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.

As India’s renewable ecosystem continues to mature, open access solar is set to become a cornerstone of corporate energy strategy—delivering both financial savings and sustainability gains. Policy clarity, improved transmission infrastructure, and incentives for storage integration will be critical to unlocking the next phase of growth

In its second monthly column for pv magazine, the Becquerel Institute explains that Europe has vast commercial and industrial rooftops suitable for solar, but decades-old structural limits block conventional PV panels, creating an 85 GW untapped potential. Lightweight PV modules, commercially available and up to 50% lighter, can unlock this constrained market, meeting regulatory, economic, and technical needs for solar deployment across the continent.

Climate fintech company Hygge Energy and rooftop solar solutions provider Atria Renewable have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate rooftop solar adoption and enable peer-to-peer (P2P) solar energy trading in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Waaree Solar Americas Inc. has entered into a share subscription agreement with United Solar Holdings Inc., a Cayman Islands-based polysilicon producer, to subscribe to around 5.37 million Series B preferred shares for about $30 million.

NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL), a subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy Ltd, has commissioned an additional 270 MW at its 1,200 MW Khavda-II solar PV project in Gujarat.

Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has invited bids from developers to set up renewable energy projects on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis to supply 1 GW of power on a round-the-clock (RTC) basis. Energy storage systems (ESS) will be a mandatory component of the projects.

Bifacial PV modules, string inverters and advanced trackers are becoming the preferred technologies in utility-scale solar project design, according to new data from RatedPower.

Energy requirements evolve over time, and solar systems must be designed with adaptability in mind. Design-led innovation supports scalability through modular architectures that allow systems to expand or integrate complementary technologies such as energy storage.

GREW Solar has secured a repeat order worth approximately INR 500 crore from a domestic independent power producer (IPP) for the supply of its high-efficiency M10R TOPCon PV modules. The modules will be deployed at the developer’s upcoming utility-scale solar projects across multiple locations in India.

Malaysia’s rising power demand, driven by industrial growth and data centers, is exposing grid and capacity constraints, prompting policies like Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS) to enable corporate renewable procurement while maintaining system cost recovery. A key factor is the System Access Charge (SAC), whose uncertain future trajectory affects long-term solar PPAs and investment decisions, making scenario-based modelling crucial for assessing project bankability.

Delta Electronics India, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corp. (TNSDC), has inaugurated a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Robotics and PLC Automation at the College of Engineering, Bargur, in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu.

India has launched the Hydrogen Valley Innovation Cluster under the National Green Hydrogen Mission to accelerate the transition of green hydrogen technologies from laboratory research to industrial deployment.

The transparent four-terminal perovskite solar cell employs an ion-modulated spiro-MeOTAD hole transport layer, which passivates interfacial defects, enhances carrier dynamics, and allows for a tunable work function in wide-bandgap perovskites. When integrated into mechanically stacked 4T tandems with an n-TOPCon cell, the device achieved an overall efficiency of 28.4–30.2%, along with improved open-circuit voltage and fill factor.

SolarPower Europe has released new technical due diligence guidelines for utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects, covering risk, engineering and lifecycle standards for co-located PV and battery systems.

Eastman Auto & Power today announced that it has operationalized an 800 MW solar PV module manufacturing facility in Sonipat, Haryana.

The Chinese manufacturer has launched a fire-resistant version of its Hi-MO X10 module for distributed PV applications, featuring back-contact technology and up to 24.8% efficiency. The company says the module adds enhanced fire-safety design to address rooftop PV risks such as hot spots and DC arcing.

NavPrakriti, a Kolkata-headquartered lithium-ion battery recycler, has entered into a strategic partnership with NASH Energy, a NASH Group company focused on advanced battery manufacturing and energy storage solutions, to ensure responsible end-of-life management of all batteries produced by NASH Energy, including production scrap.

South Carolina regulators and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are investigating Silfab Solar’s Fort Mill manufacturing plant after releases of potassium hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid within the same week.

Noida-based Involtics has launched the GTSI series of single-phase hybrid inverters (3 kW/3.6 kW/5 kW/6 kW) for residential solar applications. The inverters work seamlessly with solar panels, batteries (lead-acid and lithium-ion), and the grid to deliver continuous power for household loads.

The “Battery Atlas 2026” report shows consolidation in Europe’s battery market. More than 2,000 GWh of cell production capacity was announced in 2023, but the realistic forecast for early 2026 is around 1,190 GWh, including approximately 673 GWh led by Asian companies.

India’s renewable energy expansion will extend beyond utility-scale projects to distributed renewable energy, green open access and emerging prosumer models enabled by digital platforms and the India Energy Stack as the nation advances toward its vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047.

The next clean-energy boom will be driven not only by renewable generation but by intelligent storage. Tech-enabled, solar-compatible battery energy storage systems (BESS) will make clean energy predictable, resilient, and commercially viable at scale.

Rajesh Power Projects has signed a battery energy storage purchase agreement (BESPA) with state-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) for the development of a 65 MW/130 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Virpore in Gujarat. 

EcoFlow has unveiled the single-phase Ocean 2 all-in-one battery inverter at Key Energy in Rimini. The system features a more compact 5 kWh LFP battery stackable up to 30 kWh and offering 100% depth of discharge, 3.4 kW discharge power, and IP66 protection.

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.

Several EV and charging components such as rectifiers, power modules, semiconductors, battery cells and PCBs are still largely imported. These create ecosystem-wide challenges including supply volatility, cost exposure, limited local integration, and scaling constraints. However, these gaps also represent one of India’s biggest opportunities.

While policy discussions focus on solar tariffs and farmer incentives, we see a different challenge emerging on the factory floor: Infrastructure Redefinition. The humble transformer is being asked to do things it was never originally designed to do.

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.

The next phase of green growth will depend on how quickly capital reaches businesses that are ready to modernize, become energy-efficient, and invest in cleaner production systems. The question is no longer whether sustainable lending will grow, it is how fast we can remove the barriers preventing it from scaling.