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Austria’s Storage Offensive: Solar Subsidies Shift from Panels to Batteries from 2027

Austria’s Storage Offensive: Solar Subsidies Shift from Panels to Batteries from 2027 The debate over Austria’s solar subsidy framework intensified dramatically after the last funding round saw its budget exhausted in just 33 seconds. Thousands of applications for photovoltaic and battery storage investment grants were left unfunded. Now, the Austrian government is responding with a fundamental

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Poland’s New Energy Strategy Envisages Sharp Increase in Renewables – Sunlink Analysis

Poland’s New Energy Strategy Envisages Sharp Increase in Renewables – A Solar Opportunity Awakens Poland has long been seen as a coal‑dominant outlier in Europe’s energy transition. That image is now changing rapidly. The Council of Ministers has approved an updated National Energy and Climate Plan (KPEiK) , setting out an accelerated transformation through 2040. The plan

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Malaysia Offers Cash Rebate for Home Solar – A Major Boost for Residential PV

Malaysia has taken a significant step to accelerate rooftop solar adoption. The government has announced the Sustainable Rebate and Incentive Assistance (SuRIA) Home initiative – a cash rebate scheme for household solar installations. Under the programme, homeowners will receive MYR 600 ($151.27) per kWac, up to a maximum of MYR 3,000 per household (enough for a 5 kWac system). At Sunlink

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German Storage Industry Back on Growth Path – But Uncertainty Looms

After a significant dip in 2024, Germany’s energy storage industry has returned to a strong growth trajectory. According to the latest market analysis from the German Energy Storage Systems Association (BVES), revenue for storage companies based in Germany increased by 31% in 2025 to reach €15.2 billion – nearly back to the 2023 peak. For 2026, BVES forecasts

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Agrivoltaics Maintains or Enhances Forage Quality – Sunlink Insights

Agrivoltaics Maintains or Enhances Forage Quality, Study Finds – What This Means for Solar Developers and Farmers At Sunlink (Xiamen), we believe the future of solar energy is not just about generating clean electricity – it is about integrating with agriculture to create value for both energy and food production. A new study from the

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Longi reveals back-contact PV test results from offshore environments

Chinese module maker Longi has released the results of a six-month test of its back-contact solar modules deployed in an offshore deep-sea experimental installation. The company stated that the results, covering the January–June 2025 period, were validated by the China National Photovoltaic Product Quality Inspection Center (CPVT). The experimental site, located off the coast of Yantai, a major Chinese

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GoodWe unveils 50 kW string inverter for C&I projects in China

Chinese inverter and energy storage manufacturer GoodWe has released a 50 kW string inverter for small to medium C&I applications. The GW50K-SDT-C30 system features four maximum power point trackers (MPPT), each with two strings. “With a maximum input current of 20 amps per string, the SDT G3 50 kW inverter is fully compatible with mainstream high-power PV

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Research shows how Japan’s PV market suffered from high feed-in tariffs

An international research team has linked higher feed-in tariffs (FITs) in Japan to higher levels of capital expenditure (Capex) in solar projects. The research paper, “How high feed-in tariffs impacted the Capital Cost of Solar PV in Japan,” available in the journal Renewable Energy, used survey data from Japanese solar projects and econometric modeling to investigate the impact of

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Battery projects driving renewables expansion in Australia

New figures from research consultancy Rystad Energy show that 21 new utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects representing 9.6 GW of capacity were added to Australia’s renewable energy development pipeline in July 2024. Rystad renewables and power analyst Alokita Shukla said this was well down on the 28 GW of new capacity added in

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