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The Indian solar solutions provider and panel manufacturer received an EPC order for 30 MW of solar plants, which is added to 80 MW of EPC contracts that the company signed at the end of July, displaying BHEL’s ambitions for expansion in India’s rapidly growing PV market.

A senior solar energy researcher from the University of Queensland has questioned the role of grid-scale battery storage as the “missing link” of Australia’s shift to renewables, and suggested that much more research needs to be done if the technology is to be rolled out successfully.

Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar was dismissed on Monday, less than a month after the government issued a new decree for the development of 5 GW of solar energy over the next 2-3 years using a new feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme.

The Nevada utility has requested approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for a 100 MW solar plant, while simultaneously requesting the early retirement of a coal-fired generation facility, but its previous objection to net metering lingers in the memory.

The 100 MW project was commissioned using domestically manufactured cells and modules, thus fitting in with the government’s ‘Make in India’ mission, and makes a huge addition to Tata Power Solar’s PV portfolio in the country.

The German PV manufacturer recorded significant growth in the company’s sales and revenues compared to the same period last year, while also getting its EBIT back into profit, although it had to revise down its preliminary results.

The Chinese inverter manufacturer has signed a contract with Indian Independent Power Producer Mytrah Energy to supply inverters for approximately 150 MW of the company’s projects in India, further expanding its market share in global solar markets.

The Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer — also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry — has wrapped up its 388.8 billion yen ($3.8 billion?) purchase of a 66% stake in the troubled Japanese group.

U.S. solar energy solutions provider SunLink has partnered with Indian engineering company Ganges Internationale to help facilitate solar deployment in India, as part of an agreement to develop 1.4 GW of solar in India over the next five years.

It is the first ‘official solar partnership’ that the world’s largest theatrical producer has ever entering in, and conveniently it is with the world’s largest PV manufacturer, which will see the two global powerhouses promote each other’s brands and offer a selection of benefits to one another.