Electricity prices to rise despite oil and gas plunge
Despite falling oil and gas prices, the retail price of electricity is likely to continue an upward trend. A new Deutsche Bank Market Research study looks at the factors behind the trend.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
Developments in the U.S. continued to make headlines this week as utilities across the country carry out systematic attacks on net metering and a California city weighs a PPA for possibly the lowest solar power price on record.
SunEdison and Jinneng Group to build 2 GW of heterojunction PV cell and module capacity
China’s state-owned Jinneng Group and SunEdison are investing in an n-type mono heterojunction cell and module factory.
Enphase posts $22 million losses during 'challenging' 2015
Despite shipping a record 706 MW of microinverters, the U.S. company ended 2015 at a loss following a profit-making 2014; fourth quarter losses amounted to $15.8 million.
Australian startup develops pre-fabricated solar farm
Australian engineers last year installed a prototype solar farm in just 4 minutes. The company, 5B, believes the pre-fabricated model could meet the challenges of high labor costs in remote areas and is ideally suited to supply offgrid mining operations.
It's official: WTO rules against India's domestic content requirement
In an echo of the ruling against Ontario’s domestic content rules, the WTO has sided with the United States in saying that the requirement violates international trade agreements.
Germany's solar+storage subsidy extended to 2018
The German battery storage subsidy, for households adding a battery system to their PV array, has received funding through to 2018. The scheme has been allocated around EUR 30 million by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy. The program commences March 1.
GCL hits 2.5 GW of module shipments
The world’s largest crystalline silicon wafer producer has entered into the ranks of the top-10 module producers. The move confirms just how rapid its transition into module manufacturing has been, putting further pressure on multicrystalline wafer supply to PV cell manufacturers.
LichtBlick expands distributed energy optimization globally
LichtBlick’s international customers include utilities, grid operators and energy service companies. The company will next target private households, which will soon be able to market their energy via its IT platform.
Giga Solar lightweight PV modules pass Fraunhofer CSE tests
The manufacturer’s lightweight, glass-free modules enable innovative, low-cost rooftop and speedier mounting methods without the need for racking hardware or roof penetrations. The test results demonstrate that the solar PV modules can withstand the very tough conditions that modules experience on rooftops, Giga Solar says.
