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Major milestone for UK solar deployment as 15 CfD-backed projects switch on during the first three quarters of 2025. Further utility-scale deployment is expected, but much will depend on the outcomes in the next two CfD allocation rounds.

Powering the AI revolution is going to require a lot of renewable deployment, with offtake agreement potential for PV. Taiwan module manufacturers hope for stricter US foreign entity of concern (FEOC) rules, but low module prices leave Europe off limits. Floating solar is under the microscope in the wake of Typhoon Danas, while rural Taiwanese consumers reassess energy storage, according to exhibitors.

More than 35,000 households in Uzbekistan received state subsidies for exporting surplus electricity from rooftop solar systems between January and September, says the State Tax Committee, as participation in the Solar Home program accelerates nationwide.

The H2 Hollandia project will connect a 5 MW electrolyzer to an existing 115 MW solar park to produce around 300,000 kg of green hydrogen annually. Project developers told pv magazine the electrolyzer will prevent around half of the solar park’s current curtailment levels.

Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a royal decree to promote energy storage, accelerate electrification, and tighten oversight of the national grid, says the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO).

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) says the seventh phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will pair 2 GW of solar with 1.4 GW of storage, up from 1 GW, after receiving 49 expressions of interest under its 2050 clean energy plan.

Energía Provincial Sociedad del Estado (EPSE) says production at its new vertically integrated solar factory in San Juan, Argentina, will start soon as key equipment arrives from China.

Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney are working with the institution’s spinoff company BT Imaging to accelerate the commercialization of solar cell defect detection technology, thanks to a $1.4 million commercialisation project.

Avaada says its new “Halo” hybrid inverter, designed and built in India, integrates lithium battery storage and solar power management in one scalable system for homes and small businesses.

UK researchers find that smart, centrally controlled air-source heat pumps could slash peak electricity demand. The technology not only keeps homes comfortable but also boosts grid flexibility and cuts emissions.