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As Solar Expands, Customers Increasingly Demand Long-Term Reliability
Industry experts say reliability now outweighs flashy specs as solar adoption becomes mainstream.
Dec 1, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, clean energy, installations, PV systems, Fronius, solar reliability
Andhra Pradesh Selects Developers for 2 GWh of Mega Battery Systems
APTRANSCO awards contracts for 1,000 MW / 2,000 MWh of standalone battery storage across key substations.
Dec 1, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, battery projects, APTRANSCO, renewable grid, energy flexibility
Africa’s Green Minerals Fuel Solar Growth While Value Leaves the Continent
Africa holds key minerals for solar and battery production but captures little economic value in global supply chains.
Dec 1, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, BATTERIES, Africa, solar supply chain, critical materials, green economy
South Africa Awards Sterling & Wilson 240-MW Solar
Sterling and Wilson lands a 240‑MW South Africa EPC, its second this fiscal, betting on early gear buys, modular substations, and grid-code compliance to mitigate volatility and accelerate energization.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Africa, South Africa, sterling and wilson, utility solar, grid code
Microsoft Anchors 270 MW Distributed Solar in LatAm
Microsoft bets on 270 MW of distributed solar RECs in Mexico and Brazil, turbocharging local grids, jobs and savings—de-risking small builders and seeding Latin America’s clean-energy pipeline.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Microsoft, Latin america, distributed solar, RECs, Powertrust
Horsham 119-MW Solar-Plus-Storage Completes Panel Installation
Victoria’s Horsham SEC Renewable Energy Park hits a milestone: 119‑MW solar plus 100‑MW/200‑MWh battery to power 51,000 homes, firm evenings, and co-optimise revenue under public ownership.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Victoria, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, hybrid plant, public ownership
U.K. Approves Largest Floating Solar at Barrow Dock
Barrow EnergyDock wins approval: ABP’s 40 MW floating solar at Cavendish Dock will power port operations, boost summer yields, protect wildlife, and pioneer replicable, grid-savvy, modular clean energy.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, UK, Europe, PORTS, Planning Approval, grid integration
Solar and wind are now outpacing global electricity demand growth
New analysis shows solar and wind exceeded 2025 demand growth through Q3, underscoring their central role in decarbonizing power systems worldwide.
Nov 28, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, wind, GLOBAL, electricity demand, market trends
Acciona inaugurates 163-MWp Dominican solar complex, region’s largest to date
Acciona cut the ribbon on a 162.6-MWp solar complex in the Dominican Republic, calling it Central America and the Caribbean’s largest PV installation.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Dominican Republic, North America, Acciona, utility solar, island grids, commissioning
Wpd energizes 53-MWp solar at German hybrid with wind substation
Wpd switched on a 53.5-MWp solar farm in Saxony-Anhalt, tying into an existing wind substation to create a hybrid node.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, interconnection, Wpd, hybrid projects, solar with wind
Arctech expands Jeddah tracker factory as Saudi localizes solar supply
Tracker maker Arctech completed phase-two expansion of its Jeddah factory, deepening Saudi manufacturing for gigawatt-scale solar build-out
Nov 28, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Saudi Arabia, Asia, trackers, arctech, localization
India Approves 760MW Hybrid Tariffs, Curbs Trading Margins
CERC clears tariffs for 760 MW hybrid renewables-plus-storage, caps risky margins, boosting investor confidence and firm green power as India scales battery-backed solar/wind and retires fossil peakers.
Nov 27, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, CERC
Vikram Solar Opens 5GW AI-Driven India Module Plant
Vikram Solar’s 5 GW Vallam plant debuts advanced, AI-driven module manufacturing, slashing costs and boosting domestic TOPCon/HJT output—powering India’s PLI-fueled push for competitive, import-light solar growth.
Nov 27, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Vikram Solar
Tax Shifts Push PosiGen Into Chapter 11
PosiGen’s Chapter 11 spotlights fragile lease-based, low-income solar as tax-credit shifts gut revenue; the firm vows to operate through restructuring amid a reshaping residential incentive landscape.
Nov 27, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PosiGen
JinkoSolar Nears 28% With TOPCon Efficiency Record
JinkoSolar smashes a new n-type TOPCon record at 27.79%—ISFH verified—pushing power density and project economics, pressuring rivals as 28% looms. Production timing TBD; tech rolling into products.
Nov 27, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, JinkoSolar, efficiency