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Longi Swaps Silver for Copper, Cutting Solar Costs

Longi dumps costly silver for base metals, kicking off mass production in Q2 as rivals follow. Expect cheaper modules, reliability questions—and a BNEF-forecast decline in solar’s silver demand.

Jan 6, 2026 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, LONGi

Inox Clean Buys SunSource’s 250MWp Solar Portfolio

Inox Clean snaps up 250‑MWp SunSource portfolio, eyes 50 MWp more, fueling 3‑GW-by‑2026 push, blue-chip C&I PPAs, and a revived INR 60b IPO.

Jan 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Inox Clean

Atmos Renewables’ Green Refi Supercharges Battery, Wind Pipeline

Atmos Renewables secures oversubscribed green loan refinancing, unifying debt to fast-track batteries and wind—including Merredin, Heywood, Parron Maam Marang—unlocking flexible capital to push Australia’s clean-energy pipeline into construction.

Jan 5, 2026 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Atmos Renewables

Nofar Buys Pine Gate’s US Solar for $575M

Nofar Energy snaps up Pine Gate’s near-1GW solar portfolio for $575M via Chapter 11, expanding its US pipeline to 1.3GW solar/1GWh storage, pending court, FERC approvals.

Jan 5, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Nofar Energy

Scalable Perovskite Ink Delivers 26% Air‑Coated Cells

Air-stable DMF/NMP perovskite ink enables uniform blade-coated films and record 26.05% inverted efficiency, negligible hysteresis, and enduring high-temp stability—scaling to modules with 23.5% aperture and 96.1% GFF.

Jan 5, 2026 // Technology, perovskite, Nanjing University, University of Oxford, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

S.C. New Energy Ships First Flexible Perovskite Line

S.C New Energy ships first commercial line for flexible perovskite cells, uniting RPD, PVD and slit coating to scale low-temp thin films for lightweight, high-efficiency PVs.

Dec 26, 2025 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, perovskite, flexible, S.C New Energy

BOE Sets Four Perovskite Records, Eyes Commercial Rollout

BOE smashes perovskite milestones: 27.37% cells, 579 W 2.88 m2 module, flexible hits 21.39%, 433 W pilot — commercial line gears up as BIPV certification signals scale.

Dec 26, 2025 // Technology, China, Asia, perovskite, efficiency, BOE

AI Demand Propels Record Green Debt Sales

AI-juiced power demand and clearer policies propel record $947B green debt; APAC, China lead, greenium widens, indexes soar—setting up $1.6T boom in 2025 despite Western rollbacks.

Dec 26, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Europe, North America

China’s Solar Rebounds as Year-End Rush Accelerates

China’s solar rebounds: 22 GW in November, fastest in six months, as developers race pre-plan; BNEF trims 2025 outlook; wind adds 12.5 GW.

Dec 26, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia

T1 Wins Treaty Oak’s 900MW U.S. Solar Order

T1 Energy secures 900 MW solar deal with Treaty Oak, leveraging G1 Dallas TOPCon modules and G2 Austin cells for 60%+ U.S. content, bankability, traceability, and schedule certainty.

Dec 24, 2025 // Manufacturing News, North America, United States, supply chain, solar manufacturing, T1 Energy, Treaty Oak

Rabobank, Investec Finance Aura’s Horton Solar Farm

Aura Power seals financing for 49.9‑MW Horton Solar, East Devon—battery-ready, ib vogt EPC—powering 12,000 homes, cutting 11,000 tCO₂; fifth UK close propels near-term build to ~300 MWp.

Dec 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, ib vogt, Aura Power, project finance, Horton Solar Farm

AEI Secures PLN 227m to Refi Polish Solar

PLN 227m refinance powers 114‑MW Polish solar fleet as AEI fund locks long-term, non-recourse debt from mBank/BOŚ—signaling a maturing market and more portfolio deals ahead.

Dec 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, financing, solar portfolio, Lords LB, AEI fund

Mobi, Long Neng Launch 90MW Philippine Solar JV

New JV powers 90 MW of storage-ready solar in the Philippines—$60M, bifacial trackers, NGCP-compliant, staged to beat grid bottlenecks, blending merchant and PPA offtake for stronger capture.

Dec 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, joint venture, utility solar, Mobi Solar, Long Neng Power

Vapor Deposition Delivers Durable Perovskite-Silicon Tandems

Breakthrough vapor-deposited perovskite-silicon tandems hit 30% efficiency on textured wafers, surpass 2,000-hour stability—paving mass-production-ready modules as NUS, A*STAR, Trina Solar move to pilot lines.

Dec 23, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, Trina Solar, NUS, National University of Singapore, tandem, stability, Agency for Science Technology and Research

Neoen Breaks Ground on BHP-Backed Goyder Big Battery

Neoen breaks ground on Tesla-powered 226MW/866MWh battery at Goyder North, pairing with wind to firm BHP from 2029, deliver grid-forming services, and crush evening peaks across South Australia.

Dec 23, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, South Australia, neoen, Oceania, bhp

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