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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

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

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