Paris Agreement heaps pressure on UK solar approach, says industry
Government urged to back its praise for the Paris Agreement with hard actions ahead of consultation this week on decision to cut FIT by 87%; u-turns also required on other clean energy targets, experts say.
Construction starts on 191 MW-DC PV plant in California's Central Valley
Swinerton Renewables has begun work on the massive Springbok 2 Solar Farm, which holds a contract to sell power to Los Angeles’ municipal utility.
UK: Capacity market auction slows decarbonization process
The results of the UKs second capacity market auction were published last week. Overall, the auction remunerated GBP 300 million of public subsidies in polluting diesel and small gas generators at a time when support for solar PV and onshore wind has been drastically slashed.
Megacell parent company signs agreement for new ingot, wafer plant in Bosnia
The first phase of the new plant will make multicrystalline silicon ingots and wafers, and the second phase n-type mono for MegaCell’s bi-facial cells.
Mercom: Global PV installations to reach 64.7 GW in 2016
Mercom Capital forecasts that the global PV market will grow only 13% in 2016, with the United States surpassing Japan to become the #2 installer of PV globally.
Soltec begins manufacturing solar tracker controllers in Brazil
The locally made controllers comply with Brazilian Development Bank requirements and will facilitate local bank credit access for EPC companies and developers.
Scatec Solar completes Utah's first utility-scale PV plant
Scatec Solar partnered with Google to finance and own the solar park, which will generate 210 kilowatt hours of electricity annually. The Norwegian company is currently developing a second plant of equal size in the state.
HT-SAAE's Milky Way module surpasses 300 W of mass production output power
The Chinese solar tech group said it would increase investment on research and development with the aim of further raising its modules’ mass production output power up to 310 W.
Asia: Energy storage, renewable energy set to soar in 2016
As the need for the integration of renewable energy into the power grid grows, Asia will emerge as dominant region for energy storage, according to Frost & Sullivan. That need is expected to drive significant interest in community and grid-scale energy storage solutions next year, particularly in Japan, China and South Korea.
Trina exits EU price undertaking
The company says the minimum import price does not reflect current market trends, which show average selling prices in major markets continuing to decline at a faster than expected rate. Trina will now supply EU markets through its overseas manufacturing facilities.
