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Making the energy transition more ‘tangible’ is a key metric against which the success of strengthening the UK’s clean energy supply chains can be judged.Strengthening the UK’s clean energy supply chains is a key part of the Clean Power 2030 plan, which was reviewed this morning by DESNZ’s Ben Golding during Solar Media’s Clean Power 2030 Summit. The event is currently taking place in London and Mollie McCorkindale from Solar Media Market Research today spoke to Matthew Hamman, head of supply chain strategy at Great British Energy, about the topic.Hamman said delivering tangible benefits is an important part of efforts…

First Solar, Inc. is facing a federal class action lawsuit following allegations that the company misled investors regarding its ability to navigate changing U.S. tariff policies and global production cuts. The lawsuit, filed by Pomerantz LLP in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York under docket number 26-cv-03787, represents a group of investors who acquired First Solar securities between February 26, 2025 and February 24, 2026. Multiple investor rights firms, including Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, have issued parallel notices for shareholders to join the lawsuit before the August 24,…

By Martin McConnell June 29, 2026 This week on Projects Weekly, Enlight Energy subsidiary Clenera has closed on financing for one of the largest solar sites in U.S. history, out in the deserts of Arizona. In Massachusetts, Lightshift Energy has plans to deploy a series of six battery projects worth about 23 MW. In the financing world, Spearmint Energy has closed on $325 million for its storage portfolio, OCI Energy has closed on $130 million for the Alamo City battery station in San Antonio, and Matrix Renewables has closed on construction to term loans for its utility-scale solar portfolio. Canadian…

By Martin McConnell June 29, 2026 The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan has completed construction on its largest solar project to date, city officials say, with a new solar power plant at Steere Farm Wells. Located on the south side of the city, the 480 kWac solar project is part of Ann Arbor’s citywide initiative to fully power all municipal operations with some form of renewable energy. Steere Farm is among the city’s top 10 electricity users, according to officials, because it pumps water uphill to the water treatment plant, which the city in turn uses to keep the water…

In successive announcements, Innagreen Investments and Enviromena announced their acquisitions of solar farms in Nottinghamshire and Surrey respectively. Innagreen’s purchase of Longhedge Solar Farm in Nottinghamshire comes as the green investment company expands its presence in the UK renewable energy market. The solar farm is an approved project being developed by RES and is expected to deliver approximately 49.9 MW of clean energy once online. As agreed, RES will continue the development and construction of Longhedge Solar Farm and provide technical services once it is operational. For Innagreen, this setup will enable a smooth transition, which will benefit the site’s…

Withdrawals of federal funding and permit changes have contributed to the cancellation or abandonment of 7 GW of renewable energy projects on federal land by 2025, while another 12 GW are currently threatened on federal land and 80 GW on private land, according to an analysis by Wooden Mackenzie. That’s more than $121 billion in renewable energy investments at risk from federal changes. “Federal Friction: Permitting Risks in the U.S. Renewable Energy Pipeline,” Wood Mackenzie’s new report states that when the Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a renewable energy permitting memorandum in July 2025, it extended permitting deadlines and…

Ofgem’s cap-and-floor support program could support up to 7.6 GW of long-term energy storage (LDES) capacity.The UK energy regulator has shortlisted 16 projects for the LDES support programme, the first of its kind, with a duration of 8 to 22 hours.The projects have a total capacity of 7,645 MW and have an ‘appropriate mix of duration, technology and site distribution’, Ofgem said. Lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) and pumped storage hydropower (PSH) have taken up the lion’s share of capacity, with two smaller projects using compressed air energy storage (CAES) and a mix of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB)…

Nextpower, formerly known as Nextracker, is rapidly expanding its portfolio beyond solar trackers through a series of acquisitions and new product launches. Speak with pv magazine At the Smarter E Europe trade show in Munich, CEO Dan Shugar said the company’s expansion is driven by customer demand and not by a desire to become a supplier of every part of the solar value chain. “What we’ve done is add technology, manufacturing and solutions for customers in response to their needs,” Shugar said pv magazine. “We ask customers, ‘What are your pain points?’” According to Shugar, Nextpower now covers nearly every…

The revision of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol may reduce demand for PPA deals for solar companies, but there is a chance that deal volume will return as more certainty returns. According to BloombergNEF, corporate PPA deals are down 10% by 2025, and JP Cerda, CEO of online Energy Attribute Certificate (EAC) and PPA trading platform Renewabl, told pv magazine the reason could be proposed changes to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Cerda argued that the upcoming update to the scope 2 guidelines, which govern how companies account for the renewable electricity they consume, has introduced enough uncertainty to put a dent…

Clearer skies meant May insolation was well above average in coastal areas of East Asia, with Japan, Korea, eastern China, Taiwan and the northern Philippines all seeing stronger solar sources, according to analysis using the Solcast API. A persistent high was the main driver, raising coastal radiation above the May long-term average, while a rain band at the end of the month reduced radiation inland in parts of southern and central China. Japan saw some of the strongest increases in the region. Tokyo recorded May irradiance about 15% above the 2007-2025 average, while Osaka was 14% above average, making it…