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Meralco PowerGen Corporation and its partners have inaugurated Phase I of the MTerra Solar project in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, comprising 1.373GW of solar PV and 825MW/3,300MWh of battery storage. Once fully developed, the project will reach 3.5GW of solar PV and 4,500MWh of BESS capacity, making it one of the world’s largest single-site integrated solar-plus-storage projects, according to MGEN. The facility can currently export up to 750MW to the Luzon grid, while all 741 battery units on site have been energized. After grid testing, it is expected to begin supplying power under a 600MW mid-merit PSA with Meralco.

Oman has approved a 6GW integrated solar cell and module manufacturing project as part of a USD 1.744 billion investment package announced by Future Fund Oman. The flagship Orion Solar project will be located in SOHAR Freezone and is expected to become the first integrated solar manufacturing facility of its kind in the Middle East, with annual capacity of 6GW of solar cells and 3GW of modules. Local reports said the project is backed by Chinese investors and is estimated to cost around OMR 220 million. The investment package also includes a 66,000 t/year LFP cathode material project for EV batteries and energy storage.

Swissolar data show that Switzerland had installed 338,270 PV systems with a combined capacity of 9.50GW by the end of 2025. New PV additions fell to 1.33GW in 2025 from 1.8GW in 2024, marking the first annual decline since 2017. Solar generation reached nearly 8TWh, up 33.3% year on year, covering around 13.71% of national electricity consumption. The C&I segment contributed the largest share of new capacity at 547MW, followed by single-family homes at 342.9MW and multi-family buildings at 204.4MW. On storage, Switzerland added around 485MWh of lithium-ion capacity in 2025, lifting cumulative lithium-ion storage capacity to 1.38GWh.