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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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Markets & Policy

Module feast, cell famine

PV module production capacity in India has already grown way beyond projected demand for the next few years, leading InfoLink’s Jonathan Chou to forecast a market shakeout beginning in 2027. Cell capacity, meanwhile, has been slower to materialize.

Jonathan Chou

Oct 16, 2026

Markets & Policy

Brazil’s new curtailment rules unlikely to revive utility-scale solar investment

Brazil’s new curtailment rules offer greater regulatory certainty for solar developers, but uncertainty over future generation cuts and financial risks continues to weigh on investment. Industry experts expect new utility-scale solar projects to remain limited despite progress on compensation and curtailment allocation.

Lívia Neves

1 hour ago

Markets & Policy

Beyond recruitment: What really keeps women in solar

This week, Women in Solar+ Europe (WiSEu) shares insights from its contribution to SolarPower Europe’s EU Solar Jobs Report 2026, exploring what attracts women to Solar+ and what makes them stay, progress or leave. Drawing on a survey across its network in 22 European countries, WiSEu highlights a clear message: purpose brings women into the industry, but their everyday experience of leadership, opportunity and workplace culture shapes whether they build their careers within it.

Women in Solar+ Europe

2 hours ago

AI generated view of a battery energy storage system

Markets & Policy

France to ease grid connection rules for solar-plus-storage projects up to 25 MW

France plans to ease grid connection rules for solar-plus-storage projects with installed capacity of up to 25 MW, provided grid injection does not exceed 17 MW. The measure is part of a broader government initiative to accelerate electrification and improve electricity demand flexibility.

Gwénaëlle Deboutte

2 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Dutch regulator flags EU cyber gap for cloud-controlled home batteries

A Dutch regulator says EU cybersecurity rules should target companies by how much power they can control remotely, not by their size, and wants home energy devices certified independently under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Brian Publicover

4 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Large-scale solar projects in Australia reach record 3.5 GW of annual investment decisions

The latest Clean Energy Regulator data shows investment in solar is setting a new annual record with solar final investment decisions for the September 2026 quarter at 1 GW, adding to 3.5 GW already achieved in 2026.

Ev Foley

5 hours ago

U.S. ITC Building

Markets & Policy

U.S. trade commission finds solar imports from India, Indonesia and Laos are harming domestic industry

Following affirmative dumping and subsidy findings by Commerce, the International Trade Commission’s final vote secures the issuance of federal antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

Ryan Kennedy

21 hours ago

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Applications & Installations

Production costs a key challenge for German PV companies Reducing production costs, maintaining and increasing margins, and gaining market share were highlighted as the three main challenges facing German photovoltaics (PV) companies this year.

Becky Beetz

May 24, 2010

Markets & Policy

SEMI calls for new "Green Bank" to be established A call to establish a Green Bank has been made by SEMIs North American Advisory Board and PV Group during the annual SEMI Washington Forum, held in Washington, D.C.

pv magazine

May 19, 2010

Markets & Policy

PV Legal launches new database highlighting "bureaucratic barriers" to PV development The PV Legal consortium has launched an online database containing quantitative and qualitative data on project development processes and bureaucratic barriers that, they say, are hampering the set-up of photovoltaic (PV) systems.

pv magazine

May 17, 2010

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