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Markets & Policy category

In highly regulated energy markets, policy decisions can make or break new technologies, strategies, and even entire industries.

Support from policymakers, in the form of procurement exercises, priority dispatch, tax incentives and a wealth of other instruments, has been vital to the global solar industry’s success, and new mechanisms to support growth in energy storage are an increasingly important part of the story today.

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Socket to the sun

Ten states in the United States have passed laws permitting plug-in solar, with more to follow imminently. Low-income households, renters and temporary workers under pressure from high electricity bills are welcoming plug-in solar as a low-cost, portable and convenient solution. Precise business models have yet to emerge and there are technical and regulatory teething problems to address, as industry figures tell pv magazine.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Oct 05, 2026

Markets & Policy

Hithium’s sodium-ion storage push, where it could win, where it won’t, and path to bankability

After Chinese manufacturer Hithium launched its new 4 MWh sodium-ion BESS alongside its new 785Ah cell for energy storage, in response to questions, Leb Lan, senior product manager, Hithium, spoke with ESS News to discuss not only the technology developments but also where and when a sodium-ion BESS cabinet will better suit the market than LFP-based battery cell technology.

Tristan Rayner

12 minutes ago

Markets & Policy

Japan proposes four categories for priority commercial solar support

Japan wants to prioritize future subsidies for new commercial solar projects it considers compatible with local communities, as ground-mounted plants lose feed-in tariff (FIT) and feed-in premium (FIP) support from April 2027.

Brian Publicover

19 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Poland unveils new home storage subsidy

Poland’s latest subsidy scheme will offer existing prosumers support to purchase and install home storage units. The PLN 1 billion ($258 million) funding call opens for applications on October 20.

Patrick Jowett

19 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Thailand tightens solar panel safety standards

Thailand will now require crystalline silicon solar panels to meet national safety standards in its latest effort to improve the quality and safety of solar installations.

Patrick Jowett

23 hours ago

Markets & Policy

What’s driving Europe’s battery boom? Insights from EUPD Research’s Business Climate Survey and Storage Report

Europe’s battery storage market is projected to nearly double from 34 GWh in 2025 to 65 GWh in 2026, driven primarily by utility-scale projects and growing renewable energy integration. Meanwhile, intensifying competition in residential and commercial storage is pushing manufacturers toward integrated energy solutions, strategic partnerships, and advanced energy management technologies.

EUPD Research

23 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Spain and Portugal record Europe’s highest number of hours with negative electricity prices in Q2

Spain and Portugal recorded the highest number of hours with negative electricity prices in Europe in the second quarter of 2026, according to Montel’s European Power Market Outlook Q3 2026 report. The period was marked by record solar power generation, a heatwave in late June and significant electricity price volatility.

Pilar Sánchez Molina

24 hours ago

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Applications & Installations

Falling revenues, growing yieldco at SunPower Q2 Major U.S. solar player SunPower has released its Q2 2015 results, in which it reports falling revenues both on a Y/Y and M/M basis, as it either holds completed projects on its books or drops them down into joint yieldco 8point3 Energy Partners. U.S. residential market continues to deliver strong demand.

Jonathan Gifford

Jul 28, 2015

Markets & Policy

PERC demand spirals upwards Signs of a PERC solar cell equipment shortage are mounting. Reports are emerging that Chinese and Taiwanese cell makers are waiting many months on key PERC equipment. Motech confirms its PERC move and bottlenecks.

Shamsiah Ali Oettinger

Jul 28, 2015

Applications & Installations

China idled 9% of its solar capacity in H1 2015, NEA reports National Energy Administration says congestion on grid caused by higher share of solar energy forced 9% of installed PV capacity to sit idle for first six months of year, figures show 7.7 GW of PV added in H1.

pv magazine

Jul 27, 2015

Applications & Installations

SunEdison begins construction on 110 MW Chile solar plant Company breaks ground on latest large-scale solar project in Chile, secures $160 million in financing with CorpBanca and DNB.

Ian Clover

Jul 27, 2015

Applications & Installations

SMA secures 34 MW O&M contract for UK solar farm German inverter specialist supplied inverters to the Glebe/Odell Solar Farms, and has now commenced full technical operational management of both installations.

Ian Clover

Jul 27, 2015

Markets & Policy

Solar Frontier eyes the Americas Thin-film module maker Solar Frontier is seeking to expand into the Americas. The 280MW pipeline of Gestamp-developed projects in the U.S. is seen as the company’s ticket into the market.

Shamsiah Ali Oettinger

Jul 27, 2015

Markets & Policy

SolarCity to support small businesses with new solar package New solar energy service launched today designed to enable small and medium-sized business to pay less for solar electricity than they currently pay their local utility.

Ian Clover

Jul 27, 2015

Applications & Installations

E.ON completes inaugural Californian solar farm German energy company has completed its 20 MW Alamo Solar farm in California, its first such development in the sun-rich state as it seeks further U.S. expansion.

Ian Clover

Jul 27, 2015

Markets & Policy

Jordan’s net metering expands into rural areas Jordan has designed an effective net metering scheme that is now about to expand into rural areas. Net metering installations are projected to double at the end of 2015.

Ilias Tsagas

Jul 27, 2015

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