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In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the Aug. 12 solar eclipse caused highly variable irradiance losses across Europe and North America, shaped by obscuration, cloud cover, and the timing of the eclipse.#Americas #Europe #Opinion #Utility-scale
Partial U.S. eclipse produced similar daily solar energy losses to higher-obscuration European locations - pv magazine Global -
Finland more than doubled its installed utility-scale solar capacity during the first six months of the year with the commissioning of eight solar plants larger than 1 MW.#Europe #Highlights #Utility-scale
Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1 - pv magazine Global -
Market intelligence, innovation, and trust: The manufacturer’s new playbook for staying ahead in Europe’s storage market
Europe’s energy storage market is becoming increasingly segmented, with residential, C&I, and utility-scale growth following distinct country-level policy, economic, and market dynamics.#EnergyStorage #Europe #Opinion #Residential #Utility-scale
Market intelligence, innovation, and trust: The manufacturer’s new playbook for staying ahead in Europe's storage market - pv magazine Global -
While momentum in Czechia's C&I solar market remains strong, the country recorded a drop in residential solar installations over the first half of 2026.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Czechia installs 295 MW of solar in H1 - pv magazine Global -
River-flow, generation and price data from April to July 2026 point to a drought corridor stretching from the Rhine delta to the lower Danube.#Europe #Opinion #Utility-scale
When the rivers stop flowing: Europe’s drought summer measured - pv magazine Global -
European transmission system operators are preparing for the August 12 solar eclipse, which is expected to temporarily reduce photovoltaic generation but pose no threat to electricity supply.#Europe #Utility-scale
European transmission system operators prepare for solar eclipse - pv magazine Global -
Preliminary market data suggests residential PV sales have slowed in the Netherlands this year, while high energy prices, grid congestion and the forthcoming end of net-metering are accelerating demand for batteries.#Batteries #Commercial&industrial #EnergyStorage #Europe #Highlights #Netherlands #Residential #Utility-scale
High energy prices reshape Dutch solar market ahead of net-metering phaseout - pv magazine Global -
Latvia has installed around 600 MW of solar so far this year, meaning 2026 has already broke the country’s record for solar deployed in a calendar year.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Latvia’s solar capacity surpasses 1.5 GW - pv magazine Global -
Green energy parks combining renewables grid supply with onsite generation, energy storage and energy management software can enable data centers to participate positively in the energy market. Seppo Ihalianen told pv magazine how Finland’s ecogrid.#EnergyStorage #Europe #Highlights #Utility-scale
Finnish push for data center flexibility - pv magazine Global -
Research from the Netherlands comparing the social acceptance of three floating PV projects finds community backing differed as the concerns of local communities where address differently in each case.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Netherlands #Utility-scale
Meaningful local engagement key to floating PV acceptance - pv magazine Global -
Research from the Netherlands comparing the social acceptance of three floating PV projects finds community backing differed as the concerns of local communities where address differently in each case.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Netherlands #Utility-scale
Meaningful local engagement key to floating PV acceptance - pv magazine Global -
Romania’s solar capacity exceeds 8.5 GW
Romania's solar market continues to grow with around 1.8 GW installed since the start of the year. The country appears on track to reach its current 2030 target of 10 GW as early as next year.#Commercial&industrial #EnergyStorage #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Romania's solar capacity exceeds 8.5 GW - pv magazine Global -
Türkiye's solar additions from the first half of the year take total capacity to around 26.9 GW. The number of solar plants in the country now exceeds 41,000, up from around 37,600 at the start of the year.#Commercial&industrial #EnergyStorage #Europe #Highlights #Turkey #Utility-scale
Türkiye adds 2.1 GW of solar in H1 - pv magazine Global -
Hybrid PPAs are gaining traction across Europe as developers pair solar projects with battery storage to counter price volatility and negative electricity prices.#Europe #Highlights #Utility-scale
Hybrid PPAs see growing adoption in Europe despite a 24% premium over solar PPAs - pv magazine Global -
Australia’s energy market operator says the past financial year was the best yet for the completion of large-scale renewable energy projects in the country, with a record 9.1 GW of new generation and storage capacity reaching full output.#Australia #Batteries #Utility-scale
Australia sees record surge in solar, wind and battery projects - pv magazine Global -
Construction of the first solar project to be awarded under auction in Kosovo is now underway.#Europe #Utility-scale
Kosovo breaks ground on 105 MW of solar - pv magazine Global -
The European Commission has published draft terms and conditions for the fourth European Hydrogen Bank auction, planned for end-2026 with a €500 million budget.#Europe #Hydrogen #Utility-scale
EU publishes draft terms of 4th hydrogen auction - pv magazine Global -
Austria has inaugurated its first tracking agrivoltaic system designed to feed solar power directly into the railway grid. The 6.#Europe #Utility-scale
Agrivoltaic facility supplies traction power directly to Austrian rail network - pv magazine Global -
The Netherlands has backed 86 solar projects under the 2025 round of its government subsidy scheme for large-scale renewable energy projects.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Netherlands #Utility-scale
Netherlands allocates 773 MW of solar in 2025 subsidy round - pv magazine Global -
A new Clean Horizon analysis estimates annual revenue potential for battery energy storage systems (BESS) across European markets, with Poland, Italy, and the Iberian Peninsula among the strongest performers while also highlighting early signs of mar…#Batteries #EnergyStorage #Europe #Utility-scale
Poland, Italy lead Europe’s battery storage revenue rankings - pv magazine Global -
