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The European Commission’s AccelerateEU energy crisis plan endorses a target of 200 GW of battery storage by 2030, but does not propose a specific financing mechanism to achieve this, according to SolarPower Europe (SPE), which calls for a separate EU-wide auction funded by revenues from emissions trading. April 24, 2026 Brian Publicover The European Commission’s new AccelerateEU package supports a target of 200 GW of battery storage by 2030, but SolarPower Europe says the plan still lacks the dedicated financing mechanism needed to translate that ambition into implementation. SolarPower Europe says the block would still only reach around 160 GW…
Atome PLC has made the final investment decision on a 60,000 tonne per year hydrogen-based green fertilizer plant in Villeta, Paraguay. The $665 million project is funded by DFIs and equity partners and targets production by 2029. April 24, 2026 Sergio Matalucci Atom PLC has reached the final investment decision (FID) on its 260,000 tonnes per year low-carbon fertilizer plant in Villeta, Paraguay. The company described the project as the first industrial-scale facility of its kind worldwide to achieve FID. The plant will produce low-carbon fertilizer using green, hydrogen-based processes. The $665 million factory is not being developed with subsidies…
Enviromena announces an £825 million ($1.1 billion) senior portfolio financing package, providing immediate capital to support the construction of a 1 GW pipeline. The credit facility was subscribed by a group of institutional investors. April 24, 2026 Matthew Lynas Enviromena has signed a GBP 825 million ($1.1 billion) senior portfolio financing package, including an initial GBP 525 million to support the construction of its UK solar pipeline. The financing is underwritten by a syndicate of lenders including BBVA, Intesa Sanpaolo (IMI CIB), Lloyds, NatWest and Societe Generale. The financing, according to Enviromena, is structured as a flexible platform, with GBP…
The UK’s major electricity grid reached a new zero-carbon record this week, with carbon-free electricity sources supplying 98.8% of electricity between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM on Wednesday, April 22.This is reported by the National Energy System Operator (NESO), which published these figures on LinkedIn yesterday. Not surprisingly, the majority of the electricity mix comes from wind and nuclear power, which were responsible for 50.1% and 34.4% of the total supply respectively.Although solar energy’s contribution to total electricity supply was low – accounting for just 2.2% of supply during this half-hour period – it delivered a record 14.8 GW of…
Community solar energy company Chaberton energy hopes to engage Maryland farmers in bringing together agricultural operations at PV project sites. Chaberton is issuing two requests for proposals (RFPs) for 27 acres of land for agricultural voltaics in Montgomery County. Credit: Chaberton Energy The farmers are given free access to the land and receive compensation for vegetation management. Chaberton is working with Okovate Sustainable Energy to collect and evaluate proposals from farmers interested in using the land under and between the project’s rows of solar panels for farming or animal grazing. “These projects are among the first agricultural voltaic projects in…
The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has designated a planned polysilicon factory in the country as of strategic importance under the Net Zero Industry Act. April 24, 2026 Patrick Jowett The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has named a planned renewable energy polysilicon factory in the Netherlands as a strategic project under the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA). The planned facility, which is being developed by Dutch startup Resilicon, is intended to produce high-purity polysilicon for solar energy supply chains. Last October, Resilicon said the basic engineering phase of the plant, which will be built in…
Commercial and industrial (C&I) renewable energy developer Greenvolt Next will build a 1.7 MW solar carport at Cork Airport, in the Republic of Ireland, which will be the largest solar carport in the country.The project will consist of 3,696 solar panels and five inverters and will enter commercial operation in two phases: the first by summer this year and the second by August 2027. Greenvolt Next will design, build and commission the project, which is expected to meet a fifth of the airport’s electricity demand.“This new solar carport will strengthen Cork Airport’s sustainability credentials and is an important part of…
The Ministry of Commerce has released its provisional anti-dumping duties (AD) in an investigation into imports of solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos. The preliminary AD margins are 123.04% for all Indian producers, 35.17% for all Indonesian producers and 22.46% for all Lao producers. Combined with the preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) determinations, India has the highest AD/CVD rates among the three countries. The Alliance for American Solar Energy Manufacturing and Tradea group of domestic solar energy manufacturers, petitioned the government in July 2025 for an AD/CVD investigation, alleging that solar panel makers had shifted their operations to India, Indonesia…
The four-terminal tandem device is based on FAPbI₃ nanoparticles and a spectral splitting design, combining an upper cell with a wide band gap of 24.4% and a lower cell with a narrow band gap of 21.5% to achieve an efficiency of 30.2%. The system improves light utilization by sending different wavelengths to optimized subcells. April 24, 2026 Emiliano Bellini Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have used a novel to create a tandem solar cell made entirely of perovskite a light-absorbing layer deposition technique using formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) nanoparticles. FAPbI3 is widely used in high efficiency perovskite…
Indian solar manufacturer Saatvik Green Energy has acquired an 80% stake in Jaipur-based Melcon Transformers and Electricals, expanding into power transmission equipment. This move strengthens the company’s position in a segment closely linked to India’s growing renewable energy sector. April 24, 2026 Uma Gupta By pv magazine India Saatvik Green Energy, an Indian solar manufacturer and EPC supplier, has acquired an 80% equity stake in Melcon Transformers and Electricals, a transformer manufacturer based in Jaipur. The share purchase agreement was signed on April 23, 2026. Founded in 2005, Melcon designs and produces transformers for energy transmission and distribution. The product…