Chinese PV Industry Brief: Inverter manufacturers report solid H1 results
Sungrow, Ginlong Solis, GoodWe and Deye all posted higher first-half revenue in 2025, with Sungrow leading on storage growth and Deye delivering the strongest margins.
JinkoSolar, Longi settle global patent dispute with cross-licensing deal
China’s two largest solar manufacturers have ended a protracted global patent battle, agreeing to cross-license core technologies in a move that could reshape the industry’s innovation landscape.
‘Progress is happening, but it remains slow’
This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Maria Gil, Business Development EU at Spain’s Solargrade. She says that real change in the energy industry only comes when companies and institutions move beyond statements and consistently turn policies into sustained action. “As the sector grows and requires more workers, it must bring in talent with equity at its core, ensuring inclusion moves from policy documents into everyday practice,” she states.
Making BESS warranties work: Contracts vs. reality
Striking a careful balance between technical limitations, market ambitions, and contractual realism in operating battery energy storage systems (BESS) is no easy task. Rigid battery warranties can often be a make-or-break factor in BESS asset management. As a result, many industry players now argue that adopting a more flexible approach to warranties could unlock greater value from these inherently flexible assets.
Netherlands ends incentive scheme for domestic PV manufacturing
The Dutch government says large-scale solar panel production is no longer viable, closing its SolarNL incentives to building- and vehicle-integrated products, heterojunction modules, and perovskite-silicon tandem panels.
Gravitational energy storage trials set for decommissioned mine in Australia
Australian energy storage company Green Gravity and mining business Wollongong Resources have signed an agreement to deploy gravitational energy storage trials at a decommissioned coal mine.
Early monsoon triggers irradiance swings across India in August
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that solar irradiance fell by up to 30% in India’s northern regions during the southwest monsoon season, while central areas of the country made solar gains.
China polysilicon prices climb 50.7% from July low despite growing inventories
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.
Electricity prices increase across major European markets
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting’s latest analysis finds a rise in gas and CO2 emission prices and increase in electricity demand had an upward influence on electricity prices across most major European markets last week. Meanwhile, Portugal and Spain set new records for solar produced during a day in September.
RP Sanjiv Goenka Group to build 3 GW solar cell plant in India
RP Sanjiv Goenka Group will invest INR 30 billion ($360 million) in a 3 GW solar cell facility with a 60 MW captive solar and storage system in Uttar Pradesh, India.