Germany’s RWE and Greece’s PPC have finished building nine solar farms in northern Greece. The two partners are now working on two additional projects in the area with a combined capacity of 567 MW, due for commissioning next year.#Europe #Utility-scale
RWE, PPC complete 930 MW solar cluster in Greece - pv magazine Global -
Researchers in Sweden studied oat production under a vertical agrivoltaic system during the 2024 growing season, comparing it with ground-mounted and open-field conditions.#Europe #Utility-scale
Vertical agrivoltaics for oats - pv magazine Global -
Corporate PPA volumes fell 10% in 2025, and Renewabl CEO JP Cerda says uncertainty around pending scope 2 accounting changes are causing some buyers to hold off. A shift to hourly matching should battery storage center stage.#Europe #Utility-scale
GHG Protocol uncertainty is cooling solar corporate PPA market, says Renewabl CEO - pv magazine Global -
During May, 17 PPA agreements were publicly announced, representing 713 MW of contracted capacity. The largest deal was signed by Trafigura and Nadara for five solar plants and 11 onshore wind assets in Spain, with a combined capacity of 434 MW under…#Europe #Utility-scale
European PPA prices rebound as hybrids grow, storage slows - pv magazine Global -
Professor Dimitar Dimitrov tells pv magazine that while a new permitting regime has temporarily slowed development, a multi-gigawatt pipeline of solar and storage projects points to a sharp acceleration once regulatory and grid constraints are resolv…#Commercial&industrial #EnergyStorage #Europe #Utility-scale
North Macedonia prepares to integrate gigawatt-sized project pipeline - pv magazine Global -
Mette Kristine Kanestrøm, Head of Solar, Storage and Smart Grids at Multiconsult, tells pv magazine that while solar deployment has halted through the first months of the year, increasing battery deployment and emerging utility-scale projects offer n…#Commercial&industrial #EnergyStorage #Europe #Residential #Utility-scale
Norway’s solar market slows as batteries gain traction - pv magazine Global -
In an interview with pv magazine, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish PV association Günder, Mehmet İzzet Özaydın, explained that Türkiye’s solar market is being driven by strong industrial demand and a competitiveness-focused investmen…#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Turkish PV keeps growing amid policy shift, financing constraints - pv magazine Global -
Jan Krcmar, Director of the Czech Solar Association, tells pv magazine how continued C&I-driven growth and regulatory reforms targeting building codes, storage tariffs, and permitting are reshaping Czechia's long-term energy transition.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Czech PV market faces policy reset, supply-chain uncertainty - pv magazine Global -
In a chat with pv magazine, Ludvig Bydén, Head of power market & permitting at Svensk Solenergi, said Sweden’s solar market is stabilizing after a two-year downturn. He also highlighted a rapid shift toward storage-first investments.#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Sweden’s solar market stabilizes as storage pushes deployment - pv magazine Global -
pv magazine spoke with Nina Hojnik, General Manager of the Slovenian Photovoltaic Association at the Smarter E tradeshow in Munich, about the launch of energy sharing and its first registrations, alongside a residential rebound driven by solar-plus-s…#Commercial&industrial #Europe #Highlights #Residential #Utility-scale
Energy sharing, storage reshaping Slovenia’s PV market - pv magazine Global -
US company Nextpower has announced plans to acquire German PV mounting systems supplier Zimmermann PV Steel, in a transaction worth around €330 million ($378 million) in cash and stocks.#Acquisition #Europe #Fixedtilt #Germany #Trackers #Utility-scale
Nextpower to acquire Zimmermann PV Steel in $378 million transaction - pv magazine Global -
#Solarfarm lets #cattle roam under #solarpanels
#SiliconRanch has brought something online commercially that you don’t see every day: a #utilityscale #solar farm where cattle graze under moving panels
#Nashville-based developer has launched its new “#CattleTracker” system at the Christiana Solar Ranch in #Tennessee. It’s the first commercial deployment of the company’s patented approach to combining solar generation with full-scale beef cattle operations on the same land.
https://electrek.co/2026/05/01/solar-farm-lets-cattle-roam-under-moving-panels/ -
#Solarfarm lets #cattle roam under #solarpanels
#SiliconRanch has brought something online commercially that you don’t see every day: a #utilityscale #solar farm where cattle graze under moving panels
#Nashville-based developer has launched its new “#CattleTracker” system at the Christiana Solar Ranch in #Tennessee. It’s the first commercial deployment of the company’s patented approach to combining solar generation with full-scale beef cattle operations on the same land.
https://electrek.co/2026/05/01/solar-farm-lets-cattle-roam-under-moving-panels/ -
$1.4B saved: #Massachusetts locks in cheaper #offshorewind power
Massachusetts has activated long-term contracts for #VineyardWind, the state’s first #utilityscale offshore wind project. Officials say the move will stabilize prices for 20 years and cut a projected $1.4 billion from customer electricity bills over that period.
The contracts, signed by utilities on behalf of customers, are expected to deliver average direct savings of about 1.4 cents per kilowatt-hour.
https://electrek.co/2026/05/01/1-4b-saved-massachusetts-locks-in-cheaper-offshore-wind-power/ -
#Renewables provided almost 30% of #US #electrical generation in March and are now second-largest source of US electricity behind natural gas with 40.5% share during Q1 #2024 but fell to 39.4% in March.
Small-scale #solar grew 20.4% while #utilityscale #solarhermal and #photovoltaic expanded by 28.4% – faster than any other energy source.
Generation by solar and #wind combined (17.1%) surpassed coal (15.2%) during Q1 and nearly doubled coal in March alone (20.8% vs 11.6%)
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The US's largest #solarpanel maker just got a huge domestic orde
US #utilityscale #solar developer #Lightsource bp has placed an order with #FirstSolar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, for 4 gigawatts (GW) of advanced thin film solar modules.
https://electrek.co/2023/02/28/the-uss-largest-solar-panel-maker-just-got-a-huge-domestic-order/