Emiliano Bellini
Turkey’s Suoz Energy plans vertically integrated module production
The company resumed production at its manufacturing facility in western Turkey. Additional equipment, aimed at making production vertically integrated, was recently acquired from two Greek manufacturers
SolarPower Europe revises down global outlook for 2018… but only a bit
Despite recent developments in China, the European solar association believes global newly installed PV capacity this year will reach 102 GW, only 5 GW lower than its previous guidance.
France’s 50 MW tender for self-consumption ends up with only 2 MW of power assigned
The failure of the tender depended on a series of factors, the most important of which was the clarification of policy around fiscal exemptions for solar self-consumption in the case of third-party investment.
Shanghai Electric reveals plan to acquire 51% stake in GCL-Poly’s polysilicon unit
Shanghai Electric values the GCL polysilicon unit, Jiangsu Zhongneng, at around 25 billion CNY ($3.9 billion). Trading of shares of both companies was suspended today, pending the official announcement of the transaction.
EIB may finance 300 MW “unsubsidized” PV project in Spain
After securing a financial hedge for its Talasol solar plant in January, Israeli solar company Ellomay has now entered agreement with Deutsche Bank for the structuring of non-recourse senior debt financing for the project.
Engie acquires French solar developer Langa
The French energy giant has consolidated its new clean energy focus through the acquisition. The Langa group is expected to have operational PV assets of 165 MW in France by the end of the year.
Renesola revises up Q1 outlook despite China’s new PV provisions
The Chinese project developer expects quarterly revenue to be higher by up to $15 million, and solar module prices to drop significantly in the second half of the year.
Russia pre-qualifies PV projects totaling 554.3 MW for pending RE auction
Only a third of the projects, however, will reach the auction’s final phase, as the Russian government announced last year it would allocate 829.94 MW of wind and only 150.2 MW of solar in this round of bids.
The European job
Energyra promises to be a lot of things: the first module maker to bring production back to the Netherlands; a manufacturer relying entirely on Made in Europe equipment and Dutch back contact solar cell technology; and a start-up betting on quality, innovation, automation, as well as high performance modules. pv magazine visited the company’s factory in Zaanstad, to get more detail on this ambitious project.
Dubai has 43.7 MW under net metering
Most of the capacity, around 27 MW, was deployed in the emirate over the past eight months.
