5 MW agrivoltaic solar PV project in Sicily, which it claims will be the "largest" such project in Italy. The "200 million (US$232. 67 million) project is situated across 260 hectares of land near Vizzini, Sicily,…...
ACEN Australia's NSW solar portfolio delivers 87% generation boost in first quarter
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (635+ words) ACEN Australia has revealed an 87% year-on-year increase in generation output for the first quarter of 2026, reaching 528 GWh, driven primarily by the first full quarter of operations from its 400 MW Stubbo Solar project and improved performance at the 400 MW New England…...
ISC Konstanz advances plans for in-house solar pilot line
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (310+ words) Germany solar research institute'International Solar Energy Research'Center'(ISC)'Konstanz has said it will be able to'operate'a fully integrated, industrially equipped solar cell and module pilot line by the third quarter of 2026.' According to the institute, its cleanroom is now being…...
India installs record 15. 3 GW of solar in Q1 2026 amid policy deadline rush
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (370+ words) India installed a record 15. 3 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, according to new data from market research firm'Mercom.' The country's quarterly solar additions rose 143% year-on-year from 6. 3 GW in Q1 2025 and were up 49% from the 10. 3 GW installed in Q4 2025, marking…...
Fujiyama Power commissions 2 GW solar module manufacturing plant
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (303+ words) Indian rooftop solar company Fujiyama Power has commissioned the first phase of a 2 GW solar'module'manufacturing facility in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.' Once fully operational, Fujiyama Power said the facility will be capable of producing 2 GW each of solar modules,'batteries'and inverters....
Are US manufacturers accelerating their protectionist stance?
3+ day, 13+ min ago (979+ words) As the US faces the prospect of a fifth solar-related anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) case swinging into action, the logical conclusion is that American PV manufacturers will continue pursuing manufacturers they believe to be using Chinese products until there…...
Meridian Energy bags consent for 120 MW New Zealand solar plant
3+ day, 36+ min ago (190+ words) New Zealand utility Meridian Energy has received consent to build a 120 MW solar PV project alongside a planned battery energy storage system (BESS). The approval was granted for a 280-hectare site in the Manawat" region of New Zealand's North Island....
The UK has space for corporate PPAs in its portfolio of operational solar assets
3+ day, 18+ min ago (959+ words) The UK's Contracts for Difference (Cf D) scheme remains one of Europe's most effective routes to market for renewable power. This is particularly true for solar, with 60% of the solar capacity built in the last three years having received a Cf…...