Manufacturing

The deal between local EPC company Halk Enerji and Hanwha SolarOne is the first to take advantage of Turkey’s new licensing landscape.

Chiniese group Amur Sirius submitted the largest bid for 220 MW. Winners of the auction will receive guarantees of a 14% rate of return on their investment for over 15 years.

Speaking at the recent IRENA conference, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said the accelerated deployment of renewable energy sources could play a pivotal role in overcoming the country’s current economic troubles.

Swedish dye-sensitised solar startup Exeger pursues its strategy to reach scale with its organic PV technology through the consumer electronics market and in particular the fast-growing wearables sector.

For the first time ever, PV projects will be included in a specific category in a national auction in Brazil. Winning projects are to start operation on October 1, 2017.

The duties would be applied to both solar panels and cells and effectively close a loophole that allowed Chinese manufacturers to bypass import tariffs by using non-Chinese solar cells in their panels.

To facilitate its European expansion, Sungevity has taken full ownership of its Dutch unit Zonline, soon to be rebranded as Sungevity Netherlands, which will serve as the company’s European headquarters.

The U.S. thin film giant will acquire the Berlin-based provider of PV plant management systems and data monitoring technology from AEG Power Solutions for an unspecified sum.

Some $40 trillion of the cumulative sum is slated for energy supply, including $23 trillion for fossil fuel extraction, transport and refining. Almost $10 trillion will go to power generation, including $6 trillion for renewables.

The Germany-based company’s Japanese unit is joining Sunny Health and JFE Engineering Corporation to build the solar power plant on abandoned golf course at the site of the 2011 earthquake.