Ben Willis
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M&A due diligence for solar and storage in the new AI era (opens the original)
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Before AI, before the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and well before the regulatory changes of the past two years, diligence on a solar and storage project was already a serious undertaking. That baseline complexity is easy to forget in a conversation focused on what has changed, but it matters for understanding why the current moment is so consequential. Every project is, at its core, a collection of several hundred contracts and documents. These documents govern site control and land rights, in
US community solar ventures raise US$370m for 200MW of new capacity (opens the original)
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Two separate community solar platforms in the US have closed new financing facilities worth over US$370 million combined to fund almost 200MW of projects in New York and Illinois. California-based community solar and distributed renewables platform 38 Degrees North and infrastructure investor and owner Generate Capital have closed deals of US$260 million and US$117 million, respectively, to build out their community solar portfolios in the two states. 38 Degrees North’s US$260 million funding ro
Official Q&A clarifies rules of China’s mandatory PV standards (opens the original)
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Amid unchecked capacity expansion, rapid technological upgrades and fierce market competition, China’s PV industry is undergoing a profound restructuring. To curb the sale of substandard products driven by short-term profit motives—which pose severe safety risks such as fire hazards, electric shocks, and structural failures—China has introduced five mandatory national standards to regulate market order. These standards are divided into two categories: PV safety and labelling, and energy consumpt
Why Enerparc insolvency is a warning sign for European solar's new reality (opens the original)
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The news earlier this week that veteran German solar developer Enerparc had filed for insolvency, just months after securing a billion-euro refinancing package, has sent shockwaves through the European renewable energy sector. Josefin Berg, senior research analyst at S&P Global Commodity Insights, said the development was “an earthquake” in the market. “We’ve seen companies come and go throughout the years, but with Enerparc, we all kind of thought they had the key, right? This is a big surprise
Inverter sector profitability divide: Sungrow and Sigenergy lead, while four rivals post losses (opens the original)
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Several major inverter manufacturers—including Sungrow, Deye, Sigenergy, Ginlong Solis, and Chint Power—have released their first-half (1H) 2026 financial results, revealing a clear profitability divide within the sector. Financial filings reveal stark divergence across listed inverter players. Sungrow, Deye, and Sigenergy dominate the industry, collectively accounting for over 95% of total net profit, making them the industry’s three most profitable companies. Meanwhile, mid-tier players such a
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