Turkey: ICCI event returns focus to growing solar industry
The 22nd International Energy & Environment Fair and Conference, held just weeks after Solarex, delivered another opportunity for Turkey to smooth the edges of its expanding solar sector.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
This week: The looming bankruptcy of SunEdison came to pass as France looks set to increase its solar target threefold by 2023 and India appealed a WTO ruling that could have far-reaching effects on its domestic solar business.
India appeals WTO domestic content ruling for solar
Energy minister Piyush Goyal challenges World Trade Organization’s ruling that its domestic content requirements for solar violate international trade rules.
Emerging solar markets offering better returns for developers, report finds
Mercatus Energy Investment Management report finds that emerging solar markets offer investors and developers high risk, high reward, which helps drive larger project size in these regions.
UK: RBS lending for solar projects tripled in 2015, bank says
The Royal Bank of Scotland invested a total of GBP 1 billion into the U.K.’s renewable energy sector in 2015, including a record GBP 450 million for solar, which represented a three-fold increase on 2014.
Sunrun opens new branch office, warehouse in South Carolina
The U.S. residential solar lease provider expands its presence in South Carolina with the inauguration of a new office and supply warehouse in the city of Columbia.
ReneSola signs 81.5 MW of module supply deals in China
The Chinese module producer signs agreement with TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis to supply 56.5 MW of its 305 W, 310 W and 315 W modules to the company; 25 MW supply deal also agreed with China Foma Group.
France eyes threefold solar target increase by 2023
Industry body Conseil Superieur de l’Energie approves increase in solar PV target to 20.2 GW by 2023, up from anticipated 10.2 GW cumulative capacity by the end of 2018. Wind target also revised upwards.
Yingli signs 200 MW solar module supply deal in Dominican Republic
Arrangement with European EPC partner will see 200 MW of Yingli modules shipped to the Caribbean nation over the course of the next three years.
Duke Energy inaugurates 5 MW Mickey Mouse-shaped solar farm at Disney
The finished installation lies on 22 acres of land near Epcot and will supply clean solar energy to Walt Disney World Resort and Randy Creek Improvement District in Florida.
