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Globeleq has launched the Leopards Hill Solar and Battery Project in Zambia. The hybrid development combines a 250 MW solar farm with a 150 MW/600 MWh BESS, marking the country’s largest such facility. Designed to address peak demand and grid stability, the project is backed by a grid connection agreement with ZESCO and targets financial close by late 2026. This initiative highlights the growing role of private-sector investment in Zambia’s rapidly evolving energy market.

Goldbeck Solar’s 204 MW Zwartowo plant has become the first large-scale solar project to join Poland’s balancing market. Facing rising curtailments and negative power prices, the developer overcame a 14-month qualification process to participate. While entry rules favored thermal assets, this milestone allows Zwartowo to stabilize cash flows and potentially achieve a 4% to 10% revenue upside. The move positions the solar plant as an active contributor to grid stability rather than a passive price taker.

U.S.-based solar manufacturer Solx and perovskite technology specialist Caelux have announced a five-year, 3 GW strategic partnership to produce next-generation hybrid tandem solar modules. The collaboration integrates Caelux’s “Active Glass” perovskite coating onto Solx’s “Aurora” platform, which utilizes silicon cells manufactured by U.S.-based Suniva. This hybrid tandem approach achieves a power conversion efficiency of 28% and creates a fully domestic U.S. supply chain for high-performance solar energy. The companies expect to deliver these advanced modules to the U.S. commercial market by 2027, following the recent startup of Solx’s manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico earlier this month.