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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

Indian PV at a turning point

As module manufacturing capacity outpaces domestic demand, India’s solar industry is entering a new phase, where vertical integration, disciplined investment, higher utilization and access to new markets will be critical for sustaining growth. Uma Gupta reports.

Uma Gupta

Oct 31, 2026

Markets & Policy

Solar sector corporate funding increases 45% through three quarters of 2026

Total corporate funding into the solar sector, including venture capital, public market financing, and debt financing, reached $25.1 billion through three quarters of 2026, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group.

Ryan Kennedy

2 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Armenia introduces interest rate subsidies for storage systems

New government provisions offer businesses interest rate subsidies of 6 to 10 percentage points on loans and leases for battery storage equipment.

Patrick Jowett

2 hours ago

Markets & Policy

Japan proposes 50-metric-ton trigger for solar panel recycling plans

A Japanese government study group is weighing rules that would bring almost all conventional solar panels under a new recycling law, while leaving perovskite and flexible modules out for now.

Brian Publicover

3 hours ago

Applications & Installations

Pakistan seeks consultant for distributed solar project

A tender is open in Pakistan searching for a consultant to verify all non-solar works that form part of a 100 MW distributed PV project in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan. The deadline for expressions of interest is November 30.

Patrick Jowett

6 hours ago

Applications & Installations

Forecasting growth

India’s expanding utility-scale solar fleet is creating a growing need for accurate generation forecasts. Yet the country does not have one uniform specification for every project. The requirements depend on the connection point, the responsible scheduling entity, and the rules issued by central or state regulators. For forecasting providers, this makes India a sizable market, but one that requires detailed project-by-project implementation, as Reuniwatt’s Hannah Bergler explains.

Hannah Bergler

Oct 30, 2026

Markets & Policy

First Solar cuts sales forecast as tariff uncertainty slows orders

First Solar reported third-quarter net sales of $1.23 billion and net income of $571 million, as the US thin-film manufacturer navigated customer uncertainty over Section 232 tariffs.

Ben Zientara

Oct 30, 2026

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Markets & Policy

Grid-independent PV takes center stage at Intersolar Europe Alongside grid-connected photovoltaics (PV), grid-independent PV (off-grid) will be among the main focal points at this years Intersolar Europe, taking place in Munich, Germany from Jun 9-11.

Becky Beetz

Jun 06, 2010

Markets & Policy

German Bundesrat stops solar cuts – updated A mediation committee concerning the cuts in the promotion of solar energy has been convened by Germany’s Bundesrat upper house of parliament. A key industry figure has said that people should not expect the cuts to be smaller though.

pv magazine

Jun 05, 2010

Applications & Installations

Cadmium ban will not affect PV industry The cadmium ban will not apply to the photovoltaics (PV) industry, the environmental committee of the European parliament has said.

Becky Beetz

Jun 04, 2010

Markets & Policy

Inertek doubles PV testing capacity Intertek, a testing, inspection and certification company, has doubled its photovoltaics (PV) testing capacity at its Lake Forest, CA laboratory in the U.S.

Becky Beetz

Jun 03, 2010

Markets & Policy

PSP and BSP sign Strategic Investment Agreement Prime Sun Power Inc. (PSP) has entered into a Strategic Investment Agreement with Bangkok Solar Power Co., Ltd. (BSP) to acquire up to 6,639,063 shares – worth 40 million (USD$49.5 million) – of PSP Common Stock at a price of 7.73 per share. All shares issued to BSP will be subject to a lock-up period until December 31, 2013.

pv magazine

Jun 02, 2010

Applications & Installations

German solar cuts "hit parliamentary hurdle" Germany’s Bundesrat upper house of parliament is unlikely to pass cuts to solar incentives, so a mediation committee would be needed to resolve the matter, government sources have told Reuters.

pv magazine

Jun 02, 2010

Markets & Policy

Global solar PV cell production booming Global photovoltaic (PV) cell production grew last year by 51% from 7.1 gigawatts (GW) in 2008 to 10.7 GW in 2009, according to a research note published by GTM Research.

Becky Beetz

Jun 02, 2010

Applications & Installations

Number of US solar manufacturing plants to skyrocket The number of U.S. solar manufacturing plants is expected to skyrocket within the next few years. Cell capacity is also predicted to reach four gigawatts (GWs) by the end of 2012.

pv magazine

Jun 01, 2010

Markets & Policy

Asian Pacific PV industry council established The photovoltaics (PV) market is expected to rapidly expand in the Asian Pacific region within the next few years, prompting the formation of a new Asian Pacific PV Industry Council (APPIC).

Becky Beetz

Jun 01, 2010

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