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pv magazine caught up with Ashish Khanna, executive director and CEO of Tata Power Solar, at the Renewable Energy India expo to talk rooftop challenges, China’s influence, local manufacturing and the longer-term aspirations of the Indian solar market.

This acquisition will double the yieldco’s solar holdings, as part of a previously announced expansion of solar and wind assets.

Leading figures in the Indian solar landscape debated at REI the funding and growth challenges facing the country’s market, need for continued foreign capital evident.

Leading figures in the Indian solar landscape debated at REI the funding and growth challenges facing the country’s market, need for continued foreign capital evident.

According to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor, a quarterly publication from GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association (ESA), the United States deployed 41.2 megawatts of energy storage in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 126% over the first quarter of the year. The nation is on track to deploy 287 megawatts of energy storage this year.

The French energy minister confirmed this week that France will begin a series of tenders for 1.35 GW of new rooftop PV to be conducted over the next three years, which can be added to the 3 GW of utility-scale solar PV that will be auctioned during a separate series of tenders over the same time period.

As part of a focus on PV module and system quality in preparation for our Quality Roundtable at the Solar Power International Trade show in Las Vegas, pv magazine brings you an interview with DuPont Research Fellow Bill Gambogi and Director of Corporate Marketing Bob Olsen.

Chinese PV manufacturer JinkoSolar has announced its withdrawal from the EU price undertaking, adding pressure on the EU to revise or abolish the scheme, in the face of disapproval from the European solar market and a number of high-profile Chinese companies leaving the agreement.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is well positioned to reach its target of generating 100% renewable electricity by 2020, as it has already backed the development of 640MW of large-scale PV and wind project over the past four years, according to a new report.

Secretary of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Shri Upendra Tripathy says India’s role at the head of the International Solar Alliance is to share achievements and lessons learned from National Solar Mission.