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Germany added 1.83GW of new solar PV capacity in July 2026, the highest monthly level so far this year, according to the Federal Network Agency. The figure was above June’s 1.36GW and July 2025’s 1.59GW. Ground-mounted projects contributed the largest share, with 917.7MW across 246 solar parks, while rooftop solar added 628.5MW and plug-in solar contributed 62MW. From January to July, Germany installed 9.38GW of new PV capacity, including 5.12GW of ground-mounted solar, 4.02GW of rooftop PV and 346.5MW of plug-in solar. By the end of July, cumulative installed solar capacity reached 127.38GW.

Reporter learned from State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd. on August 18 that as of that date, the cumulative installed PV power generation capacity in the province had exceeded 100 million kW, reaching 100.08 million kW, marking Jiangsu as the first province in China to have PV installed capacity exceed 100 million kW. At the same time, PV installed capacity accounted for about 38% of the province's total power generation installed capacity, and PV surpassed coal-fired, gas-fired and wind power, becoming the largest power source in Jiangsu.

On August 11, the Yongshan Branch of the Zhaotong Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau in Yunnan issued a public announcement regarding the proposed review of the environmental impact assessment documents for the Huanghua PV power generation project. According to the announcement, the project is a new construction, located in Lianfeng Town and Maolin Town, Yongshan County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, and is developed by Huaneng Luodian (Yongshan) New Energy Co., Ltd. with a total investment of 480 million yuan. The installed capacity of the project is 120 MW, with a DC side installed capacity of 150.01 MWp and a DC-to-AC ratio of 1.25. The main equipment includes 240,016 monocrystalline silicon PV modules of 625 Wp each and 375 320 kW string inverters. The project has a total of 40 sub-arrays, including 25 of 3.3 MW, 6 of 2.9 MW, 2 of 2.6 MW, 3 of 2.3 MW, and 4 of 2.0 MW. The project adopts a string inverter scheme, with an inverter capacity of 320 kW. Each string consists of 28 modules, and 22 to 23 strings are connected to an inverter, which is then connected to a 35 kV step-up transformer. The total construction period is 12 months, and the project is planned to start in September 2026 and be completed by September-end 2027.