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Apple Taps European Energy for Victoria Solar Deal
Apple plugs into Australia’s sun, becoming offtaker for European Energy’s 108‑MWp Lancaster solar project in Victoria, advancing its clean power push and funding new APAC renewables.
Nov 6, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Apple, Oceania
Japan Tempers Perovskite Hopes, Plays the Long Game
Japan cools perovskite hype, prioritizing durable, scalable gains as cheap silicon dominates; roadmap shifts to niche wins, cost cuts, and manufacturing know‑how through the 2030s.
Nov 25, 2025 // Technology, Japan, Asia, perovskite
PowerField Wraps 170 MWp, Outsmarts Dutch Grid Bottlenecks
PowerField energizes 170‑MWp bifacial solar fleet on congested Dutch grid—battery‑ready, grid‑compliant, O&M‑optimized—shifting power to evening peaks and unlocking PPA, merchant and ancillary services revenue.
Nov 26, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, powerfield
Rubis Photosol Secures €39m for French Solar Pair
Rubis Photosol locks €39m to build two 46 MW French solar parks, proving disciplined, shovel‑ready PV blocks with bankable offtake still clear lenders amid tight equipment and higher rates.
Dec 2, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, construction, project finance, Rubis Photosol, utility PV
Mobi, Long Neng Launch 90MW Philippine Solar JV
New JV powers 90 MW of storage-ready solar in the Philippines—$60M, bifacial trackers, NGCP-compliant, staged to beat grid bottlenecks, blending merchant and PPA offtake for stronger capture.
Dec 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, joint venture, utility solar, Mobi Solar, Long Neng Power
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
BELECTRIC Wins 210 MWp UK Solar EPC Framework
BELECTRIC lands 210 MWp UK solar EPC, fast-tracks grid-ready, storage-ready sites with bifacial trackers, standardized QA, and portfolio O&M—cutting costs, boosting availability, and delivering local benefits.
Feb 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, UK, Europe, Belectric, solar parks, grid compliance
EIB Backs 190MW Romanian Solar With €34 Million
EIB’s €34m turbocharges 190‑MW Romanian solar build, de-risking procurement and grid compliance as PPAs surge—battery-ready sites, tighter governance, faster paperwork-to-power, jobs and taxes ahead.
Feb 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, eib, financing, Romania, solar portfolio, EU transition
NordLB Backs Sun Investment’s 59-MW Polish Solar Portfolio
NordLB backs Sun Investment’s 59‑MW Polish solar portfolio, showcasing bankable, battery‑ready bundles with bifacial tech, standardized EPC, fleet O&M, and PPA/hedge-backed resilience amid grid constraints.
Feb 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, nordlb, solar portfolio, project finance, Sun Investment
Scatec Reaches Close, Starts 130-MW Colombia Solar
Scatec reaches financial close for 130‑MW Barzalosa solar in Colombia, securing a 15‑year PPA (85% contracted) with BTG Pactual’s unit while balancing merchant upside and scaling LatAm.
Feb 25, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, PPA, South america, Colombia, construction
Fashion Brand Locks 8-MW Italian Solar via PPA
Fashion meets solar: Corporate PPA secures most output from Recurrent Energy’s 8‑MW Italy farm, hedging prices, slashing Scope 2, battery-ready design, de-risked revenues—and dependable green power for local operations.
Feb 26, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, C&I, Italy, Europe, corporate ppa, recurrent energy, decarbonisation
Power price volatility driving demand for shorter, more advanced PPAs
Shorter power acquisition contracts (PPA) might become extra commonplace in Europe's solar market as developers strive to bring on more companies and energies as offtakers, according to a panel of sector leaders.
Feb 5, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, corporate ppa, pexapark, sfi con london, europe ppa, ssf, utility ppa, Lee Moscovitch, Olivier Bardet
Wells Fargo sole off-taker on 58-MW solar project created by NextEra Energy
Wells Fargo signed a 20-year PPA on a 58-MW North Carolina solar project being created by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. The banking company will certainly take the complete output of the Blackburn Solar Project, which is prepared for a 600-acre plot in Catawba County and will run under Duke Energy's Green Source Advantage program.
Apr 8, 2021 // Storage, USA, Stephen De May, North America, NextEra Energy, Wells Fargo, Richard Henderson, Solar Project, Matt Handel, Nate Hurst
Scientists develop compact on-chip tool for spotting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution
Recognizing how light waves oscillate in time as they engage with products is essential to understanding light-driven energy transfer in products, such as solar cells or plants. Because of the remarkably broadband at which light waves oscillate, nevertheless, scientists have yet to establish a compact tool with adequate time resolution to directly record them.
May 4, 2021 // Technology, MIT, Phillip Donnie Keathley, DESY, Peter Hommelhoff
German Greens call for larger PV auctions as tariffs drop below 5-cent-per-kWh mark
Germany is crippling solar’s ability to produce large volumes of ever-cheaper electricity even as it retains too-large tenders for wind that end in undersubscription, the country’s Greens have said.
Oct 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Germany, tender, Europe, auction, tariffs