Commercial & Industrial Solar
Drill, baby, drill: How will Trump’s oil-led Venezuela takeover impact the renewable sector?
The return of Donald Trump to the White House created seismic changes to the geopolitical energy landscape throughout 2025. To many onlookers, it seems that 2026 will continue in kind; the USA’s strikes on Venezuela indicate an escalation of the administration’s...
JinkoSolar commissions solar system at Thailand’s largest railway station
JinkoSolar, a global PV and ESS supplier, has commissioned a 9.728MWp rooftop solar photovoltaic system at Bangkok's Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, Thailand's largest railway station. The installation, carried out by the Hiper Smart Consortium, is intended to...
DMEGC Solar honoured as “Aon 2025 China Best ESG Employer” and “Best DE&I Practice Award”
Press Release DMEGC Solar has been awarded international professional services firm Aon's 2025 "China Best ESG Employer" and "Best DE&I Practice Award". Aon's "Best ESG Employer" award aims to acknowledge outstanding companies that advance ESG practices and...
European Energy secures CfD for 513MW Italian solar portfolio
Italian energy agency GSE has awarded Contract for Difference (CfD) tariffs to European Energy for five solar projects in Italy, totalling a combined capacity of 513MW. The utility-scale assets are distributed across Sicily, Apulia, and Molise, establishing a...
LONGi and Petronas formalise cooperation for Asia-Pacific renewable energy
LONGi and Petronas Group, Malaysia's state-owned energy company, have formalised a strategic cooperation order focused on advancing renewable energy projects across key Asia-Pacific markets. The partnership aims to support a sustainable and low-carbon future....
Meta and ENGIE collaborate on Texas solar project
Meta has announced new power purchase agreements (PPAs) with ENGIE North America, expanding their collaboration to over 1.3 GW across four solar projects in Texas. The latest agreement covers ENGIE’s 600MW Swenson Ranch Solar project in Stonewall County, southeast of...
Debut of Solar & Storage Live Italia in Verona exceeds expectations and delivers over 4865 attendees
Press Release Terrapinn confirms the success of the latest addition to their global portfolio, Solar & Storage Live Italia, held at the Veronafiere during 8 – 9 October 2025, with over 4865 solar professionals in attendance and 57% of the floorplan rebooked. ...
European Energy divests 50% of Latvian solar-BESS project
European Energy has agreed to sell a 50% stake in its Saldus solar and storage project in Latvia to Sampension, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds. The Saldus project combines a 65MW solar PV facility with a 46MW BESS. Construction began in July 2025 and is...
Aviva and Astatine launch €800m industrial energy transition platform
Aviva Investors has partnered with Irish energy-infrastructure specialist Astatine to launch a new industrial energy-transition platform targeting up to €800m of investment across the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. The platform will focus on decarbonising...
EU Council agrees on rules to phase out Russian fossil fuels
The Council of the European Union has adopted its position on a draft regulation to phase out gas imports from Russia under the REPowerEU Roadmap. The proposal aims to end the EU’s reliance on Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) following energy...
Ampyr Solar Europe opens 45 MW solar park cluster in Germany
AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE) has officially opened its new solar park cluster in Brandenburg, Germany. The Gorgast solar park, has a total installed capacity of 45MWp and spans 40.6 hectares across three sites - Gorgast Bahn, Gorgast Gewächshaus and Manschnow. The cluster...
UK Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan to boost solar workforce
The UK Government has launched its first Clean Energy Jobs Plan, outlining how it will train thousands of new workers to meet rising demand across renewables - particularly in the fast-growing solar sector. Employment in clean energy is expected to double to 860,000...
Apple plans expansion of European renewable energy projects
American technology giant Apple has announced a major expansion of its clean energy initiatives in Europe, adding 650MW of renewable energy capacity through new solar and wind developments across the continent. The projects - located in Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland,...
Ignite Power to acquire ENGIE Energy Access in major Africa expansion
Ignite Power has announced plans to acquire 100% of ENGIE Energy Access (EEA), forming Africa’s largest distributed renewable energy (DRE) provider. The Abu Dhabi-based company will relaunch the combined entity as Ignite Energy Access, expanding operations to 14...
Nexamp secures $330m facility to accelerate renewable deployment
Nexamp has secured a three-year, $330m Construction Warehouse Facility (CWF) from a consortium of financial institutions to support the development and construction of around 20 new distributed generation projects. The financing will provide flexible construction...
IRENA report finds little progress in gender equality across renewables sector
Women continue to make up 32% of full-time employees in the renewable energy sector, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). While this figure is higher than in fossil fuel industries, it has not increased since IRENA’s first...
EU takes Sweden to court over renewable permitting delays
The European Commission has referred Sweden to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for failing to transpose new EU rules designed to speed up renewable energy permitting. The move follows “repeated warnings” from Brussels after Sweden missed the 1 July...
AAAS and ChillMine to develop sustainable data centre campus in Botswana
AAAS Energy BV, a Netherlands-based energy developer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ChillMine Corporation, a US data centre operator, to develop a new data centre campus in Botswana jointly. The collaboration aims to establish a world-class...
Interview with Luigi Bariani, Business Development Manager (UK & Ireland) at Power Electronics
Solar & Storage Live returned to Birmingham this year, bringing together the UK’s most influential clean energy players. Power Electronics, the global leader in energy storage inverter manufacturing and the leading manufacturer of solar inverters for photovoltaic...
US coalition sues EPA over $7bn solar programme cancellation
A coalition of labour unions, nonprofits and solar companies has filed suit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to rescind $7bn in grants awarded under the Solar for All programme. The complaint, lodged in federal court in Rhode Island, argues that the...