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Solar PPA Prices Rise 9% YoY in North America While Europe Falls 8%

The corporate renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) market in the U.S. and Europe is diverging on price trends but converging on structure. According to LevelTen...

February 4, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Wind
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Telangana Amends Open Access Regulations

The Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) amended the Terms and Conditions of Open Access Regulation, 2024, to clarify the regulatory treatment of energy...

January 29, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Solar and Wind to Account for 21% of U.S. Power Generation by 2027: EIA

Utility-scale solar is the fastest-growing energy source in the U.S., with an expected increase to 424 billion kWh by 2027, up from 290 billion kWh in 2025, according to...

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US Energy Storage Hits New Q1 Record with Over 2 GW Installed: Report

The global energy storage market grew 43% year over year in 2025, adding 106 GW of new capacity worldwide, a significant increase from 73 GW in 2024, according to Wood...

January 22, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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US Patent Board Declines Applications Against First Solar’s TOPCon Patents

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director has denied three separate inter partes review applications filed by JinkoSolar, Mundra Solar, and Canadian Solar in...

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China Retains Antidumping Duties on Polysilicon from US, South Korea

China’s State Council Tariff Commission, based on the Ministry of Commerce’s (MOFC) recommendation, has decided to extend the imposition of antidumping duties on...

January 14, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Manufacturing

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Trump Withdraws US from Global Climate Pacts, Solar Alliance, and IRENA

The White House has announced that the U.S. will end funding and withdraw from 35 non-United Nations (UN) international and 31 UN organizations, including bodies...

January 9, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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Korea Zinc to Build $6.6 Billion Critical Minerals Smelter in Tennessee

Korea Zinc has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of War and the U.S. Department of Commerce to develop a large-scale critical minerals smelter in...

December 24, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Improving Residential Business Cuts ChargePoint’s Net Loss by 32% YoY

U.S.-based electric vehicle charging solutions company ChargePoint has reported total revenue of $105.67 million in the third quarter (Q3) of the financial year (FY)...

December 9, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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Waaree Wins 288 MW Solar Module Supply Order in the US

Waaree Solar Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waaree Energies, has received an order for the supply of 288 MW of solar modules from Sabancı Renewables, a developer...

December 5, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Modules

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Solar
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US Solar Companies Demand End to Permitting Moratorium

The solar energy industry has written to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, urging them to work with the Department of the Interior (DOI) to address the July...

December 5, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar Solutions Firm PosiGen Files for Bankruptcy, Citing US Tax Credit Cuts

U.S.-based solar solutions provider PosiGen has filed proceedings under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The company reported...

November 27, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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First Solar Inaugurates 3.5 GW Solar Module Facility in Louisiana

U.S.-based solar module manufacturer First Solar has inaugurated a new module manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The vertically integrated facility is...

November 24, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Manufacturing

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Modules

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Solar
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Canadian Solar Revenue Flat in Q3, Solar Cell Plant to Go Online in 2026

Renewable energy solutions company  Canadian Solar’s revenue for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025 remained flat at $1.48 billion, reducing 1% year-over-year (YoY) from $1....

November 18, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Finance and M&A

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Modules

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Solar
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First Solar to Invest $330 Million in 3.7 GW Solar Module Facility

U.S.-based solar module manufacturer First Solar will invest approximately $330 million to set up a 3.7 GW module manufacturing facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, to...

November 17, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Manufacturing

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Modules

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Solar

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