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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

Malaysia Awards 100-MW BESS to Blueleaf, Universal Peak

Blueleaf Energy–Universal Peak win Malaysia’s first MyBeST tender, building a 100‑MW/400‑MWh BESS by 2027 to stabilize grids, integrate solar, cut peaker reliance—setting the pace for reliability-first storage.

Jan 7, 2026 // Storage, Malaysia, Asia, BESS, Blueleaf Energy, Universal Peak, MyBeST

Huawei, Sungrow Top WoodMac’s 2025 Inverter Scorecard

WoodMac crowns Huawei, Sungrow; top inverter makers double down on ESG, 20‑year warranties and global plants as a 2025–26 reset favors service, software and diversified demand.

Jan 6, 2026 // Inverters, manufacturing, Sungrow, Wood Mackenzie, Inverters, Huawei

SMUD Pulls Plug on Coyote Creek Solar PPA

SMUD scraps its 200‑MW Coyote Creek solar PPA amid costs, tariffs, delays and lawsuits, while reaffirming a 2030 zero‑carbon push as the battery‑paired project faces environmental challenges.

Jan 6, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, smud

AI-Guided Passivation Supercharges Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Machine-learning tuned, amorphous-passivated flexible perovskites hit 24.52% efficiency and bend-proof longevity, enabling lightweight, roll-to-roll modules for wearables and buildings with record power densities.

Jan 6, 2026 // Technology, perovskite, efficiency, Flexibility, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jinan University, Solar Stability, Guangdong Mellow Energy

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