Tesla solar deployments plummet while energy storage rises
The nation’s largest residential PV installer deployed only 109 MW of solar during Q3, its lowest level in many years, but it did install 110 MWh of battery storage.
Madagascar commissions its first solar-plus-storage project
A solar facility made up of 720 solar PV modules and coupled with a 315 Kwh storage system is expected to power several communities of the Bongolava region.
Singapore announces 50 MW rooftop PV tender
Singapore’s Housing and Development Board has launched its latest tender for 50 MW of new PV capacity under the SolarNova program. This will be largest tender so far in the SolarNova series, involving several new government agencies.
USAID, GIZ release PV guidelines for Thailand
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have jointly issued a set of recommendations to facilitate rooftop PV deployment in Thailand.
ACC inks rooftop PV deal with P&G in China
Asia Clean Capital (ACC) has agreed to install rooftop solar systems at facilities owned by Procter & Gamble (Guangzhou) Consumer Products.
5 MW solar installation unveiled on railway stations in New Delhi
The total capacity of 5 MW Solar as part of railways 1,000 MW solar mission is commissioned on four central stations – Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar, New Delhi, and Old Delhi Railway Station.
Conventional Energy seeks Renewable Energy in India: Coal India launches 200 MW solar tender
Solar Energy Corporation India (SECI), on behalf of Coal India limited (CIL) has invited bids for two 100 MW solar power plants. The government authority will clarify the bidding requirement in a meeting to be held on November 13 in Kolkata.
India’s EESL to install 300 MW of domestically produced PV modules
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL) has procured PV modules from several Indian manufacturers at a lower rate than it can from Chinese suppliers, setting a new benchmark for panel prices in the country.
Singapore to receive $18m solar and storage research boost
The country’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) has awarded two research grants to various consortia and higher education establishments specifically to support improvements in Singapore’s solar power forecasting abilities, in addition to the creation of a test-bed for developing energy storage capabilities.
Global solar market to grow 30% and reach close to 100 GW this year, says Bernreuter Research
The German-based analyst and polysilicon specialist believes that newly installed solar PV capacity will hit 95 GW in 2017 and could hit 100 GW. Polysilicon spot prices set to fall by end of year.
