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Algeria Starts 400-MW Solar, Eyes 1.4 GW More
Algeria ramps up renewables with two 400MW solar parks—Tindela and El Ghrous—then targets 1,400MW+ more this year, spotlighting faster delivery, grid integration, and reliable power output.
Apr 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, mena, Algeria, utility solar, solar commissioning, capacity targets
Renewable generation to remain below 10% in Africa by 2030
The amount of non-hydro renewables such as solar in Africa is most likely to continue to be below 10% in 2030, although there are substantial regional differences.
Jan 12, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, Namibia, renewables, University of Oxford, solar power generation, Philipp Trotter
Jinko becomes first solar manufacturer to make 100% renewable energy pledge
The Chinese module giant has committed to sourcing 70% of its energy from renewables by 2023 and all of it by 2025. If serious, that could represent confidence in the amount of new renewable energy generation capacity to come online in China given the company’s huge production capacity expansion plans.
Sep 24, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, First Solar, Asia, Jinko, Kanping Chen
Solar energy without panels on your house: Fayetteville launches community solar
Residents who get their electricity from Fayetteville Public Works will be able to benefit from solar energy without having to put panels on their homes.
Oct 24, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, North Carolina, Duke Energy, North America, Fayetteville Public Works, Matt Deal, Carolyn Justice-Hinson, Lindsey Listrom, Kimberly Conley
Tesla’s solar installs bounce back in Q3 with no sales force
Tesla reported a bounce back in solar installations in the third quarter of 2019, while energy storage installs reached a new record high. The company is also launching a third-generation residential roof system ahead of a volume production ramp.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, solar-plus-storage, North America, Zachary Kirkhorn
Q Cells dedicates to three-year, EUR125m German R&D spend
The Korean company has committed to buy solar advancement in Germany each time when the EU as well as member states are seriously trying to kick-start the Covid-19 recovery.
Jul 9, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Q CELLS, Europe, Hanwha Q Cells, covid-19
Cost of New Renewables Temporarily Rises as Inflation Begins to Bite
The cost of new-build onshore wind has actually risen 7% year on year, as well as fixed-axis solar has leapt 14%, according to the current evaluation by study company BloombergNEF (BNEF). The worldwide benchmark levelized cost of power, or LCOE, has actually temporarily pulled away to where it was in 2019. Cost rises are connected to rises in the cost of materials, freight, fuel as well as labor.
Aug 25, 2022 // Market Research, USA, New York, London, North America
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brookfield-Backed Clean Max Trims India IPO Target
Brookfield-backed Clean Max trims February IPO to $350-$400M amid India renewables slump; timing fluid as peers sink, transmission woes bite, and eight January listings raise just $160M.
Jan 19, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Clean Max