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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

China Solar Stocks Jump as Rebates Axed

Beijing scraps VAT rebates on solar exports from April 1, sparking Chinese solar stock rally and speeding consolidation—boosting Trina, Jinko, JA Solar and LONGi.

Jan 12, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Jinko Solar, China, Asia, Trina Solar, LONGi

Otovo Buys SSP, Builds U.S. Solar O&M Beachhead

Otovo buys SSP, enters U.S. via O&M, chasing post–NEM 3.0 recurring revenue with diagnostics, retrofits and storage—building a services beachhead to cross-sell installs and aggregate devices into VPPs.

Jan 9, 2026 // Residential, USA, North America, Otovo, SSP

Treaty Oak Kicks Off 385-MW Louisiana Solar Build

Treaty Oak Clean Energy closes financing and breaks ground on a 385‑MW, battery-ready Louisiana solar giant—IRA-fueled, tracker-equipped, job-creating, and primed for PPAs, corporate offtake, and storage.

Jan 9, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Louisiana, Treaty Oak Clean Energy

Liberty Global Buys Battery-Ready 70-MW UK Solar Project

Liberty Global snaps up a 70‑MW, shovel‑ready UK solar farm—battery-ready and grid-primed—targeting rapid build, evening power, and flexible PPA/merchant returns as it scales its clean-energy footprint.

Jan 9, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Liberty Global

China Flags Polysilicon Cartel Risks; Stocks Drop

China flags polysilicon collusion as stocks sink; prices jump despite output slump. Consolidation plan under fire; tighter standards loom while Longi pivots to silver, Jinko lands Australian deal.

Jan 9, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia

Tokyo Century, Kyuden Tap 20-Year Philly Solar Deal

Tokyo Century and Kyuden split a 20‑MW Pennsylvania solar, secured by a 20‑year PPA; October go‑live underscores Japanese capital’s charge into contracted U.S. clean power, with storage optionality ahead.

Jan 8, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Kyuden, Tokyo Century

Canadian Solar Readies $200 Million Convertible Notes

Canadian Solar eyes $200M convertible raise to turbocharge U.S. manufacturing and solar-plus-storage, balancing dilution fears with domestic-content incentives, tighter traceability, and accelerated capex; notes callable 2029, extra $30M option.

Jan 8, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar

Core-Shell Si3N4 Stabilizes 26% Perovskite Solar Modules

Nanocomposite boosts tough perovskites: amorphous–crystalline silicon nitride layer tames defects, lifts efficiency to 26.65%, and keeps large modules humming outdoors for 6+ months—real-world scalability in sight.

Jan 8, 2026 // Technology, Soochow University, Zhejiang University, Perovskite Solar, stability, Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute

Snowbound Solar Sends German Power Prices Soaring

Arctic blast snows Germany’s solar, slicing output to 6.9 GW as wind falters and demand surges; prices rocket—imbalance fees >€1,000/MWh, day-ahead hits €154/MWh.

Jan 8, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe

Pattern to Buy Cordelio, Bolstering North America

Pattern Energy buying Cordelio adds 1.55 GW and pipeline, lifting fleet near 10 GW across U.S./Canada, sharpening costs and firming output by pairing wind and solar with storage.

Jan 7, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, pattern energy, North America

Consumers Energy Lights Up Michigan’s 250-MW Muskegon Solar

Consumers Energy powers up 250‑MW Muskegon Solar—550,000 panels fueling 40,000 homes and 200+ jobs—battery-ready, grid-smart, and a keystone toward 8,000 MW of Michigan solar by 2040.

Jan 7, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Michigan, North America, PV Power Plant, Consumers Energy

Schneider Picks ACEN to Green Cavite Factories

Schneider Electric taps ACEN to power five Cavite sites with 100% renewables via GEOP—Luzon eco-zone first, 11,600t CO2 avoided—setting a scalable corporate PPA blueprint for Southeast Asia.

Jan 7, 2026 // Plants, Asia, Schneider Electric, Philippines, ACEN

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