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Italy connected 4.83 GW of new solar capacity to the grid in the first nine months of 2026, bringing its cumulative installed capacity to 48.35 GW by the end of September. Utility-scale projects accounted for 46% of new installations, while the country's cumulative battery storage capacity reached n...

Australia has backed a global initiative to double the number of households with rooftop solar from 150 million to 300 million by 2030. The goal was outlined in the Global Rooftop Solar Declaration, announced at the 2026 Pacific Pre-COP meeting in Fiji.       Australia is the fi...

Spain added 10.1 GW of new solar PV capacity in 2025, according to the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF). The total included 8.97 GW of utility-scale solar and 1.14 GW of self-consumption systems. The industry association said falling capture prices are putting increasing pressure on new projects, h...

The EU added at least 33.8 GW of new solar capacity in the first half of 2026, according to SolarPower Europe. The figure is 1.9% higher than the 33.2 GW added during the same period in 2025.      SolarPower Europe now expects the EU to install 68.1 GW of solar capacity in 2026, just...

Chile’s Ministry of Energy has released a preliminary long-term energy planning report, projecting 27GW to 58GW of additional solar capacity over the next 30 years under five different development scenarios.      According to the preliminary report for Chile’s 2028–...

The Philippines has simplified its guidelines for micro-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems and zero-export solar installations. Under the updated rules, these systems are no longer required to obtain a Certificate of Compliance, while plug-and-play PV systems below 1 kW are exempt from building permit...

South Korea has launched a 1 GW solar tender that will offer successful bidders fixed-price contracts, marking the final auction under the country's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) scheme before a new capacity-based auction system is introduced.      The Ministry of Climate, Energ...

A recent analysis by AleaSoft Energy Forecasting shows that a widespread heatwave across Europe significantly increased electricity demand, pushing weekly average power prices above €115/MWh in most major European electricity markets.      Compared with the previous week, averag...

Iran is accelerating its renewable energy ambitions with a new proposal to deploy 15 GW of small-scale solar power systems across the residential, commercial, and agricultural sectors.      According to reports from the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the Iranian Renewable Energ...

India installed 2.7 GW of new rooftop solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest report from Mercom India Research. The figure represents a significant increase from 2.2 GW in the previous quarter and 1.2 GW recorded in the first quarter of 2025.      The st...

Brazil added 4.4 GW of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, continuing the country’s strong momentum in both utility-scale and distributed generation (DG) markets. Utility-scale projects accounted for 2.3 GW, while distributed solar contributed another 2.2 GW. If this pace continue...

According to a recent report from GlobalData, Bangladesh’s solar capacity is expected to grow from around 1.3 GW in 2025 to approximately 8.5 GW by 2035, marking more than a sixfold increase over the next decade. Total renewable energy capacity in the country is also projected to approach 9 GW...