Huawei, Sungrow lead Wood Mackenzie’s inverter market ranking
Wood Mackenzie’s first-half 2025 solar inverter ranking finds the top 10 leading inverter manufacturers have a 71% global market share.
JA Solar, Trina Solar tie for top spot in Wood Mackenzie ranking
Wood Mackenzie’s first-half 2025 solar module ranking places JA Solar and Trina Solar jointly at No. 1 and introduces a new “Grade A” benchmark aimed at procurement and project finance decisions.
Early Solar forecast: First half 2026 solar outlook
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that early 2026 will bring mixed solar conditions globally, with strong prospects in eastern Australia and eastern China, but cloudier-than-normal outlooks for much of Europe, Asia, and parts of the US early in the year.
Installers misread what homeowners want from home batteries
While resilience remains a key driver for homeowners to adopt residential battery storage, it’s not as high on the priority list for most customers as many installers believe.
Silver hits record high of $83.62 an ounce
Silver prices have surged to record levels over the past week, surpassing $80 an ounce after China said it plans to restrict silver exports in 2026.
Global solar generation topped 540 GW in April, says Solcast
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the global peak of solar output in 2025 occurred on April 29, at 06:00 UTC, estimated at 539 GW.
BNEF flags potential global solar slowdown in 2026 as China cools
BloombergNEF (BNEF) projects a slight year-on-year dip in global solar additions in 2026 as China’s growth eases, even as installations elsewhere continue to rise.
The Hydrogen Stream: CMB.Tech secures China green ammonia offtake
CMB.Tech has secured an offtake agreement for renewable ammonia from CEEC Hydrogen Energy’s 800 MW wind-and-solar-powered project in China, while Germany’s Gascade Gastransport said it has converted about 400 km of gas pipelines to form a new hydrogen transport corridor.
BYD surpasses 1.5 million residential storage systems worldwide
BYD says global installations of its BatteryBox residential energy storage systems have increased by 500,000 since June 2024, lifting the total past 1.5 million worldwide.
Too much to choose from, too little to decide
Market pressure in the solar and storage sectors often favors low-cost solutions, but long-term success depends on balancing price, quality, and reliability for assets designed to operate for decades. Numerous examples, from low-grade silicon modules to residential hydrogen and redox flow storage, show how technically ambitious products can fail when costs, complexity, or durability are misjudged.
