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India solar boom runs into grid and storage curtailment crunch
India curtailed nearly 11 TWh of solar generation over the past 15 months as transmission limits, inflexible coal plants and limited storage constrain...
IRENA sees 568 MW near-term solar mini-grid market in West Africa
IRENA analysis finds solar PV mini-grids could represent a 568 MW near-term market across Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. The report identifi...
Bangladesh introduces BDT 10.50/kWh tariff for surplus rooftop solar
Bangladesh has introduced a BDT 10.50/kWh tariff for surplus electricity from eligible net-metered rooftop solar systems. The incentive package is int...
Delhi rooftop policy targets free 3 kW solar systems for 230,000 homes
Delhi’s cabinet has cleared a revised solar policy that would provide free 3 kW rooftop systems to around 230,000 eligible households by March 2027. T...
Saudi Red Sea solar-storage microgrid reaches commercial operation
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea multi-utility project has reached full commercial operation with 358 MWac of solar and about 1.2 GWh of battery storage. The is...
Ukraine schedules 150 MW solar and solar-storage auctions for September
Ukraine’s state-owned Guaranteed Buyer will run two solar support auctions on September 25 with a combined 150 MW of quota. The package includes 50 MW...
Philippines plans PV exemption zones to balance solar and food security
The Philippines is developing land-use boundaries to separate areas available for solar projects from agricultural land reserved for food production. ...
US battery storage adds record 20.2 GWh in Q2 2026
The US battery storage market installed a record 20.2 GWh in Q2 2026, bringing first-half additions to 30.8 GWh. Utility-scale projects drove the surg...
CATL targets Brazil storage auction after nearly 300 GW of bids
CATL has partnered with Brazilian battery manufacturer Moura to target projects in Brazil’s first national energy storage capacity reserve auction. Th...
CIP acquires 104 MW grid-forming BESS project from Windlab in Australia
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has acquired full ownership of Windlab’s 104 MW grid-forming BESS project in North Queensland. The Gawara Baya hybr...
JCM Power wins bid for 30 MW solar project in Mozambique
JCM Power has won a bid for a 30 MW solar project in Mozambique. The award adds another utility-scale solar development to Sub-Saharan Africa’s pipeli...
NTPC REL wins 500 MW renewable contract in SECI auction at INR 6/kWh
NTPC Renewable Energy has won a 500 MW renewable energy contract in a SECI auction at INR 6/kWh. The award is a high-signal procurement marker for Ind...