Financing solar in the developing world: what are the struggles?
Solar has started playing an important role in the developing world, but the pace of investment needs to step up. Is there enough financing for projects in the developing markets and if not, what needs to be done?
NextEra builds 2.5 GW of wind and solar in 2016
The Florida power company’s results call indicate very rapid activity over the last year, and NextEra expects a similar rate for future development, along with dividend growth.
Honduras is the first nation with 10% solar in its electricity mix
Electricity from PV plants represented 10.2% of the nation’s electricity mix in 2016. Honduras also leads Central America as the country with the highest PV capacity with 433 MW-AC installed.
Will high domestic content requirements fuel or hinder Turkish solar sector growth?
Turkey’s solar sector is showing continued growth, but there are questions regarding the nation’s domestic content requirement.
Midsummer receives CIGS equipment order
The Swedish tool maker reports the sale of its DUO thin film system for flexible CIGS to an undisclosed Asian customer.
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.
