India: Tata Power to build 100 MW of solar in Karnataka
Tata Power is aiming to generate 30 to 40% of its total generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2025.
TerniEnergia lands $19.2 million order for solar PV project in Egypt
The Italian smart energy company will build the large-scale solar PV plant in the southern Benban region in Aswan.
ReneSola partners with UCK Group to build 116 MW of PV in Turkey
ReneSola signs framework agreement with a solar energy solution provider UCK Group to develop a 116 MW pipeline of PV projects in Turkey.
Germany: Merkel cabinet approves e-vehicle subsidy measures
The government and automakers will share the costs of the EUR 600 million rebate incentive, which will be available until 2019 or until the government share of the funding runs out.
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Renewable energy developments in Germany and Argentina topped the news this week but also making waves was a report that global off-grid solar sales grew 40% in 2015 while India unveiled what is said to be the largest rooftop solar installation in the world.
Ontarios cap-and-trade to have limited short-term benefits for solar
CanSIA notes that revenues from the program could be used to add incentives for net-metered solar PV, and that it will impact the electricity market in other ways.
Mississippi breaks ground on its largest solar plant at 52 MW
The plant in the southern part of the state follows a 50 MW plant which broke ground in April.
Renewables power Portugal for four days straight
Solar, wind and hydro combine over extraordinary four-day period between May 7 11 to generate enough clean energy to keep Portugal’s lights on during that time.
London welcomes largest council-backed rooftop solar+storage installation
The Borough of Hounslow in the U.K. capital has invested GBP 2 million in a 1.73 MW rooftop solar array that will be supported by an onsite storage facility the largest of its kind in the country.
Singulus pins hopes on big CIGS orders after disappointing Q1
The German PV equipment manufacturer posts weak sales and negative EBIT figures for the first quarter of 2016, but says it is hopeful that “extensive” CIGS orders still in negotiations can be concluded soon.
