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Mauritania has signed its first independent power producer contract, covering a 60 MW solar-wind hybrid project. Niger has signed a financing deal with the African Development Bank, which plans to develop 240 MW of solar energy by the end of the decade. October 8, 2025 Patrick Jowett Mauritania has signed a $300 million deal with Dubai-based developer Iwa Green Energy for a 60 MW hybrid solar-wind power plant. The deal is the first that Mauritania has signed with an independent energy producer. It is also one of the first projects developed under Desert to Power’s (DtP) Independent Power Producer Joint…
In the first nine months of 2025, Brazil added 1,718 GW of utility-scale solar generation capacity to its electricity matrix, compared to 4 GW in the same period in 2024. October 8, 2025 Livia Neves By pv magazine Brazil By September 2025, 935 MW of utility-scale photovoltaic capacity had come online in Brazil. From January to the end of September, newly connected large-scale solar power plants reached 1,718 GW of new capacity, compared to 4,050 GW in the same period in 2024. The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) expects “centralized” solar to add a total of 3,493 GW by 2025,…
The Dept. of Energy is circulating a new list of energy project cancellations just a week after it announced plans to cancel more than 300 subsidies in just the states that voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The new list, obtained by E&E newsalso includes projects in red states. The more than 600 projects on the list include previously announced terminations. These cuts could impact a number of solar energy initiatives. A A $1.5 million grant on the list awarded to Amicus, O&M Cooperative helped the company create a comprehensive solar O&M training and certification program with…
According to an announcement by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 5, Sungrow Power Supply has officially submitted its application for listing on the mainboard, with China International Capital Corporation (CICC) serving as the sole sponsor. The Chinese inverter and battery storage giant – valued at more than $46 billion – plans to issue 338 million shares and raise around HK$987 million ($126.7 million). Proceeds will be spent on the R&D of next-generation photovoltaic and energy storage products, the construction of overseas manufacturing bases, digital transformation initiatives and the further development of core technologies, especially in network-scale energy storage.…
Policy incentives and hybrid solar-plus-storage projects are accelerating India’s energy storage sector, despite a slowdown in installations in the first half of the year. October 8, 2025 Uma Gupta By ESS news According to Mercom India’s “India’s Energy Storage Landscape 1H 2025 Report,” India’s energy storage capacity reached 490 MWh at the end of June. Karnataka accounted for 33% of the national capacity, Chhattisgarh 24% and Gujarat 16%. Solar-plus-storage systems represented nearly 56% of cumulative installed capacity. Solar and wind energy projects with 24-hour capacity contributed more than 32%, while standalone battery energy storage systems accounted for more than 12%.…
A team of researchers led by the University of Sydney has fabricated a three-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell that achieved an energy conversion efficiency of up to 27.06% and set new standards for thermal stability. October 8, 2025 David Caroll By pv magazine Australia Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed the largest and most efficient three-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell to date, achieving a record-breaking efficiency of 23.3% on a device with an aperture area of 16 cm2. The research team, led by University of SydneyAdjunct Professor Anita Ho-Baillie said that at a size of 1 cm2, the…
Renewables overtake coal, but growth slows: reports Solar and wind farms generated more electricity than coal this year for the first time ever, but U.S. and Chinese policy shifts are slowing growth, putting a global 2030 target out of reach, reports said Tuesday. The increase in renewable energy use marks a milestone in efforts to shift away from fossil fuels, which are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. According to Ember, an energy think tank, the share of renewables in global electricity production rose to 34.3 percent in the first half of the year,…
Germany has concluded a new renewable energy tender for innovative projects, securing 485 MW of capacity at final prices ranging from €0.0479 ($0.0557)/kWh to €0.0559/kWh October 8, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt By pv magazine Germany Germany recently concluded a tender innovative sustainable energy projects. The exercise yielded 163 bids with a total capacity of 2,182 MW. The authorities have awarded 33 projects with a total capacity of 485.7 MW. All selected projects related to PV installations combined with energy storage. The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) said this rates ranged from €0.0479 ($0.0557)/kWh to €0.0559/kWh, with an average price of €0.0531/kWh.…
Shell and Chongqing-based QAES have introduced what they call the world’s first immersion-cooled battery system, adapting data center cooling methods to grid-scale energy storage. October 8, 2025 Vincent Shaw By ESS news Shell (Shanghai) and Chongqing-based QingAn Energy Storage (QAES) have announced a strategic partnership to bring immersion cooling technology – a method long used in high-performance data centers – to the world of grid-scale and commercial battery storage. The two companies unveiled what they described as the world’s first direct-cooled immersion battery energy storage system (BESS) at an energy forum in Chongqing on September 24. The system is positioned…
The energy price cap is expected to fall in January 2026 as a result of today’s increase, although the drop will be short-lived.Energy consultancy Cornwall Insight predicts that the Default Tariff Cap – which sets a maximum unit rate and fixed charge that customers can be charged for their energy use – will fall by around £30 per year for most customers in January, to £1,725 per year. The current cap is £1,755 and runs from today (October 1) until the end of the year.Cornwall Insight said its forecast includes the expected introduction of the Nuclear Regulated Asset Base (RAB)…