[SMM PV Flash] Germany's 2026 Solar Generation Surpasses Full-Year 2025 Output by September

Kolaka Nickel is advancing a 20 MWp solar project paired with a 20 MW/30 MWh battery system in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, to supply self-generated clean electricity to an operating nickel-industry site. The project secured non-recourse financing from three banks in January 2026 and has now moved into equipment supply and implementation, with the module order in place. The development embeds solar-plus-storage directly into an energy-intensive industrial load, highlighting growing use of project finance to reduce power costs and emissions intensity across Southeast Asian mining operations.

German vertical bifacial PV specialist Next2Sun says it received more than €5 million in share subscriptions and funding offers by the end of last weekend, meeting the interim threshold it set to avoid an insolvency filing. The company cautioned that some indications still need to be firmed up and plans to confirm by Friday whether sufficient binding commitments can be accepted to complete the financing. The result therefore represents a critical liquidity milestone, but it does not yet mean that all funds have been received or that the company's going-concern risk has been fully removed.

PAD RES has secured PLN 192.5 million in long-term financing from UniCredit to build and operate three solar farms in Poland with a combined capacity of 133 MW. The financing covers the 90 MW Krapkowice, 18 MW Strzelce Opolskie and 25 MW Gromadka projects, all of which are under construction and are expected to generate around 140 GWh annually, equivalent to the yearly demand of roughly 47,000 homes. PAD RES plans to retain the assets after commissioning, indicating continued lender appetite for developers shifting from project origination toward long-term ownership and operation.