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NTPC Green Flips Switch on Rajasthan Mega-Solar

NTPC Green Energy’s 300‑MW Rajasthan solar park delivers daytime punch and battery-ready flexibility, with bifacial trackers, controls, and analytics boosting yields, easing evening ramps, and de-risking PPAs, reassuring lenders.

Jan 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, NTPC Green Energy

CleanPeak Snaps Up Five NSW Solar-Battery Sites

CleanPeak snaps up five NSW solar-plus-storage sites, bolstering near-load, distribution-connected capacity to deliver evening MWh, firmed renewables and higher-margin grid services as coal retires—without interconnection delays.

Jan 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, CleanPeak, Oceania

Silver Surge Pummels Solar Makers, Copper Pivot Accelerates

Silver’s moonshot squeezes solar: panel prices tick up, margins vanish, giants pivot to copper and thriftier paste as sector silver use slides—yet demand still anchors the market.

Jan 16, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Trina Solar, Jinko

Top Reasons To Switch to Solar

Jan 15, 2026 // Solar, Press releases

Toyota Inks Texas Solar VPPA with Lightsource bp

Toyota inks VPPA with Lightsource bp for a 231‑MW Texas solar project, hedging ERCOT power costs, slashing Scope 2 with RECs, and paving the way for future storage.

Jan 14, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Toyota, Lightsource BP, North America

Negratin Finances 13.7-MW Solar in Colombia

Negratin powers Colombia’s transition: 13.7‑MWp solar, financing secured, fast‑track EPC to commissioning, bifacial trackers, O&M analytics, storage-ready substation, diversified offtake—resilient beyond hydro and volatile fuels.

Jan 14, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Colombia, Negratin

Encavis Closes on 199-MW Spanish Wind-Solar

Encavis seals financing for a 199‑MW solar‑wind hybrid in Spain, boosting bankable buildout with hedged cash flows, flexible PPAs, grid‑savvy design—and future battery optionality.

Jan 14, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, encavis

Perovs Sets 20.87% Record for Large Perovskites

Perovs hits TÜV-certified 20.87% efficiency on mass-produced large-area perovskite modules, 150.26 W, as it scales from a 100 MW pilot to a 1 GW plant and GW-level base.

Jan 14, 2026 // Technology, efficiency, Perovskite Solar, Perovs

Mellow Energy Hits 21.13% on 30x30cm Flexible Perovskite

Mellow Energy’s 30×30 cm flexible perovskite hits TÜV NORD–certified 21.13% efficiency, a size-class record, accelerating real-world pilots from gadgets to vehicles, aerospace and satellites toward rapid commercialization.

Jan 13, 2026 // Technology, Mellow Energy, Flexible Perovskite

EBRD Weighs Loan for Egypt Solar-Battery Park

EBRD eyes financing for a 200‑MW solar-plus-storage in Egypt, pairing grid-forming batteries to time-shift power, shave peaks and stabilize frequency—unlocking hard-currency offtake and bankable, evening-proof generation.

Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, EBRD, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Egypt, grid services, project finance

Levanta Snaps Up 93-MWp Thai Solar Portfolio

Levanta powers up Thailand: 93‑MWp solar portfolio, standardized trackers and SCADA, clustered O&M, hybrid revenue, battery-ready sites—scaling faster with bankable controls and lower financing ahead.

Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Thailand, Asia, c&i solar, utility solar, portfolio acquisition, operations

Egypt’s Obelisk Brings Round-the-Clock Solar Online

Egypt’s Obelisk lights up: first-phase solar-plus-storage delivers dispatchable clean power, shaping evenings, stabilizing the grid and prices, creating jobs, and de-risking a modular path to 1 GW.

Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Battery Storage, Asia, Africa, Egypt, hybrid solar, Grid reliability, commissioning

Scatec Clinches Egypt PPA for Record Solar-Storage

Scatec inks 25-year USD PPA for Africa’s biggest solar+storage in Egypt—1.95 GW solar, 3.9 GWh batteries—round-the-clock, grid-forming power with non-recourse financing and H2 close.

Jan 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, Asia, Africa, Egypt

Masdar Seals Angola PPA, Kicks Off 500-MW Push

Masdar seals PPA for 150‑MW Quipungo in Angola—its first there—kicking off 500‑MW Project Royal Sable as RNT‑EP boosts daytime power, 2,000 jobs and 300,000 homes.

Jan 12, 2026 // Plants, Masdar, Africa, Angola

Jinko, XtalPi Forge AI-Powered Perovskite Tandem JV

Jinko Solar and XtalPi unite AI and robotics to accelerate perovskite–silicon tandem cells, targeting mass production in three years with a closed-loop, high-throughput R&D revolution.

Jan 12, 2026 // Technology, Jinko Solar, Perovskite Solar, XtalPi

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