China wafer prices end four-week rally amid stable polysilicon, cooling demand
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Waaree to scale up lithium battery fab to 20 GWh, electrolyzer capacity to 1 GW
Waaree Energies Ltd will scale up manufacturing capacity for lithium batteries from 3.5 GWh to 20 GWh and for electrolysers from 300 MW to 1,000 MW. It also plans inverter production capacity of 4 GW.
Solar module prices to rise 9% in Q4, says Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie says module prices will climb as China ends export rebates and consolidates polysilicon production.
Vsole Solar opens inverter factory
Vsole Solar Energy has inaugurated its fully integrated in-house solar inverter manufacturing facility with a capacity to produce more than 20,000 inverters every month.
Tata Power Renewable signs 80 MW FDRE PPA with Tata Power Mumbai Distribution
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) will develop a project combining solar, wind and battery storage components to ensure 80 MW firm and dispatchable renewable power supply during peak demand hours.
Adani Green reaches 16.7 GW of operating renewable capacity
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has achieved a total operational renewable energy generation capacity of 16,679.80 MW with the recent commissioning of solar, wind, and hybrid projects at Khavda, Gujarat.
SECI launches 1.2 GW renewables-plus-storage tender
The Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has issued a tender inviting bids for the development of 1.2 GW of renewable energy (RE) projects coupled with energy storage systems (ESS) to ensure an assured peak power supply of 4.8 GWh (1,200 MW x 4 hours) daily. The projects will be developed on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis.
Autonomous robot module installation trial fast tracks Victorian solar farm
The installation of almost 500,000 solar panels at Victorian solar farm will be completed this week, thanks in part to a collaboration with US robotics company Luminous, which has trialled its autonomous fleet at the site, during the construction phase.
Brazil imports 10.6 GW of solar modules in H1
Brazil imported 10.6 GW of solar modules in the first half of 2025, down slightly year over year as developers rushed to secure shipments before an import tax hike, according to Greener.
IEA-PVPS warns soiling costs solar industry billions per year
The International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS) says dust, pollution, and debris on solar panels reduce output by 4% to 7% worldwide, costing the industry billions of euros annually and making tailored mitigation increasingly urgent.
