Solar to account for 30% of all generation capacity investment until 2040
A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of energy not only points to solar as the technology that will have the most invested in it, but that costs will fall dramatically over the next 25 years, making it the cheapest energy source for most of the world by 2040.
Operations start at Enel's 66 MW solar plant in South Africa
With production starting at the Tom Burke PV power plant, the Italian company now has nearly 160 MW of installed capacity in South Africa, as Enels groundbreaking year continues.
North American solar investors concerned about H2 oversupply
Deutsche Bank released some market analysis, addressing the concerns of North American solar investors, who fear a potential PV oversupply is on the horizon, changes to net metering policies, and rising Chinese competition.
IBC Solar instals 2.4 MW rooftop self-consumption system in Holland
It is the largest self-consumption system ever installed by the German-company, to add to the growing network of large-scale rooftop PV systems in Holland.
SolarWorld donates 50 kW of PV modules for hospital in Haiti
This is now the fifth solar donation that SolarWorld has made to a hospital in Haiti, with the aim of reducing the hospitals energy reliance on expensive and unreliable diesel generators.
Solar dominates new U.S. power generation in Q1 2016
The nation added 1.66 GW-DCof solar PV during the quarter, and GTM Research is forecasting a near doubling of the market over the full year to 14.5 GW.
Greece’s islands are in need of more PV and storage
While Greece’s solar PV market starts to gather heat, pv magazine explores why Greece’s non-interconnected island region is the country’s number one spot in need of more solar PV and storage projects.
Solar now India's fastest-growing new energy source, says Mercom
Report forecasts India to install around 5 GW of new solar capacity this year, and reveals a bulging solar pipeline that has surpassed 22 GW.
Brexit interview: The EU has been the driver of solar in the UK, says James Watson
With the U.K. set to go to the polls on June 23rd to vote on an In/Out referendum on the country’s EU membership, pv magazine caught up with James Watson, a Brit and the CEO of SolarPower Europe, to canvass his opinion on the potential implications of a Brexit on the solar industry.
UK: despite record growth, 'sudden and severe' policy changes harming renewable sector, report finds
The Renewable Energy Association’s report on the state of the British clean energy landscape warns that strong growth in recent years is threatened by repeated policy interventions by government.
