Solar-powered petrol pumps highlight ironies of India’s clean energy drive
Growth in solar panel installs at gas stations across India has fuelled uptake in petrol sales in regions where fossil fuel consumption had been falling, exposing one of the ironies of cheaper and reliable PV power.
Enel puts online 150 MW of solar in the United States
The Aurora project further advances Minnesota, the Midwest’s leading solar market
Spanish government approves Ellomay’s 300 MW solar project in southern Spain
The project is planned to be developed in the municipality of Talaván, in the southern region of Extremadura.
Ciel & Terre starts construction on the world’s largest floating PV plant
The French floating PV specialist is building a 70 MW solar facility for CECEP in China’s Anhui province.
Zambia receives $34.8 Million from German KfW
The funding is to be used to implement a Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFiT)-Strategy. Zambia aims to attract investors to overcome the energy crisis and to generate power sustainably.
Georgia launches net metering scheme for solar and other renewables
Through the scheme, the Caucasian country will support wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower generation installations with a capacity of up to 100 kW.
Panama’s Social Security Fund seeks to invest in solar
Income from solar power generation would be used to provide additional funds for two social security programs endangered by the Fund’s precarious financial situation.
Eicke Weber: Trump’s border wall could host 5 GW of PV capacity
The former head of Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE said in an interview with Spiegel that, although the proposed U.S. border wall should reach a length of only 3,000 kilometers, this would be enough to build a huge PV installation. With solar LCOE ranging from $0.03 to $0.05/KWh the PV plant could be amortized in five to six years.
Pakistan to install 556.5 MW by end of 2018
Roughly 956.8 MW of solar capacity is now under development at 28 locations in Pakistan under the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), with 556.5 MW set for completion by the end of 2018.
Indian state of Maharashtra announces 2 GW of solar projects
The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO) issues call for developers to build 500 MW solar park and construct 1.5 GW of solar projects to solarize state’s agriculture feeder infrastructure.
