Argentina awards 400 MW of solar projects and announces second round in November
Winners include a 300 MW solar project in Jujuy and a 100 MW project in Salta, at a median price of US$59.75/MWh. A second round was announced in November with a 200 MW solar quota.
Global investment in clean energy tumbles 43% y/y in Q3, says BNEF
Report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reveals investment in renewables and smart energy technologies reached just $42.4 billion in third quarter, which is a sizable drop on the same period last year.
Canada’s Alberta government aims for 50% solar power
Government of Alberta posts request for information to explore the possibility of using solar energy to meet half of its energy needs, replacing existing green energy contracts that are set to expire.
Conergy Services partners with QOS to monitor 500 MW European solar portfolio
The O&M arm of the German solar developer will task QOS Energy with integrating its 500 MWp European solar PV portfolio into its monitoring software over the next six months.
REC grows Q2 module shipments 25% year-over-year
The Norwegian solar company shipped 326 MW of modules in the second quarter of 2016, with the EMEA region seeing an 87% increase in demand. U.S. accounted for 60% of all shipments.
Europe urged to begin mass-decommissioning of fossil fuel plants in new EEA report
The European Environment Agency has called on Europe’s governments to ramp up the pace of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants across the continent in order to avoid a carbon lock-in.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
A week in which Europe showed its solar strength, the U.S. flashed its impressive PV pipeline, and pv magazines video content proved a hit.
Cease coal imports, embrace affordable solar, urges Indian power minister
Piyush Goyal uses platform at two-day energy and mines conference to urge power generating companies to no longer import coal, calls for better balance with affordable renewables, such as solar.
Boom time: the pv magazine USA week in review
Its a complicated time in the U.S. solar industry, with a booming market, especially for utility-scale solar and increasing public interest, but also collapsed PV module prices and shifts in production.
Centrotherm narrows outlook as customers delay orders
German solar equipment manufacturer says it can no longer sustain its earnings forecast for the year as steep declines in the price of solar cells prompt investors to postpone investments in production equipment.
