Australia rooftop solar hits 26.8 GW as home battery uptake surges
Australia is on track to exceed its 2030 rooftop solar targets with a combined 1.1 GW of new capacity installed across 115,584 households and businesses in the first half of 2025.
California risks losing major virtual power plant program as funds dry up
California’s flagship virtual power plant program faces shutdown as funding dries up and state leaders delay decisions.
NEDO outlines R&D concepts to expand solar adoption in Japan
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has launched a 2025–29 project with 24 themes to advance the development of next-generation solar cells, site-specific systems, grid stability, and recycling in line with its carbon neutrality goal.
S&P Global unveils 2025 Tier 1 module, inverter, battery supplier list
S&P Global’s first 2025 Tier 1 Cleantech Companies list ranks 63 solar, wind, inverter, and battery suppliers by technology, financial health, and sustainability to guide investors and developers.
Brazil solar curtailment hits 20% as renewables strain grid infrastructure
Renewables curtailment in Brazil in the first half of 2025 is straining investment and highlighting grid and transmission limits, with analysts calling for clearer pricing and storage solutions.
SunCable to supply solar and storage to data centers by 2028
SunCable has confirmed its large-scale renewable and energy storage project in Australia’s Northern Territory could be operational before 2030, following a “pragmatic” reprioritization of initial plans.
China targets 180 GW of new energy storage by 2027 in ambitous national plan
Announced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA), the new plan is expected to drive CNY 250 billion ($35.1 billion) in sector investment.
‘Self-doubt has prevented many talented women from seizing opportunities they fully deserve’
This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Fran Button, Deputy CEO at British Solar Renewables (BSR). She says mentorship and inspiring female leaders can help young women clearly visualise their own career path. “That visibility is vital,” she states. “When I started out, such pathways were far less obvious.”
Solar-to-X enables industrial defossilization turning power to molecules or materials
The industry sector is most challenging to defossilize, due to high energy and feedstock demand, large and continuously running production plants, hard-to-abate process emissions, and infrastructural challenges. In public discourse, hydrogen is discussed prominently for industry, but its role may be overestimated. Solar PV as the least cost source of electricity may bring the electrification of industry to the next level.
Cummins launches plug-and-play BESS in India for commercial, industrial use
Cummins has launched fully integrated, plug-and-play battery energy storage systems (BESS) in India, offering 211 kWh to 2,280 kWh capacities for commercial, industrial, and mission-critical applications in 10-foot and 20-foot containers.
