SunLink, Blattner to partner on 112.7 MW solar farm in U.S.
Collaboration between solar developer SunLink Corporation and EPC Blattner Energy follows earlier partnership delivering a 148.5 MW solar farm in southeastern U.S.
IEA renewables forecast "inadequately low" includes "serious errors" says NGO
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.
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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.
Neo Solar Power to expand PV manufacturing to Southeast Asia
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.
Lightsource signs deal for 3 GW of solar in India
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.
Sunpower introduces new PV module design, offers 2016 guidance
Sunpower has introduced a new PV module series based upon a novel interconnection technology, as well as warning of a fall in revenues and a loss in 2016 as it plows more projects into its yieldco.
California utilities agency increases efficiency with new storage system
The advanced energy storage system will optimize renewable energy generation at its water management facilities, providing “an added layer of protection” against power outages and make it easier to share renewable resources.
UK solar and energy storage: Market enters new phase
The British Photovoltaic Association has published a new report detailing the transition to a new kind of residential PV market. What role is energy storage playing in it?
Mississippi and Alabama approve utility-scale solar projects
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.
Nigeria signs $100m development deal for 50 MW solar farm
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.
