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Emiliano Bellini

Emiliano joined pv magazine in March 2017. He has been reporting on solar and renewable energy since 2009. Emiliano is responsible for the daily news coverage on pv-magazine.com with a particular focus on European market. Emiliano also covers new technology, R&D, installations and company financial reporting. In its previous experience as a journalist, Emiliano has written about EdTech and new language technologies.

Energyra to build solar module factory in the Netherlands

The manufacturing facility will have an initial capacity of 100 MW and will produce both mono and polycrystalline modules.

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Quercus buys 18.4 MW of solar plants in southern Italy

Including these new plants, the company owns now around 100 MW of PV assets in Italy.

Lesotho secures grant from AfDB to launch 20 MW solar project

If built, the solar facility would be the country’s first large-scale PV power plant and would contribute to 13% of its maximum system demand.

Brazil to include rooftop solar in low-income housing program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”

The Brazilian government said it is planning to issue a decree to include the installation of rooftop PV arrays in all new buildings erected under the program by the end of 2017.

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Solar Frontier reports stable demand in H1 of fiscal 2017

The Japanese CIS module maker said it is now focusing on the domestic market, as its overseas business is facing tough competition.

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French government assigns 75 MW of FIT contracts in solar tender for Corsica and the overseas territories

The tender, which was launched in December 2016, was open to solar-plus-storage projects and PV projects for self-consumption.

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Colombia issues $66.7 million green bond

The funds will be used by the public bank Bancoldex to support unspeficied projects that help mitigate climate change impacts.

Amtech sees turnover and profits climb in Q2 of fiscal 2017

The U.S. supplier of automation systems for the PV industry said its performance in the quarter was its best results since its solar business unit peaked in the third and fourth fiscal quarters of 2011.

Saudi Arabia issues net metering scheme for small-scale solar

The Middle Eastern country has so far mainly supported large-scale projects. The new rules, which will apply to projects not exceeding 1 MW, will come into force in mid-2018.

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Brazilian state of São Paolo facilitates environmental licensing for solar

The new rules will apply to large-scale projects as well as to residential and commercial PV.

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