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Abu Dhabi’s DoE says its policy aims to encourage solar and BESS adoption to help cut emissions and strengthen grid reliability, starting with agricultural customers and owners of rest houses and ranches. (Illustrative Photo; Photo Credit: Jenson/Shutterstock.com)
New DoE policy promotes rooftop solar and battery storage to improve grid efficiency and clean energy use
Cornex signs 80 GWh battery project deal in Wuhan
JinkoSolar invests RMB1.14B in cell upgrades; Crown scraps backsheet base for 0BB films; Hunan mandates 80% self-use for large C&I spot projects; Shanxi solar tariff auction undersubscribed.
Italy
Lower residential and C&I additions pulled annual installations down to 6.44 GW, partly offset by growth in utility-scale projects, says Italia Solare
CPIA
After a record 315 GW added in 2025, China’s annual solar PV installations are expected to fall for the 1st time in 7 years, in 2026, before rebounding from 2027 onward
AIKO’s ABC modules powering 100 MW mountainous PV project
Shenergy plans RMB 2 billion bond issue; Chint unit invests RMB 150 million in resi PV fund; SPIC launches rollover-type resi PV quasi-REITs; EGING PV enters pre-restructuring, risks delisting.
Solar Africa
The continent imported 18.2 GW of solar modules in 2025, far exceeding expected utility-scale installations, indicating a large share is going into distributed and off-grid systems, says the Global So ...
Germany will be able to support cleantech manufacturing in the country after receiving EU’s approval to its €3 billion state aid scheme. (Illustrative Photo; Photo Credit: Christophe Licoppe/Shutterstock.com)
European Commission clears Germany’s state aid plan to boost net-zero technology manufacturing under the Clean Industrial Deal framework
STC.I 2026 TaiyangNEws
2025 solar resources below average; 6,190 PV projects registered in Dec 2025; China grid-connects 1st hydro-solar-pumped storage project; JSG warns profit drop; GFEX penalizes futures violations.
Solar minigrids
Voltalia wins 132 MW Tunisian solar project; Karo Platinum planning 30 MW solar plant in Zimbabwe; AXIAN Energy raises $1 million from NORAD for solar; 1.29 GW tracker order for GameChange Solar in Sa ...
Executive Panel
CEC says solar to surpass coal in 2026; LONGi and NIO launch PV-storage-charging-swap project; Meinian Onehealth to acquire BAJ Solar; Shandong PV tariff rises; LEAD to list in HK; Yonz forecasts loss ...
STC.I 2026 session
HANGZHOU FIRST invests in flexible GaAs technology; DAS Solar's TBC hot-spot research; Yunnan mandates ecological compensation from PV firms; Arctech forecasts loss; Boamax probed, faces delisting.
SOLARCYCLE
New Cedartown facility uses advanced technology to recover up to 96% of materials; it will support SOLARCYCLE’s planned circular solar glass factory
Solar
Collaboration to assess hydropower and solar projects in Bhutan through joint ventures
STC.I 2026
New energy storage now part of tariff mechanism; LONGi Hi-MO 9 gets full-scenario reliability certificate; Guangxi’s mechanism tariff auction results; Canadian Solar and Hoshine forecast losses.
Germany
Regional grid forecasts point to a 4-fold increase in Germany’s installed solar capacity over 2 decades
Solar plus storage
European Energy commissions 50 MW/200 MWh storage project in Denmark, integrating it with an operational solar park
India
Higher allocations for PMSGMBY and PM-KUSUM schemes; BCD exemptions to encourage domestic solar glass and BESS manufacturing
Solar
Constant Energy ropes in ERS for 52 MW Malaysian project; BII-backed green bond program in Vietnam to support solar energy deployment
Day 1 of STC.I 2026
Maxwell 210 mm half-cut HJT cells achieve 26.92% efficiency; TrinaPower issues 1st residential PV REIT; HyperStrong deploys 7 MWh-class storage; GoodWe sees turnaround, while Gaoce losses widen.
US Senate
In Senate testimony, SEIA warns that added federal scrutiny is delaying projects, risking investment, and leading to higher electricity costs in the US
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