Utility Scale PV

Joint statement issued by the solar division of the Japanese electronics giant and Elon Musk’s Tesla says that production of PV modules will begin in summer of 2017.

As the global solar market nears the end of its tenth consecutive year of growth, the EU-China trade spat looks set to continue, Indian ambitions soar once more, and mono-efficiency reaches new heights.

German subsidiary of the Taiwanese power group installs more than 1,000 of its M50A string inverters across cluster of 126 solar PV power plants in Vandel, Denmark.

As part of the green corridor project, the Power Grid Corp. of India will build power lines to transmit 20 GW of power capacity across 34 individual solar power plants. Project cost to run to $1.8 billion.

Bullish ten-year energy blueprint suggests India will surpass renewable targets outlined in Paris Agreement by more than 50% and three years ahead of schedule.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India’s 100 MW solar PV auction in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, issued under the domestic content requirement category, sees Adani and Azure Power win 50 MW each.

The London-headquartered renewable energy merchant bank signs share purchase agreement to acquire five Sicilian solar parks built by SunPower and developed by Italy’s Veronagest SpA.

Latest Climatescope report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance finds that the 58 emerging market economies built 70 GW of clean power in 2015, compared to 59 GW among the 35 wealthiest OECD nations.

China’s NEA has officially dropped the target to at least 105 GW by 2020, as well as setting goals for the PV industry and indicating that it will emphasize projects in Eastern China and the region around Beijing.

The project development arm of LG Group has won the contract to build the $142.55 million Japanese solar farm, which will be owned and operated by China’s Canadian Solar, with funding from Hanwha Group.