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An independent study conducted by Synapse Energy Economics for the Community Solar Access Coalition (CCSA) finds that expanding distributed solar and energy storage in New York could save $1 billion in annual energy costs by 2035, lowering household electric bills across the state while boosting reliability during peak winter demand and reducing dependence on gas markets. The study, titled “Sunlight in Savings: Evaluating Energy Cost Savings from Distributed Solar and Storage Additions in New York”finds that increasing distributed solar + storage capacity to 20 GW by 2035 would reduce the average residential electricity bill by $87 per year for out-of-state…

As global energy transitions accelerate, distributed photovoltaics have become a cornerstone of China’s rural energy transformation, shifting many rural households from passive energy consumers to active prosumers. A research team from the School of Economics of Shandong Technology and Business University has developed a multi-agent dynamic game model to analyze how key stakeholders in nationally distributed PV systems interact and make strategic decisions. The model focuses on four core stakeholders in the rural PV ecosystem: village organizations, PV companies, grid companies and rural households, capturing their different incentives and constraints within a unified analytical framework. “The nationwide distributed PV ecosystem…

The duties range from 53.3% to 57% for U.S. producers and from 2.4% to 48.7% for South Korean companies and will remain in place for another five years. January 14, 2026 Emiliano Bellini China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has extended anti-dumping duties it imposed in 2014 on solar silicon imports from the United States and South Korea. The duties range from 53.3% to 57% for U.S. producers and from 2.4% to 48.7% for South Korean companies and will remain in place for another five years. Affected US manufacturers include REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC, REC Advanced Silicon Materials LLC, Hemlock…

British investment manager Downing and Japanese financial services firm Tokyo Century Corporation will acquire and build a portfolio of approximately 500 MW of solar PV projects in the UK. The joint venture (JV) will commit more than £300 million to acquire the portfolio, the companies said, which will come from Downing’s own property development pipeline and external developers. The JV will look for turnkey utility-scale solar PV projects for which Contracts For Difference (CfD) deals have already been secured. Dates for grid connections in 2027 and 2028 are being sought. Toshihiro Nakanishi, managing director of Tokyo Century, said he was…

The SLDBatt project brings together TRL 7 battery technologies – including molten sodium salt, saltwater-acid-base flow and hydrogen-iron flow batteries – to deliver an innovative and cost-effective long-term energy storage solution. January 14, 2026 Marija Maisch By ESS news A Dutch consortium, ranging from innovative start-ups to internationally operating energy companies, is developing a new type of long-term energy storage solution (LDES) that can store sustainable energy for 8 to 100 hours. Supported by more than €30 million in financing from the National Growth Fund and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RvO), the SLDBatt project is the largest R&D initiative in…

The NC Center for Clean Energy Technology (NCCETC) today released the annual update to its solar decommissioning tracking report, entitled “The 50 States of Solar Decommissioning: Snapshot in 2025.” The report provides an overview of state policies for solar decommissioning by 2025, and covers legislative updates on decommissioning planning, financial security and recycling for solar and co-located battery storage systems. “As the decommissioning of solar projects has become a major focus for state lawmakers, local officials, project developers and communities, the rapid buildout of battery storage systems, both on-site and stand-alone, has also brought increasing attention to the decommissioning of…

Plans to establish Australia’s first commercial-scale solar block and wafer manufacturing plant near Townsville in north Queensland are progressing, with developer Stellar PV providing the first glimpse of the proposed 2GW facility. January 14, 2026 David Caroll By pv magazine Australia Australian company Stellar PV has released renderings of a 2 GW polysilicon rod drawing and wafering facility planned for North Queensland as it continues the feasibility and engineering design phase of the project. The factory, to be built in the Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct, about 40 kilometers south of Townsville, would produce high-purity monocrystalline silicon rods and wafers – essential…

On a major battery project, RTE and Neoen are testing an inverter retrofit, which is a first for grid-forming services on the French transmission network. January 14, 2026 Marija Maisch By ESS news Renewable energy developer and operator Neoen has signed a contract with French transmission system operator RTE to improve the stability of the French electricity grid. The 92 MW/183 MWh Breizh Big Battery, currently under construction, will provide grid-building services as part of a trial conducted with Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to retrofit inverters. The grid-forming technology has passed the experimental phase and is now deployed to…

UK-based battery intelligence platform Elysia, owned by Fortescue, will expand its services through the acquisition of US onsite control company Zitara.Zitara will be integrated into Elysia’s battery intelligence portfolio, with a focus on the battery energy storage systems (BESS) market. Exclusively spoken against Solar energy portalElysia President Tim Engstrom described the move as “truly connecting battery intelligence with battery action, from cloud to site.” “The way we see it, the missing link in many of the battery intelligence stacks you see in the market today is that the insights stay in the cloud.” Elysia, a branch of Australia-based green technology,…

According to a statement from Solar Energy Scotland, solar installations and energy poverty in Scotland have worsened since the end of the country’s interest-free loans for residential solar. The government’s decision to end the loan scheme in 2023 was a “major mistake”, according to Josh King, chairman of Solar Energy Scotland, which has seen Scottish PV installations decline significantly as a percentage of total UK installations. Solar Energy Scotland is a regional part of the British trade association Solar Energy UK. “The profit [from the loans] were high impact, low cost, widely distributed across social groups and also across the…