Markets & Policy

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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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US policy tests PV adaptability

When the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law in 2022, it provided ample runway for developers and manufacturers in the United States to expand. That was reversed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) in 2025, alongside a stream of trade countermeasures and executive orders. Intertek CEA’s Dan Shreve writes that in all instances, the industry has responded by maximizing the impact of what support remains from the IRA and taking advantage of fine print wherever possible.

Dan Shreve

5 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Italian government rejects 468 MW of solar projects

Italy has rejected 10 solar and agrivoltaic projects totaling around 468 MW while approving five projects with a combined capacity of 272 MW. The decisions cover developments in Puglia, Lazio, Basilicata and Molise.

Massimiliano Tripodo

2 hours ago

Markets & Policy

French solar car park rollout falls short of legal deadline

Three months after the deadline set by France’s APER law, 85% of large supermarket car parks still have no visible photovoltaic (PV) canopies, according to the first national survey by Parksun. Solarizing half of the car park area covered by the study could deliver an estimated 7 TWh of electricity annually.

Gwénaëlle Deboutte

3 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Government backs Indian floating solar

New policy support sees India’s federal government attempt to accelerate floating solar deployment, but can it be done, and in a country with ample ground-mounted potential, is it worth the effort?

Matthew Lynas

17 hours ago

Markets & Policy

US customs frees detained Ethiopian solar cells as duty probe continues

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released shipments of Toyo’s Ethiopian-made solar cells, while a separate US Department of Commerce inquiry into whether cells from Ethiopia circumvent duties on Chinese solar products continues.

Brian Publicover

20 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Ground-mounted solar used 2,798 hectares of land in Italy in 2025

Ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) installations accounted for 27% of Italy’s land consumption in 2025, according to the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA).

Massimiliano Tripodo

22 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Botswana kicks off floating solar tender

A tender is open in Botswana for the development of floating PV systems on dams belonging to the country’s Water Utilities Corporation. The deadline for applications is November 19.

Patrick Jowett

24 hours ago

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Markets & Policy

BSW: Germany to invest over 5 billion in its solar industry According to the German solar association, BSW-Solar, the countrys industry is planning to invest around 5.5 billion in both production, and research and development over the next two years.

pv magazine

Jun 09, 2011

Markets & Policy

British feed-in tariffs for "larger" solar installations dramatically cut BREAKING NEWS: The feed-in tariff (FIT) rate for installations larger than 50 kilowatts (kW) has been dramatically cut as the results of the British Governments fast-track review of the scheme are made public. Renewable Energy Association and Solar Industry Association react angrily to the changes.

pv magazine

Jun 08, 2011

Markets & Policy

UK: Diverse group rallies behind solar industry and braces for bad news Later today the British government is expected to release the details of response to its fast-track feed-in tariff (FIT) review. The solar industry expects FIT rates for schemes over 50 kilowatts (kW) to be vastly reduced, so much so that they will not be commercially viable.

pv magazine

Jun 08, 2011

Applications & Installations

ADB to fund 500 MW Bangladesh PV project The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said it will provide funds for a 500 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic project in Bangladeshs off-grid areas.

pv magazine

Jun 08, 2011

Applications & Installations

India: Details emerge as to T-Solar and Astonfields solar partnership A strategy to develop 200 megawatts (MW) of installed photovoltaic capacity in India in the next two to four years has become clear in an ongoing European-Indian solar partnership.

pv magazine

Jun 08, 2011

Markets & Policy

India looks set to dominate at Intersolar Europe The 20th Intersolar Europe has opened its doors today in Munich. While the trade show floors are still quite empty, word on the street is that, spurred on by Chinas progress, India is getting ready to significantly ramp up its photovoltaic market. Automation is the watchword.

pv magazine

Jun 07, 2011

Applications & Installations

Hersheys sweet PV installation soured by poor renewable energy generation incentives American confectioner, the Hershey Company, has completed the installation of 1,092 solar panels over a walkway and parking lot at its Chocolate World amusement centre, at the companys home base in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

pv magazine

Jun 07, 2011

Markets & Policy

SunPower confirms that Total will acquire 60 percent of stock Californian photovoltaic company SunPower has today confirmed that it is set to sell a majority share of its stock to French oil and gas giant Total.

Jonathan Gifford

Jun 07, 2011

Markets & Policy

Intersolar Award: Applause for the deserving?? The Oscars of the solar industry honored the most innovative today at the fourth Intersolar Awards ceremony. The nominees were all deserving having made breakthroughs, cut costs, increased efficiencies and impressed the jury.

pv magazine

Jun 07, 2011

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