Solar Surges Globally: Amazon Access, Mexico GW, UK Records
From Indigenous Amazon communities to gigawatt-scale Mexican projects, solar's expanding footprint dominated industry coverage this week.
YEC lodges development application for 1,500MW Baru Marnda hybrid project
Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation has filed the development application for its 1,500MW Baru Marnda wind-solar-storage project in Western Australia's Pilbara.
U.S. Solar Cell Factories: Quality, Technology and the Road to 2029
A new analysis maps U.S. crystalline-silicon cell production forecasts through 2027 and examines the technology choices shaping the country's first domestic fabs.
BW ESS Signs 10-Year BESS Optimisation Deal With Danske Commodities
The agreement covers 100% of the 200MW/857MWh Berkswell battery storage project in the UK Midlands, due online in Q4 2027.
Li-ion BESS Market Forecast to Reach $135 Billion by 2037
IDTechEx projects the global lithium-ion battery energy storage market will hit $135 billion by 2037, as annual deployments already tripled in two years.
Gotion Launches Grid Q Battery System With Grid-Forming Capability
Gotion's new Grid Q high-voltage battery storage system brings grid-forming technology and local European production to the utility-scale storage market.
Larger distributed solar projects wait years for interconnection, Berkeley Lab finds
Larger distributed solar projects wait a median 45 months for permission to operate; residential systems connect in about two months.
US sodium-ion market rules reshape developer battery evaluations
Domestic content rules and FEOC restrictions are reshaping how US developers evaluate sodium-ion storage systems.
Australian utility PV curtailment falls to 22% in September 2026
Utility PV curtailment in Australia's NEM fell to 22% in September 2026, down from 26% a year earlier.
EUR 30m financing secured for two Chad solar-plus-storage plants
Qair closes EUR 30m debt package for 60 MWp solar with battery storage in Chad.