Bulgaria state-owned energy company calls for reintroduction of solar tax
Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) puts pressure on the government to impose a 30% tax levy on revenues generated by PV plants that sell power at preferential tariffs.
India's National Solar Mission, Phase II
The draft guidelines for India’s state JNNSM have been released. The guidelines include a 50% domestic content requirement despite the ongoing trade complaint with the U.S., Australia and Japan.
Californian utilities hit out against battery stored solar power
Three of the state’s largest utilities claim that customers with battery storage systems installed alongside their rooftop PV can give no guarantee that the energy they feed back to the grid is clean.
U.S. government shutdown hits solar
According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s contingency plans, all but those activities related to protecting life and property have stalled. Contract commitments will be honored until the money runs out.
New 6.5 MW PV plant enters service in Romania
Enel Green Power has connected the Colibasi plant, located in the south-eastern Romanian county of Giurgiu, to the grid.
SunEdison agrees to cancel wafer supply deal
Taiwanese cell manufacturer Gintech has surrendered $21.9 million of its security deposit to escape the final three years of the ten-year contract. SunEdison will return Gintech’s outstanding $35.1 million in quarterly instalments.
Pakistan: Punjab signs 100 MW MoU
The Pakistani state of Punjab has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with British company Pan Africa under which a 100 MW solar power project will be developed in Bahawalpur in eastern Punjab.
New PV projects of 36 MW and 20 MW approved as U.K. on course to hit 3 GW milestone soon
U.K. approves two separate solar PV projects, totaling 36 MW and 20 MW, with construction set to begin imminently. The U.K.’s department of energy also revealed the country installed 707 MW in the first half of 2013.
INRG wins approval for 17 MW solar farm on former airfield site in U.K.
INRG Solar has won approval for a 17 MW solar PV park on the site of a disused World War II airbase in Turweston, Buckinghamshire, in southern England.
Schmid Group builds fully integrated PV production facility for Argentinian utility company EPSE
The deal with Energia Provincial Sociedad del Estado (EPSE) for the 70 MW facility which will produce monocrystalline silicon ingots through to module production is worth an estimated EUR 100 million.
