Western Australia Labor pushes for solar, pumped hydro for coal-town Collie
With the future of some of its coal-fired generators in doubt, the town of Collie in Western Australia may be revitalised with new solar, biomass and pumped hydro facilities.
The pv magazine weekly digest
It’s ‘business as usual’ in the solar industry as the novelty of 2017 starts to wear off, and how better to get back into the swing of things with more, uncertain, developments in the possible extension of EU trade duties against Chinese cell and module manufacturers, leaving us with as many questions as answers.
Chile signs new electrical supply tender
1,620 GWh of capacity is set to be auctioned in the daytime block. The timetable has been set for the presentation of bids for the first stage to take place on 11 October.
Conflicting votes on solar trade duties by EU trade committee
Two important votes on the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade measures against solar cell and module imports from China took place amongst the Anti-Dumping and Anti-Subsidy Committee of the EU Member States yesterday, during which the committee voted to approve the proposed extension of anti-subsidy measures, but voted to oppose the extension of the anti-dumping measures.
Mercom: India’s April-October PV imports up 40%, exports down 22%
The value of the country’s solar imports and exports hit US$1.22 billion (R83.1 billion) from the start of the current fiscal year in April to the end of October 2016, up nearly $1 billion from the same period a year earlier, according to Mercom Capital.
EuPD Research predicts tough year ahead for solar PV
Along with the majority of other market analysts, EuPD Research is forecasting a drop in solar installations in 2017, mainly as a result of a reduced installation target in China, which is likely to ramp up the pressure on PV manufacturers.
Array Technologies expands into MENA, Turkey
The company is opening a new office in Abu Dhabi and will provide trackers to 24 MW of PV projects in Turkey.
Amtech/Tempress secures US$60 million in solar tool orders
The bookings for the last four months include PECVD orders and an n-type bifacial turnkey line for customers in Asia, and will ship in the next six to nine months.
Scaling Solar update: Senegal, Madagascar, Ethiopia and Zambia tenders
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) updated the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) last week about solar PV developments in Africa through the IFC’s Scaling Solar program.
More than 7,000 solar installations on net metering in Brazil
The combined capacity of all of the solar installations on net metering in Brazil stands at 57.6 MW.
