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The National Energy Administration will hand out regional quotas for individual provinces based on local demand and resource, with projects that exceed the quota ineligible for the subsidy.

The White House argues that India’s domestic content requirements not only hinder international cooperation on clean energy but also make solar energy more expensive for the country.

The China Quality Certification Center has designed new testing methods to fairly evaluate the performance of the solar modules in extreme environments, according to the company.

Energy storage could be a very attractive prospect for users of photovoltaic energy, particularly in markets where electricity retail costs are high.

UK renewable energy developer AGRenewables (AGR) has teamed up with Hanwha Q CELLS in Germany on a 24.3 MW solar installation in Stowbridge, England.

U.S. company Strata Solar is set to complete 300 MW in 2014 and has pipeline of more than one gigawatt across seven states.

Solea AG and Pinpoint Ventures are planning to develop solar projects in India with a total capacity of 200 MW in the next three years.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 12 projects that will share $30 million to develop solar hybrid solutions that generate and store solar power when the sun is not shining.

Local energy experts have welcomed the tweak, which relieves the burden on high energy consumers and instead puts the onus to meet solar targets on the state utility.

It is unclear what the election signifies for the Japanese solar industry. A pro-nuclear stance could mean a regression of generous solar FITs but it could also be an endorsement of the regime that introduced them.