W.A. plans Australia's biggest solar+storage micro-grid in Onslow
Western Australia’s regional utility Horizon Power has launched a project to deliver what it claims will be Australias largest solar and storage-based microgrid once complete in early 2018.
UK solar developer given green light for 140 MW plant in Australia
Permission has been granted to Eco Energy World’s Australia unit to develop the utility-scale PV plant in Queensland, Australia, with the company now planning to develop an ambitious 1 GW of solar PV in the country in the next two years.
California bills to dramatically expand distributed energy storage
Four bills signed by California governor Brown will mandate a distributed energy storage procurement, fund incentives for behind-the-meter storage, and more.
San Diego schools solar splurge
News on commercial scale deployments across two of San Diegos school districts shows a strong commitment to the industry. Two contracts alone expect to save $1.6 million over 10 years and $21 million over 25 years.
pv magazine LIVE video coverage of Solar Power International 2016
Our new videos from Americas largest solar trade show feature interviews with the CEOs of First Solar and SolarWorld Americas, as well as commentary from GTM Research and Sonnen.
25 GW of new solar in Europe can steer sustainable EV growth, finds EEA
Study by Germany’s Öko-Institut on behalf of European Environment Agency finds that just 25 GW of Europe-wide solar PV could support the goal of reaching 10% electric vehicle penetration by 2050.
UK could be home to 24 million clean energy prosumers by 2050, says report
Data by the European Renewable Energies Federation forecasts the British energy ‘prosumer’ to grow from one million in 2015 to 24 million as more and more citizens begin to make valuable energy contributions.
Solar helping to protect Myanmar village from poisonous snakes
Panasonic has installed its off-grid solar plus storage Power Supply Station in the village of Yin Ma Chaung, Myanmar, which supplies street lights in an area with poisonous snakes, allowing villages to now move around at night.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
Is the new record-low price for PV reported this week in Abu Dhabi a killer-watt for solar? Prices plunge in India too, while Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity stirs up a lawsuit or four.
First utility-scale Tesla battery being installed in Europe
Tesla’s utility and business energy storage solution, the Powerpack, is being installed by U.K. developer Camborne Energy Storage alongside a PV plant in Somerset, making it the first large-scale Tesla storage unit to be installed in Europe.
