Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Located in the Free State province, the project will be owned by Teraco and is expected to be operational in 2026.

News round-up of recent tenders globally; Nepal awarded 1GW of solar, Italy 320MW and Bahrain seeks 44MW of PV capacity.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has said that it will cut nearly 17% of its global workforce or nearly 500 employees.

Europe is forecast to add 110GW of solar PV capacity in 2025, according to Liam Coman, solar market analyst at S&P Global Commodity Insights.

Degradation issues identified in new cell technologies such as TOPCon and HJT underscore the importance of module stability as well as efficiency. Tom Kenning reports on the testing of next-generation modules and efforts to ensure their longevity in the field.

Between fiscal years 2022 and 2024, India increased its import of solar modules 23-fold, primarily to the US, according to a new report from IEEFA and JMK Research.

In Q3 2024, Sunrun added 230MW of solar PV capacity and 336MWh of storage, both a double-digit increase from the previous quarter.

The tax credits, which amount to nearly US$40 million, were generated by sales of PV inverters made in the US during the first half of 2024.

Tracker company FTC Solar has signed a 1GW PV tracker supply agreement with Dunlieh Energy with the first project located in Nebraska, US.

Solar PV infrastructure company Desert Technologies intends to build a solar cell and module assembly plant in Saudi Arabia.