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By Brad Kramer December 22, 2025 This edition of Projects Weekly is highlighting a program by NineDot energy to provide $60 million in energy credits to low-income households in New York. Plus, Greenskies Clean Focus has completed a 3.13 MW solar project in Connecticut, Ameresco is building a solar project that will help an Arizona city save more than $1 million per year in energy costs, Illinois’ first-ever public school community solar project opens in Peoria County, CleanCapital has completed a $185 million private placement debt issuance to top U.S. investors to support 156 projects totaling over 180 MW, Solar…

The 160 MW CPV Backbone Solar project is now online in Garrett County. The project, developed by CPV Renewable Power, a subsidiary of Competitive Power Ventures, is located on a reclaimed, decommissioned coal mine. “CPV Backbone Solar exemplifies our mission to support a responsible energy transition,” said Sherman Knight, CEO of CPV. “By transforming depleted coal mine land into a productive solar energy facility, we are demonstrating how brownfield redevelopment, innovative engineering and strategic partnerships can address complex project challenges and deliver new energy generation in Maryland.” CPV Backbone Solar was built by EPC Vanguard Energy Partners. “We appreciate the…

With the new line becoming operational, the company’s total solar panel production capacity has increased to 10.3 GW. December 22, 2025 Uma Gupta By pv magazine India Emmvee has started production of a 2.5 GW solar module production line at its Unit VI plant in Sulibele, Hoskote Taluk, near Bengaluru, Karnataka, Western India. The commissioning is part of Emmvee’s planned capacity expansion and has been completed as planned. Now that the new line is operational, the company’s total solar panel production capacity has increased to 10.3 GW. For the first half of fiscal 2026, Emmvee reported a 193% year-on-year increase…

Belgium’s CMB.Tech said the world’s largest green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol project should start in January 2026. In the meantime, Gascade has converted 400 kilometers of gas pipeline for hydrogen transport. December 22, 2025 Sergio Matalucci CMB.Tech has signed an offtake agreement for green ammonia produced by CEEC Hydrogen Energy in Jilin Province, China, and will own a minority stake in privately held Jiangsu Andefu, one of China’s largest ammonia supply chain companies. “The first phase of the CEEC Songyuan project will produce approximately 158,000 tons of renewable ammonia annually. Construction of the project was completed at the end of…

The solar industry’s explosive growth to 2TW by 2024 coincides with a worrying trend: the increase in record-breaking weather events and their potential impact on PV infrastructure worldwide. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has confirmed that human-induced climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of most extreme weather categories, with widespread impacts beyond natural climate variability. A recently released IEA PVPS Task 13 report, with input from PV researchers from five continents, examines seven major weather threats and provides evidence-based guidance for designing more robust systems tailored to specific climate risks. While the report states that “most…

Egg Power, Liberty Global’s clean energy infrastructure investor, has acquired the project rights for PS Renewables’ 49.9 MW Grange solar power plant in Suffolk.The solar acquisition is Egg Power’s third in Britain and will add to a portfolio of clean energy generation that telecoms company Liberty Global – which owns brands such as Virgin Media – will use in its operating portfolio in Britain.Ilesh Patel, leader of Egg Power at Liberty Global, explained that the investor develops, builds, owns and operates energy projects and services to its customers through corporate power purchase agreements (cPPAs).Construction of the solar power plant will…

China’s Commerce Ministry has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over India’s solar subsidies, claiming they give the country’s domestic industry an unfair advantage and harm Chinese interests. December 22, 2025 Patrick Jowett Entrance to the WTO building in Geneva, Switzerland Image: Benoît Prieur, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 China has filed a case against India at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the country’s subsidies for its photovoltaic sector, China’s Ministry of Commerce has confirmed. The ministry said a request for consultations with India was submitted to the WTO on Friday (December 19). The request covers both…

Developer-operator Aura Power has secured project financing for its 49.9 MWp Horton Solar Farm in East Devon. The financing for the project is Aura Power’s fifth financing for solar power plants in the past 14 months, bringing its construction portfolio to 298p, with 196MWp already under construction. Rabobank provided senior debt financing, while junior financing was provided by Invested. To date, Rabobank has partnered with Aura Power for all its solar construction projects in the United Kingdom. The Horton Solar Farm received a building permit in June 2023 and construction will start in May 2026. The partner for engineering, procurement…

A team from Fraunhofer ISE has developed new imaging methods to measure losses in individual subcells of multi-junction solar cells based on perovskite-silicon and perovskite-perovskite-silicon combinations. December 22, 2025 Valerie Thompson Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) have developed new imaging methods to measure losses in individual subcells of perovskite-silicon tandem and perovskite-perovskite-silicon triple junction devices. The research team noted the growing need to be able to measure the electrical and thermal effects of new functional multi-junction solar cell materials and deposition methods at the individual subcell level without necessarily having direct electrical access. There…

Solarpro says it is building a 450 MW solar power plant in northern Hungary using Longi modules. December 22, 2025 Brian Public Solarpro is building a 450 MW solar power plant in Heves County, Hungary. The company said it will be the largest PV installation in the country. The Europe-based engineering, procurement, construction and operations and maintenance contractor is deploying nearly 700,000 solar panels supplied by Chinese manufacturer Longi. The project is expected to generate approximately 470 GWh of electricity per year, which is sufficient to supply approximately 106,000 households with electricity, according to Solarpro. The companies said the plant…