Frost & Sullivan: Falling costs, tech advances are creating new opportunities for microgrids
The consulting firm says that price reductions in both distributed PV and battery technology are making microgrids more bankable, as are improved control and management systems.
SECI issues tender to electrify 1,000 Indian villages with solar
Global tender issued by the Solar Energy Corporation of India on behalf of Arunachel Pradesh Energy Development Agency to install off-grid solar power packs at more than 1,000 villages.
Lumos raises $90m for pay-as-you-go solar in Nigeria
The Dutch off-grid solar provider raises mixture of private equity investment and financing from development banks to roll out power systems in Nigeria.
Renewables rise to 15% of U.S. electricity generation in Q1-Q3 2016
While solar’s share of net U.S. generation was only 1.4%, this is a 40% increase from a year ago.
Sale of Verengo assets to Crius clears another hurdle
Since the company received only one bid for its more than 20,000 installed systems, the sale of them to Crius Energy is set to move forward
Kyocera puts online 14.5 MW PV plant in Japan
The plant by Kyocera, Mitsubishi Research Institute and Tokyo Century follows a relatively strong Q2 for utility-scale solar in Japan.
Fronius installs solar inverters at former Austrian nuclear plant
Installation at the dormant Zwentendorf an der Donau nuclear site in Austria symbolic of the nation’s growing embrace of clean renewable energy, says Fronius.
PPAs for over 1 GW of solar on the horizon in Jharkhand, India
After various delays, solar developers in Jharkhand, India, are expecting to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 1.1 GW of PV projects in the state, which should receive average tariff rates of USD 79.3 per MWh, according to Mercom Capital.
France’s solar road: International solar experts give their analysis
The construction of a solar road in France is turning numerous heads due to the novelty value of the project, however, solar experts have a different view, seeing the construction as economically unviable, and actually damaging to the solar industry.
EU Energy Union package lacks ambition, says SolarPower Europe
Still much to be done at EU level if continent is to seize chance to build solar-powered electricity system, says SolarPower Europe in wake of disappointing European Commission Energy Union package.
