Markets & Policy
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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Impacts of the EU inverter ban
The European Commission (EC) is restricting European Union funding to solar projects using Chinese-made inverters, due to the perceived risks of cyberattacks and blackouts. But are European suppliers ready to scale up production and challenge China’s monopoly? Andreas Walstad reports.
Jun 25, 2026
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The Leadership Lens: Highlighting the double standards shaping leadership in the energy transition
This week, Women in Solar+ Europe (WiSEu) shares key insights from its flagship breakfast workshop at Intersolar Europe 2026, where professionals across the solar and storage sectors explored the double standards that continue to shape women’s careers. From visibility and credibility to motherhood, networking, and organisational culture, the discussion highlighted the barriers still in place — and the leadership behaviours, allyship, and structural changes needed to build a fairer, stronger energy transition.
East Asia’s sunny May lifts coastal irradiance above average as El Niño builds
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that clear skies driven by a persistent high-pressure system pushed May solar irradiance well above average across coastal East Asia, including Japan, Korea, eastern China, Taiwan, and the northern Philippines, with Japan seeing some of the strongest gains.
GHG Protocol uncertainty is cooling solar corporate PPA market, says Renewabl CEO
Corporate PPA volumes fell 10% in 2025, and Renewabl CEO JP Cerda says uncertainty around pending scope 2 accounting changes are causing some buyers to hold off. A shift to hourly matching should see battery storage center stage.
Inside Nextpower’s acquisition-driven expansion strategy
At The smarter E Europe in Munich, NextPower CEO Dan Shugar discussed with pv magazine the company’s transformation from a solar tracker specialist into a broader clean energy technology provider, explaining how recent acquisitions in inverters, battery storage and mounting systems fit into a customer-driven strategy.
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New 144-page FIT guide published by U.S. government
A team of researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), funded by the U.S Department of Energys solar technologies program, has released a 144-page renewable energy feed-in tariff (FIT) guide, aimed at helping to improve future policy design.
UK power company to install free solar panels on 100,000 homes, as reports reveal countrys PV market is taking off
UK power company HomeSun has announced its plans to install £1 billion worth of free solar panels on 100,000 British homes over the next three years. The news comes as recent reports reveal that the U.K is the fastest growing country for photovoltaics (PV) installations this year.
Italy: More time available for energy bill
The date by which Italian photovoltaics (PV) installations should enter into operation to continue to enjoy the incentive rates contained in the second energy bill – the one currently in force and which is due to expire at the end of the year – has been postponed, according to Qualenergia.it.
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Sri Lanka sees its first net metered PV installation
Nikini Automation Systems has told pv magazine it has made Sri Lankan history by becoming the countrys first company to enter into a net metering agreement for its photovoltaics (PV) system. The company also called on Sri Lankas businesses to make PV a part their corporate activities.
Centrosolar's revenue up, despite predicted fall in German module demand
Centrosolar Group AG has said it expects to see revenue in excess of 370 million this year, despite a substantial fall in demand in the German market, predicted to take place in the third quarter of this year. The company adds that the high increase in solar module production capacity in April, from 110 MWp to currently around 155 MWp, has not been enough to meet fully the high level of demand from both Germany and other European core markets, particularly France and Italy.
Research: Total solar installations to exceed 100 GW in next five years; China to be worlds largest PV market
Cumulative photovoltaics (PV) installations will top 120 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2014, according to IMS Researchs recently launched Global PV Demand Database. The report also revealed that annual PV installations will grow steadily at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 20 percent between 2011 and 2014. In these four years, says IMS, some 80 GW of new PV capacity will be added globally. Growth rates are predicted to slow over the next four years, however, compared to the huge 95 percent growth rate forecast for this year.
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Germany: Solar conference told Saudi Arabia will export as much solar energy as petrol
Saudi Arabia will export as much solar energy as it does petrol today, according to the countrys Minister for Petrol and Raw Materials Ali Al-Naimi, who was speaking at a one-day Saudi-German solar conference, held today in Magdeburg, Germany.
MNRE minister urges India solar PV industry to develop research initiatives
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Honble Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy urged the Indian solar photovoltaics (PV) industry to focus on developing research initiatives, during the Solarcon India 2010, held in Hyderabad, India last week.
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