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Waaree Taps Oman Polysilicon in $30 Million Deal
Waaree invests $30M to lock Oman polysilicon, ensuring traceable, non-China supply, bankability, and n‑type readiness—powering U.S./Europe growth and 2026–2028 demand with priority volumes.
Dec 22, 2025 // Manufacturing News, polysilicon, supply chain, Waaree Energies, United Solar
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
S2P Wins Grid Access for 70-MW Montenegro Solar
S2P Electric’s 70‑MW Tupan solar clinches CGES grid deal, bringing Trina Solar bifacial power to Niksic and accelerating Montenegro’s renewable push, grid upgrades, and investor confidence across the Balkans.
Mar 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Grids, Europe, Montenegro, S2P
Zenith Energy Buys 28-MWp Italian Agrivoltaics Portfolio
Zenith Energy snaps up 28-MWp Italian agrivoltaics—farms + solar, biodiversity-friendly, battery-ready. Streamlined builds, diversified grid nodes, and future storage boost value as markets shift.
Mar 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, agrivoltaics, Zenith Energy
Genesis Starts 136-MW Solar, Bolstering NZ Grid
Genesis breaks ground on 136‑MWp NZ solar farm, bringing midday power to hedge droughts, curb gas peakers, and electrify growth with grid‑ready tech—schedule alignment key to secure supply.
Mar 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, grid, utility solar, construction, Genesis
Idemitsu Starts 60-MW Azalea Solar-Battery in California
Idemitsu’s 60‑MW Azalea Solar+Storage flips sun to suppertime, powering 20,000 homes under a Sonoma Clean Power PPA, reinforcing CAISO evening peaks with 152‑MWh battery-backed reliability.
Mar 17, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, California, USA, PPA, North America, Idemitsu
Solarigo Snaps Up Skarta’s 13-MWp Finnish Park
Skarta flips a 13‑MWp Finnish solar park to Solarigo, spotlighting Nordic build‑and‑recycle strategy as corporate demand surges and performance ops—not hardware—win returns for both portfolios.
Mar 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Finland, Solar Park, acquisition, Solarigo, Skarta
Statkraft Adds 206MW, Takes 40% of Irish Solar
Statkraft sparks 206 MW of new Irish solar, boosting its footprint to 560 MW—over 40% of utility-scale capacity—as Ireland races toward 80% renewables and soaring data-center demand.
Mar 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, utility solar, energy security, commissioning
Toshiba completes 6.4-MW roof PV plant in Japan
Toshiba Corp (TYO:6502) said on Wednesday it has completed, together with partners, a 6.4-MW rooftop solar setup at the Tahara plant of Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd (TYO:5423) in Aichi prefecture.
Mar 25, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Rooftop PV, Japan, Asia, rooftop PV, Toshiba
Tata Power bags high-altitude solar-plus-storage project in Leh
Indian business Tata Power Solar recently revealed it will certainly build a 50-MWp solar farm with 50 MWh of power storage space ability in Ladakh, 3,600 meters above sea level, under a complete contract.
Aug 16, 2021 // Plants, India, Asia, tata power solar, solar-plus-storage project
Longi to provide 400 MW of modules for Saudi solar project
Chinese solar technology company Longi will supply its Hi-MO 5 (72C) modules for the 400-MW direct present (DC) Rabigh Solar PV IPP project in Saudi Arabia.
Jun 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, Asia, LONGi, Solar Project
Smart Solar begins on 2.5-MW solar park in Japan
Japanese business Smart Solar Corp revealed on Monday that it has actually started the building and construction of a 2.5-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.
Sep 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, Solar Park, Smart Solar
SMA: We can’t be credible if we’re not sustainable
Credibility comes not just from offering products that generate clean electricity, but also from the way in which those products are manufactured, says SMA Solar Technology CEO Jürgen Reinert. Here, transparency and sustainability are key. That’s why one of the world’s largest PV inverter producers has partnered with pv magazine’s UP sustainability initiative. In the following Q&A, Reinert lays out what SMA is doing to step UP its green game.
Sep 16, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Inverters, Opinions, Germany, Europe, SMA
Perovskite solar cells established by NTU Singapore scientists record highest power conversion
A group of researchers at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has produced a perovskite solar mini module that has actually recorded the highest possible power conversion efficiency of any kind of perovskite-based device larger than 10 cm2.
Jul 27, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, Singapore, NTU, Annalisa Bruno, Nripan Mathews, Armin Aberle
Solar’s 20 most overlooked benefits for global sustainability
As renewable energy development is ramped up to address the climate crisis, negative side-effects should be avoided, especially when technology and resources could maximize the benefits. ‘Techno-ecological’ crossovers could ensure win-win outcomes for solar development and ecosystem and biodiversity conservation.
Jul 31, 2019 // Solar, California, USA, Solar, TESs, UC Davis, John Muir, North America