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Broker's call: Solar Industries (Accumulate)
Solar Industries has announced a 100 per cent acquisition of South Africa-listed company Omnia Holdings, a leading fertilizer and mining explosives maker, in an all-cash deal worth ₹13,000 crore. The acquisition would enable Solar Industries…
Campaigners feel 'powerless' over future of East Pye solar farm
Campaigners speaking at a series of open floor hearings on the future of a 2,700-acre (about 1,000-hectare) solar farm say they feel powerless and dismissed. Six months of hearings began on Tuesday on the future of the East Pye solar farm which, if…
Solar Is Booming, But Can Businesses Capture Its Full Value?
Frédéric Godemel is the Executive Vice-President for Energy Management at Schneider Electric. Western Europe saw record-high temperatures in June and July, while parts of the United Kingdom saw nearly twice their average sunshine in…
Sunnier Days Ahead? Solar Panels Are Now So Cheap It's Upending the Business World
Solar panels are so cheap now that in many places around the world, if a business isn't running on solar energy, it's going to struggle to compete. But as the Financial Times reports, the influx of cheap panels is placing new strains on the grid…
Bangladesh cuts solar equipment import taxes to 1%
The Bangladeshi government has reduced the overall tax burden on solar equipment imports from 17% to 1% as part of efforts to accelerate solar power deployment. The reduction is the country's largest duty and tax cut for solar equipment to date.
San Diego County Supervisors approve controversial solar and battery storage project in Boulevard
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a major use permit for a controversial solar and battery storage project in the East County on Wednesday during a land use meeting. Dozens of residents made the hour-long drive from the…
Sunrun and First Solar Rise 6% as Solar Selloff Unwinds; SolarEdge Climbs 4%
Solar stocks are surging Thursday with no earnings, no analyst upgrades, and no policy news to explain the move. The ordering of who is rising most reveals something specific about what this rally actually is. Published September 17, 2026, 1:56pm…
Big Lake agrivoltaics project shows promise of mixing farming, solar power
Winifred Sylvah picked a handful of plump cucumbers on a cold, wet September morning as raindrops trickled off rows of solar panels in the background. They've been a productive plant for Sylvah on a new plot of land at a solar farm in Big Lake.
Factory occupation against union-related layoffs at Smart Solar in Türkiye
Workers at the Smart Solar Technologies factory in the Aliağa district of İzmir, Türkiye, halted production on the evening of Friday, September 11, and refused to leave the plant for four days. The action was sparked by the firing…
Borosil Renewables pilots rooftop solar projects, targets ₹100 crore revenue
Borosil Renewables has outlined an aggressive strategy to enter the rooftop solar business, also marking its entry into a direct consumer facing industry. The company is expanding downstream from making solar glass into branded distributed solar…
First Solar drops TOPCon patent complaint
U.S. solar manufacturer First Solar has announced a recalibration of its intellectual property enforcement strategy, opting to voluntarily withdraw its Section 337 complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). Under Section 337…
Bangladesh launches $123 million rooftop solar fund
Bangladesh has established a $123 million fund to finance rooftop solar and other renewable energy projects as the government seeks to address persistent power shortages. The Finance Division announced the fund on Wednesday. The money has been…
Australian grid operator trials C&I rooftop solar initiative to share energy benefits with renters
East coast electricity distributor Ausgrid is rolling out a trial to turn commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop solar surplus, into an opportunity to share energy with consumers who can't install solar. Renters, apartment dwellers, consumers…
Aastha Spintex gets GEDA approval for solar installation
Aastha Spintex has received registration from the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) for installation of a rooftop solar PV system with a capacity of 1,000 kW AC and 1,350 kW DC (1.35 MW DC) at its Falcon Yarns' manufacturing facility at…
Alpex Solar inaugurates 2.2 GW TOPCon cell factory in India
Alpex Solar has inaugurated a 2.2 GW tunnel-oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell factory in the Kosi Kotwan Industrial Area in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The company said the 900,000-square-foot facility will produce G12R TOPCon solar…
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