Installations

A number of solar plans have been announced across the African continent, including Sterling and Wilson’s aim to install 500 MW of PV across the next three years; and a US$100 million investment for renewables deployment in Rwanda and Uganda.

Hong Kong-listed solar developer is aiming to end 2016 with a new installed PV base of 2.4 GW in China, building upon 2015’s estimates that has seen 1 GW of new capacity added.

Battery storage could be just five years away from being an economic no-brainer for some Australian solar households, according to a new report which predicts grid-connected battery storage will be economically attractive for many homes from around 2020. RenewEconomy reports.

The Prime Minister reiterated his desire to see more than $100bn invested in his Global Solar Alliance during the G20 meeting held in Turkey over the weekend.

The German-U.S. solar company confirms preliminary sales and shipments reports, reaching 784 MW of shipments in the first nine months of the year and sales of more than $580 million.

Collaboration between solar developer SunLink Corporation and EPC Blattner Energy follows earlier partnership delivering a 148.5 MW solar farm in southeastern U.S.

Energy Watch Group has criticized the International Energy Agency’s renewables predictions as containing “serious errors,” concluding that the forecasts are “inadequately low.” The international network of scientists and parliamentarians says that while leading analysts forecast annual installations for both wind and solar will grow by 10% through 2040, the IEA forecasts zero growth at best and 20 – 40% decreases in less optimistic scenarios.

Amid new efficiency world records, surging growth for emerging solar markets and a bullish report from IHS predicting 272.4 GW of new capacity by 2019, naysayers and doom mongers are still making their voices heard.

Buried in Taiwanese PV maker NSP’s Q3 results is a statement that the company is moving production capacity to an un-named Southeast Asian nation.

Investment of GBP 2 billion agreed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.K. and is part of a wider GBP 10 billion trade deal between the two nations.