Chinese officials set ambitious and unlikely 100 GW goal
Target was announced by energy official Nur Bekri to parliament. Government aims to rein in coal in favor of natural gas, wind and solar.
JinkoSolar signs $479m finance agreement with China Minsheng Bank
Five-year deal sees China Minsheng Bank offer financial support to assist JinkoSolar’s downstream development and manufacturing efforts.
7 days off the grid: weekly offgrid news
The weekly round-up from pv magazine of the lesser-known news from the off-grid sector, compiled each Friday by specialist editor Peter Carvill.
NewGen to install 200 MW of solar in Sierra Leone
Power company will break ground on first, 20 MW, plant this year with 180 MW more utility-scale schemes to follow by 2018. Hydro, DG microgrids, thermal and solar lighting will also play a role in electrifying country.
pv magazine weekly news digest
Solar is poised to land the decisive blow in the global energy battle as cost and storage align perfectly, U.S. pricing finds its rhythm and the U.K. market continues its upward trajectory.
US: large-scale solar generation doubled in 2014, says EIA
Growth in non-hydro renewables increased by 11% in 2014, with utility-scale solar alone enjoying 102% increase in electrical generation, data shows.
1366 Tech partners with Hanwha Q Cells in wafer launch
This latest generation of the company’s kerfless wafer production machinery, which avoids feedstock waste by forming wafers directly from molten silicon, is designed to make more than 5 MW per year.
MENA: Adenium Energy Capital, Enerwhere sign $10 million investment deal for mobile solar systems
The two Dubai-based companies are teaming up to deploy Enerwhere’s fleet of mobile solar power systems, which can provide power to construction sites, industrial locations and worker accommodation facilities around the Middle East on a rental or PPA basis.
NVI Energy's Solar4Africa: 'One-stop-shop' funding
It could be posited with reason that the off-grid solar market is still one that is finding its feet, and still in the period that all new industries go through as it tries to make sense of how it can best serve its market. Innovative financing techniques are emerging as the offgrid market matures, in this the first in a series of articles on innovation in the offgrid space.
Sharp seeks buyer for solar business
Indications are mounting that Sharp is looking to raise much-needed cash through the partial or complete sale of its solar business. While its brand remains strong and share of the Japanese PV market dominant, experts say Sharp has struggled with profitability from its solar segment on the back of the weak yen.
