The five largest #energystorage #VC/PE funding deals in 9M 2026 were @basepowerco ($1 billion), @FormEnergyInc ($750 million), @antoraenergy ($550 million), @EnerVenue_Inc ($300 million), and @SilaNanotech ($300 million).
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Announced solar #debtfinancing reached $20.4 billion in 9M 2026, up 61% from $12.7 billion in 9M 2025. The number of deals increased 33% YoY. mercomcapital.com/product/9m-q3-…

The share of #solar generation with co-located battery #storage is increasing in the #US @EIAgov eia.gov/todayinenergy/…

#Global #VC funding in the #energystorage sector surged 93% YoY to $5.4 billion across 79 deals in 9M 2026, compared to $2.8 billion across 56 deals in 9M 2025.
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Solar #publicmarketfinancing rose 59% YoY to $2.7 billion across 32 deals in 9M 2026, compared with $1.7 billion across 12 deals a year earlier. The number of deals increased 167%. mercomcapital.com/product/9m-q3-…

Noak raises $5.6 million to scale #perovskitesilicon tandem #solar technology
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#Global corporate #funding in the #energystorage sector rose 49% YoY to $16.7 billion across 120 deals in 9M 2026, compared to $11.2 billion across 85 deals in 9M 2025. Deal activity increased 41% YoY.
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The top solar #VC/PE deals in 9M 2026 were Inox Clean Energy ($343 million), Nexamp ($180 million), Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions ($165 million), Amarenco ($150 million), and Erco ($129 million).
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Solar #VC funding fell 31% YoY to $2 billion in 9M 2026 from $2.9 billion in 9M 2025, even as the number of deals increased 9%.
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Corporate funding in the #solar sector reached $25.1 billion in 9M 2026, up 45% from $17.3 billion in 9M 2025. The number of deals increased 35% YoY.
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#Singapore sets 1 GWh #energystorage target under five-year infrastructure plan @EMA_sg ema.gov.sg/news-events/ne…

#Solar and #storage growth drives down summer wholesale electricity prices by 42% in Texas and 51% in California #US @SEIA seia.org/news/analysis-…

#China’s #MIIT has proposed stricter #solar cell and module standards, setting minimum conversion efficiencies and limits on #energy and water consumption and module degradation.

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#US small-scale #solar generation has quadrupled in the last decade @EIAgov eia.gov/todayinenergy/…

#US to impose antidumping, countervailing duties on #solar imports from #India @MercomIndia mercomindia.com/us-to-impose-a…

#EU #solar sector supported 874,000 jobs, while #batterystorage supported 108,000 jobs in 2025 @SolarPowerEU solarpowereurope.org/press-releases…

#Reverion raises $175 million to scale reversible #fuelcell technology #energystorage mercomcapital.com/reverion-raise…

#Germany's #solar power generation in 2026 reached 90.2 TWh, surpassing 90 TWh generated during all of 2025 #renewables @BSWSolareV solarwirtschaft.de/2026/09/28/deu…

#India added 50.6 GW of #solar module and 9.7 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity in the first half of 2026, according to Mercom India’s recently released research report, State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 1H 2026.

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#US clean energy workforce fell by nearly 37,000 jobs in 2025, with California alone losing almost 21,000 jobs @e2org #solar #renewables #EV e2.org/releases/e2-cl…