New SolarPower Europe guidelines on tendering place emphasis on high-realization rates
The group’s tendering task force develops new best practice guidelines for new tendering laws due to be introduced across the EU on January 1 2017 for plants larger than 1 MW.
One in three UK solar jobs lost in past 12 months, data shows
Since government-backed changes in policy were introduced, the U.K. solar industry has seen a third of its jobs disappear, with 30% of companies likely cut employment further over next 12 months.
India invites bids for 300 MW of solar+storage projects
Two Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, are poised to offer solar+storage development contracts to the Solar Energy Corp. of India worth a combined 300 MW, reports say.
Array Technologies completes shipping of trackers to 191 MW solar project in California
Supply of trackers to the Springbok 2 solar farm follows on supply to the Springbok 1, for a total of 328 MW of trackers.
Photon Energy adds 28 MW to its solar O&M portfolio
Photon Energy Operations, a subsidiary of the solar firm Photo Energy, acquires O&M contracts of 17 solar plants in the Czech Republic totaling 28.5 MWp.
China triples H1 solar installations to 20 GW
Data from state news agency Xinhua suggests that China has added 20 GW of new solar PV capacity in the first half of 2016, three times more than same period last year.
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Talking ’bout a resolution: SolarWorld comes under pressure to reach an agreement on the Hemlock case, Turkey’s political troubles shake the sector, and NASA goes all 3D in its quest for higher solar efficiencies.
Australia: FRV gets approval for 30 MW Queensland solar farm
Spanish PV developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has received council approval to develop a 30 MW PV power plant in the Western Downs region of Queensland. The northeastern Australian state is proving attractive to PV developers, with electricity demand rising in the region, the presence strong very good solar resources, and suitable land available.
Germany: new renewable law does not spell the end of feed-in tariffs
Germanys peak renewable body has said that the new iteration of the countrys renewable energy legislation, the EEG, does not spell an end of the feed-in tariff system. The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) says that while solar PV installation figures will not return to anything like previous levels under the new EEG, FITs will still be in place, although with receding importance.
First Reserve to sell 101 MW of Italian solar plants
The private equity firm is to sell large amounts of its Italian PV portfolio, including the country’s biggest plant a 70.5 MW solar park in the north-eastern Veneto region.
