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Solar power

  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU launches 2 probes into China solar manufacturers

    Brussels says subsidies distort European market in ‘strategically important’ sector

    Staff operating machinery on the photovoltaic cell production line at the Longi Green Energy Technology plant in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China
  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Global glut turns solar panels into garden fencing option

    Europeans find alternative location for cheap green technology with cost of rooftop installation so high

    Solar panels in an Amsterdam garden
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    News in-depth
    China’s solar billionaire feels the heat as sector faces upheaval

    Longi founder Li Zhenguo is laying off thousands of staff in an industry grappling with oversupply

    Li Zhenguo and Longi logo
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Special ReportFT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Chinese panels power Czech distributor to top of FT 1000 ranking

    Raylyst Solar is Europe’s fastest-growing company after bet on Chinese renewable energy tech

    Jan Kameníček standing in front of an array of solar panels
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    US solar manufacturers in ‘dire situation’ as imports soar

    Domestic industry wants stronger tariffs as subsidies have not done enough to ward off Chinese competition

    A solar and storage plant
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Banks find clean-energy allies in fight against stricter capital rules

    Concern risk-weighting for renewable-power projects would rise fourfold under Basel III endgame proposal

    A highway in California flanked by solar panels
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    Lex
    Europe’s solar crisis will cast a long shadow

    Brussels is under pressure to intervene with strict tariffs or measures to support the domestic industry

    Two workers in red inspect the panels
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    US manufacturing
    Chinese-backed solar factory stirs suspicions in rural Ohio

    Local opponents raise fears over Beijing’s influence as US aims to reshore supply chain

    Illuminate USA’s 1mn sq ft solar panel factory in Pataskala, Ohio
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Shedding light on the finances of solar panels

    After energy bills surged, more homeowners are weighing solar power. But does it pay off?

  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    ExplainerElon Musk
    What the $56bn Tesla pay deal setback means for Elon Musk and his empire

    Carmaker’s board under pressure after Delaware judge rules billionaire CEO has to forfeit largest ever incentive package

    Montage of Elon Musk and Tesla logo
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    The Big Read
    The looming trade tensions over China’s subsidies

    The US and EU are busy ‘de-risking’ supply chains but Beijing has its own plan for economic autonomy

    Montage of images of an electric car, solar panels and a factory worker with a smartphone against a red background with overlaid with the yellow starts from the Chinese flag
  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Brussels considers support for solar panel makers as Chinese imports flood market

    Global overcapacity leaves European manufacturers ‘on the brink’

    The production line at the Trina Solar factory in Changzhou, China
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    NextEra Energy
    Power giant NextEra plays down Republican threat to US climate law

    Largest renewable energy developer says repeal of Inflation Reduction Act ‘unlikely’ as order list grows

    Field of wind turbines
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Solar panels: give us your views

    Have you made significant energy savings after installation?

    An aerial view of solar panels on the roofs of homes in Colne, England.
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP pays £254mn to take full control of solar joint venture Lightsource

    Deal signals that UK energy group is pressing ahead with a strategy drawn up by former chief executive Bernard Looney

    Rows of solar panels
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Lex
    Solar energy: charge of the light brigade will rally renewables Premium content

    With more slack in its supply chain, solar is a better bet than wind

    Workers carry a solar panel for installation
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla solar panels were going to change the world. What happened?

    The father, the sun, and the holey business plan

  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    Solar company Sunnova warns of looming energy crisis

    CEO John Berger’s comments come as shares of renewable energy companies fall because of high interest rates

  • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    How to make space-based solar power a reality

    Concerns over climate change are fuelling breakthroughs in satellite technology that harnesses the sun’s energy

    Graphic image showing a space-based solar panel
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Solar supply chains must diversify away from China, warns EDP

    Energy company turns to alternative supply sources after US import legislation causes delays

    Workers on a photovoltaic panel module production line at a factory in China’s Guizhou province
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    Climate change
    EU legislators vote to sharply increase bloc’s renewable energy target

    European parliament agrees to lift green energy share to 42.5% by 2030 after nuclear power concessions

    A floating solar panel farm in Germany
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Europe’s solar industry warns of bankruptcies over Chinese imports

    EU’s efforts to manufacture more green technologies are being undercut by cheaper rivals

    A woman works on the production line of solar panels
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Special ReportDecarbonisation
    Battery storage takes central role in powering net zero

    State backing for renewable investments fuels growth but western nations remain dependent on Asia for supply

    Tesla Megapack batteries at the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System next to the Vistra Moss Landing natural gas fired power plant in Moss Landing, California
  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    News in-depthNorth Korea
    Power-starved North Korea turns to solar energy to keep the lights on

    Cheaper panels and increasing domestic assembly offer an alternative to regime’s dilapidated electricity grid

    Two balconies on the light pink building have mini-solar panels on them. Red flowering plants in pots stand on some of the balconies
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    Renewable energy
    Green energy groups step up training to close skills gap

    Demand surges for workers that can install and maintain heat pumps, solar panels and electric vehicle chargers

    A worker checks solar panels.
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