Installations

Mississippi has approved 105 MW of utility-scale PV as the latest state in the U.S. Deep South to do so, and Alabama has given the go-ahead for another 21 MW.

Access Infra Africa pens deal with Nigerian Quaint Global Energy Solutions for the creation of a 50 MW solar PV plant in northern Kaduna state; part of funding coming via U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

Work on what will become one of the Philippines largest PV plants when complete, is underway. JA Solar has supplied 92.5 MW of its solar modules to the Cadiz Solar Power Project, located in the Negros Occidental province. Overall, the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved 2.5 GW of solar projects in the country.

Germany will miss its 2030 renewable energy targets if current policies do not change, according to a new report by IRENA. However, there is potential to meet, or even exceed them, if renewables are better deployed in the power and end use sectors. In the positive scenario, 11 GW of residential solar+storage could be installed by 2030, and cumulative PV capacity will reach 75 GW.

Chinese PV manufacturer Canadian Solar has announced strong shipment, revenue and income growth in Q3 2015. It has flagged manufacturing capacity expansions that will see its module output grow to 5.63 GW by the end of 2016 and has upped its 2015 full year outlook to revenues between $3.28 billion to $3.33 billion.

IHS estimates that 272.4 GW of solar will be added globally between 2016 and 2019. 1H 2016 will see “strong” PV production and shipments; while China, the U.S., Japan, India and the U.K. will comprise the top 5 markets next year.

Report from United Nations finds that current efforts to tackle climate change will only achieve half of the reduction in greenhouse gases required if world is to keep temperature increase below 2c.

Study by the World Resources Institute finds that eight of the ten economies that lead the way in global emissions will double their use of renewable energy by 2030.

Despite the recommendation of Germany’s scientific advisory, the Federal Ministry of Economics will wind up the KfW-storage subsidy program, for battery storage coupled with small PV arrays, at the end of this year. The Federal Ministry of Economics confirmed this news to pv magazine today. The German Parliamentary Economic Committee was informed by the Ministry this week that all of the targets associated with the program have been achieved.

Solar’s continued price decline caught the headlines for various reasons: In India’s Andhra Pradesht the winning tender was so cheap verging on ‘unattractive’, in the U.S. Enphase was forced to slash costs to stay competitive, and in Chile solar was confirmed as cheaper than fossil fuels.