Highlights

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.

Trust, more than technology or economics, is the real bottleneck in scaling peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity trading. And increasingly, blockchain is being positioned not as a buzzword, but as a structural solution to this problem.

The Terawatt PV 100 ranks the top 100 solar manufacturing companies using a new methodology based on production scale, financial strength, and corporate transparency, with Tongwei leading the Q1 2026 list and most top firms headquartered in China. The analysis highlights increasing global supply-chain scrutiny driven by tariffs and ESG mandates, while also showing rising influence from Indian companies and strong positions for key materials and equipment suppliers.

The project will integrate more than 700 MW of solar and wind capacity, supported by over 1,000 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS), to ensure uninterrupted round-the-clock (RTC) power delivery.

India’s first solar decade was about speed and volume. The next will be about intelligence and performance. High-efficiency modules, bifacial panels, agrivoltaic systems, advanced power electronics, and integrated battery storage are no longer emerging technologies — they are the infrastructure of Solar 2.0.

Designed to support Jindal Stainless’ transition to a cleaner and more resilient energy mix, the 315.6 MW hybrid wind-solar project is being developed by Oyster Renewable with a total investment of over INR 2,000 crore, including a committed investment of INR 132 crore from Jindal Stainless.

Saudi Arabia had a record year for solar deployment last year, taking cumulative capacity past 12.4 GW. GlobalData is forecasting annual deployments to increase in the coming years but notes that they remain behind the pace required to meet the country’s target of 130 GW of renewables by 2030, instead nearing the goal by 2035.

Exide Industries Ltd has invested INR 450 crore into its wholly owned subsidiary Exide Energy Solutions Ltd (EESL) through a rights subscription to equity share capital.

With this, the nation’s cumulative installed battery energy storage capacity crosses 1 GWh.

By applying advanced machine learning and data analytics, AI can improve energy efficiency, strengthen grid resilience, and enable more intelligent and effective resource utilisation. Strategies for energy efficiency and innovations in smart grids powered by AI could generate up to $1.3 trillion in economic value by 2030.