Surplus solar panels offer timely solution for industry under pressure
Supply chain challenges, subsidies and tariff uncertainties are forcing the solar energy industry to find significant cost efficiencies. As older models of installed solar panels become harder to source, the growing second-life solar market helps industry find replacement panels and other equipment.
FOB China solar panel prices climb amid concerns about delinking with market fundamentals
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Panama schedules new solar auction for July 2026
Panama’s National Energy Secretariat has added a solar-focused tender to its new Annual Electricity Sector Tender Schedule, which outlines five procurement processes between 2025 and 2028 as part of the country’s long-term energy planning.
SolarPower Europe predicts negative annual growth of EU’s solar market
SolarPower Europe’s mid-year market analysis is forecasting negative annual growth in 2025 for the first time in almost a decade. It is expecting 64.2 GW of solar to be added this year, compared to 65.1 GW last year.
CEA records 21 GWh of US battery storage factory cancellations in 2025
Clean Energy Associates (CEA) says falling costs are driving rising demand for US-made energy storage systems, based on second-quarter data, even as some manufacturing projects are canceled or delayed.
OLADE: Latin America, Caribbean has 2.5 GW of energy storage
Technical note 10, published by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), collated the figure and makes recommendations for operational and planned projects in nations including Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.
European solar installers face declining sales, installations
A German sustainability research center says a market survey shows that installation volumes and revenues are falling among large European solar installers with annual revenue above €100 million ($117.5 million).
Romanian utility signs deal for 10 MW floating solar project on reservoir
Romania’s Hidroelectrica has signed a contract with Waldevar Energy for a 10 MW floating solar project billed as Europe’s largest on a reservoir.
Risk spillover dynamics in Chinese PV supply chain
Researchers in China have investigated how market segment spillover effects materialized in the Chinese PV supply chain from 2017 to 2024, and have identified a series of hedging strategies that could help manufacturers reduce risks. Their analysis showed these effects are triggered based on an ‘’upstream-driven, downstream-responsive’’ contagion pattern.
UNDP seeks bids for hybrid solar at wastewater plant in Ukraine
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is running a tender for a hybrid solar system to support a wastewater treatment facility in northeastern Ukraine. The deadline for applications is Aug. 12.
