Solar Markets & Finance News

In this category, we are collecting all the top financial news from the solar market: selling prices and production costs, project sponsoring and investing, governmental subsidies and grants, tenders, sales and proposals – whatever is related to economics of solar power. Let's keep track of sustainable energy market events together.

Sienna Funds 421-MW German Solar Buildout
Sienna to finance and build 421 MW of German utility solar—bifacial, tracker, battery-ready—mixing PPAs/CfDs with merchant upside, optimized O&M, and grid-savvy design to deliver reliable, lower-cost power.
Feb 10, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, utility solar, project finance, portfolio, Sienna
Rockwool Inks 10-Year Polish Green-Power Deal With Eurowind
Rockwool locks 10-year Polish PPA with Eurowind, hedging power and slashing Scope 2. Bankable revenues spur new wind/solar as corporate PPAs mature with traceable, shaped supply and battery-ready, data-driven operations.
Feb 9, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, corporate ppa, Eurowind Energy, Rockwool, industrial decarbonisation
Iberdrola Lifts Renewables 5.9%, Sharpens Grid-Ready Mix
Iberdrola’s 2025 renewables rose 5.9% on a diversified mix, standardized PV, data-driven O&M, savvy PPAs/CfDs, and battery-ready sites—boosting capture prices, resilience, and cleaner, firmer power.
Feb 9, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, storage, Iberdrola, decarbonisation, renewables output, portfolio strategy
Sungrow Picks Poland for First EU Factory
Sungrow’s €230m Poland plant fast-tracks EU-made utility inverters and liquid‑cooled storage, with grid-forming smarts—cutting lead times, risks and costs while boosting QA, warranties, jobs and lender confidence.
Feb 5, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, manufacturing, Poland, Battery Storage, Inverters, Europe, supply chain
Schroders Greencoat Snaps Up 283-MW UK Solar Fleet
Schroders Greencoat snaps up 283MW UK solar fleet, locking inflation-linked income and battery-ready upside, while analytics-driven O&M squeezes alpha; Metlen recycles capital into next-gen hybrid projects.
Feb 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, m&a, Metlen, portfolio, Schroders
NuGen Plows $150 Million Into Northeast Solar, Storage
NuGen pours $150M into Northeast distributed solar—community arrays and C&I rooftops—with storage-ready builds, standardized ops, and policy tailwinds to cut costs, boost savings, and scale resilient, subscriber-friendly returns.
Feb 3, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, investment, North America, Community Solar, Northeast
Terra Energy Raises $105 Million for Battery-Ready Rooftops
Terra Energy secures $105M to supercharge storage-paired rooftop solar—scaling sales, slashing soft costs, and bundling batteries as TOU rates and reforms spark evening self-consumption demand.
Feb 2, 2026 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Installers, North America
Italy Energy Community Sells 13.7 MWp Solar Portfolio
Italy’s energy community flips a 13.7‑MWp PV bundle—bifacial, battery‑ready, bankable—seeding social rooftops and agrivoltaics, while buyers lock diversified cash flows as revised rules turbocharge a maturing market.
Feb 2, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, distributed solar, financing, project sale, energy community
Aspen Closes First New York Community-Solar Tranche
Aspen powers ahead in New York: closing first tranche on 18‑MW community-solar fleet, storage-ready and bankable—anchor tenants, residential subscribers, smart O&M, and grid-friendly benefits built in.
Jan 30, 2026 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, North America, acquisitions, Community Solar, distributed generation
ABO Sells Trio of CfD French Solar, Reloads Capital
ABO Energy flips three CfD-backed French solar projects pre-build, locking value. Battery-ready, bankable designs meet inflation-linked revenues—fueling cheaper, longer debt and a hot secondary market for construction-ready solar.
Jan 29, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, recycling, Contracts For Difference, ABO Energy, solar portfolio sale
Record $2.3 Trillion, Transition Still Off Pace
Record $2.3T poured into the energy transition in 2025—Asia and Europe surge, data centers boom—but China’s pullback chills renewables as net-zero demands $5.2T yearly.
Jan 27, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, China, Europe, Asia
Rebate Rollback Spurs Solar Demand Whiplash, Longi Warns
China axing solar export-tax rebates April 1 could spark a pre-holiday rush then slump, squeezing margins amid pricey silver, as Longi trims silver use and tests storage for Europe/U.S.
Jan 27, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, LONGi
€250m Fuels Enery’s Europe Solar-Storage Buildout
Enery lands €250m to fast-track European solar-plus-storage, boosting grid flexibility with evening-shifted power, frequency services, and smarter, diversified revenue strategies.
Jan 26, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Battery Storage, Europe, utility solar, Enery, project finance
Soleos Signals 1-GW Zambia Solar Investment
Soleos eyes 1 GW in Zambia, launching grid-ready solar near mines and factories, PPA and private-wire deals, battery-ready builds, DFI-backed, scalable jobs engine.
Jan 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Africa, zambia, investment, utility solar, project pipeline, industrial load, Soleos
U.S. Cancels $30 Billion Biden-Era Energy Loans
Trump team scraps $30B Biden-era green loans, rewrites $53B, axes $9.5B for wind/solar; rebrands office to Energy Dominance Financing, steers cash to gas and nuclear.
Jan 23, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Trump, North America, biden