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Taiwan's solar ecosystem includes 952 active companies, with New Taipei, Taichung, Hsinchu and Tainan among the leading city clusters.
Jul 12, 2026
Romania's solar ecosystem includes 1,087 active companies, with Bucharest, Timişoara, Cluj-Napoca and Oradea among the leading city clusters.
US module prices held steady near $0.30 per watt in Q2 2026 while utility-scale solar continued to boom — even as tariffs and tax-credit changes reshape the market.
The US energy-storage industry installed 9.7 GWh of new capacity in Q1 2026 — a record first quarter — as batteries increasingly pair with solar to firm up the grid.
SolarXList member First Solar beat Q1 estimates with $3.22 EPS on $1.04 billion revenue, reaffirmed full-year guidance, and drew a bullish $320 price target from Wells Fargo.
SolarXList member Sungrow achieved a top AAA rating in the new PV InverterTech bankability report — and together with Huawei holds more than half of the global inverter market.
SolarXList member Trina Solar signed a 305 MW tracker and mounting supply deal with Renvolt for Irish utility-scale projects, while its storage arm rides the industry's 'second growth curve'.
SolarXList member JinkoSolar is expanding battery manufacturing from 5 GWh to 13–14 GWh this year, as China's module giants make energy storage their second growth engine.
New Zealand's solar ecosystem includes 1,293 active companies, with Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Nelson among the leading city clusters.
Jul 10, 2026
The UAE's solar ecosystem includes 966 active companies, with Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah among the leading city clusters.
Malaysia's solar ecosystem includes 1,285 active companies, with Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam among the leading city clusters.
Slovakia's solar ecosystem includes 1,597 active companies, with Bratislava, Košice, Žilina and Banská Bystrica among the leading city clusters.