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Solaria plans 500 MW data center project powered by 350 MW of solar in Uruguay Solaria plans to invest $5.7 billion in a data center technology park in Uruguay, including 500 MW of data center capacity and 350 MW of solar PV. The government says it is the largest foreign investment ever announced in the country.
Pilar Sánchez Molina
Oct 15, 2026
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Saudi Arabia uses 250 MW solar park to breed threatened gazelles Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve has introduced 38 Sand gazelles into an operational solar facility following a seven-month trial. The project aims to use existing PV infrastructure as a breeding habitat for threatened wildlife, with the first births expected this winter.
Lior Kahana
Oct 15, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Germany deploys 12.76 GW of solar in first nine months of 2026 Germany installed 1.23 GW of solar capacity in September, down from 1.64 GW in August, as utility-scale additions hit their lowest level of 2026 and rooftop demand remained weak. Despite the slowdown, installations in the first nine months of 2026 reached 12.76 GW, slightly above the same period last year.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 15, 2026
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India’s solar industry faces workforce readiness gap A Mercom India study has found that solar industry employers across project development, manufacturing, rooftop solar, and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) often need to spend months training fresh graduates before they are ready to contribute effectively.
Uma Gupta
Oct 15, 2026
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Finland demands grid-forming support for new wind, solar in weak grids Fingrid will require new wind and solar plants in Finland’s weakest grid areas to provide grid-forming capability, which developers can meet with co-located batteries sized at up to 30% of plant output.
Brian Publicover
Oct 15, 2026
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Mexico reports 6.86 GW of solar PV projects in development pipeline Mexico’s Energy Ministry has identified 42 solar projects totaling 6.86 GW and 13 wind projects totaling 4.03 GW in its renewable energy development pipeline. Another 4.45 GW of solar capacity is awaiting allocation, with the government aiming to complete the process by the end of 2026.
Luis Ini
Oct 15, 2026
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El Salvador announces 400 MW solar, 1 GWh battery storage push Cox plans to develop up to 400 MW of solar capacity and 1 GWh of battery storage in El Salvador under an investment agreement that also covers natural gas infrastructure and water management. The government will participate as a partner in the energy projects.
Luis Ini
Oct 15, 2026
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Australia fosters PV innovation with $174 million fund The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has opened the AUD 250 million Solar Sunshot Round 3, for local and global companies to develop product, manufacture, or scale-up technology capable of reducing large-scale solar costs and speeding up solar build times in Australia.
Ev Foley
Oct 15, 2026
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Pricing India’s storage demand gap India tendered more battery storage in 2025 than in the previous three years combined. Winning bids for these projects have fallen roughly 86% since the country’s first standalone energy storage auction in 2022. On the surface, this reads like a market maturing exactly on schedule. But the reality is less clean-cut, and Vision Mechatronics CEO Rashi Gupta sees industry figures repeatedly making the mistake of treating headline gigawatt-hours as a proxy for real demand.
Rashi Gupta
Oct 15, 2026