Feb 06, 2026
Armenia Adds Around 615 MW Of Solar in 2025
Armenia enjoyed a record year for solar deployment last year, surpassing 1 GW of cumulative solar capacity. The market is currently led by autonomous solar producers, of which there are now more th...
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Philippines Accelerates Permits For Solar Net-metering
The government of the Philippines has announced a series of reforms to its net-metering scheme, including faster permitting, the introduction of multi-site and aggregate net-metering, as well as al...
view more >>Feb 05, 2026
Indonesia’s Solar Capacity Reaches 1.49 GW
Indonesia surpassed 1 GW of cumulative solar capacity in 2025, with an estimated 546 MW of added solar last year, led by deployments in the rooftop C&I segment.
view more >>Feb 04, 2026
Germany, France, Netherlands Curtail 3.9 TWh Of Renewables in 2025
Analysis by energy advisory service Montel finds Germany, France, and the Netherlands all saw record levels of renewables curtailment last year, with the build-out of solar in each market contribut...
view more >>Feb 04, 2026
Finland Adds 227 MW Of Utility-scale Solar in 2025
Finland’s large-scale solar capacity more than doubled in 2025, buoyed by the commissioning of the country’s first solar projects larger than 50 MW. Another record year for ground-mounted solar is ...
view more >>Feb 04, 2026
Chad’s Installed PV Capacity Hits 110 MW, Supplying 37% Of Electricity
Chad has one of Africa’s highest solar penetration rates, a result of a small power system with just 12% electrification, as large-scale solar and storage projects gather pace around N’Djamena, eve...
view more >>Feb 04, 2026
Spain Secures Major EU Grant For 1 GW Pumped Storage Project
The European Union is investing €650 million ($766.5 million) in cross-border energy infrastructure, led by a grant for the Aguayo II pumped-storage project in Spain, alongside smaller allocations ...
view more >>Feb 03, 2026
Solar-plus-storage For Data Centers: Not A Simple Switch
Renewables and storage could reliably power data centers, but success requires active grids, coordinated planning, and the right mix of technologies. Hitachi Energy CTO, Gerhard Salge, tells pv mag...
view more >>Feb 03, 2026
Bulgaria Installs 1.4 GW Of Solar in 2025
Bulgaria installed over 1 GW of solar for the third consecutive year in 2025 and is forecast to add over 2 GW this year, thanks to a large pipeline of utility-scale projects.
view more >>Feb 03, 2026
Spain Deploys 1.13 GW Of Solar For Self-consumption in 2025
Spain installed 1.14 GW of solar capacity for self-consumption in 2025, lifting cumulative capacity to 9.3 GW, as residential and commercial installations declined while industrial and off-grid seg...
view more >>Feb 02, 2026
Study Finds Much Lower-than-expected Degradation in 1980s And 1990s Solar Mod...
Researchers at SUPSI found that six Swiss PV systems installed in the late 1980s and early 1990s show exceptionally low degradation rates of just 0.16% to 0.24% per year after more than 30 years of...
view more >>Feb 02, 2026
Agrivoltaics Can Help Lettuce Survive Extreme Heat
Scientists have grown organic romaine lettuce under 13 different types of PV modules, in an unusual hot Canadian summer. Their analysis showed lettuce yields increased by over 400% compared to unsh...
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