WTO dispute panel rejects China’s claims in CSPV import dispute with the U.S.
The panel rejected all four claims against the U.S. relating to safeguard measures that the Trump administration imposed on solar panels imported from China.
Indian state launches floating solar tender
Developers have until September 30 to lodge their interest to install grid-connected floating solar plants on the water reservoir surface at Salaulim, Amthanem, Anjunem, and Chapoli Dams in the Indian state of Goa. Their scope of work also includes assessing the floating solar potential at each of these locations.
Ukraine drafts rules for renewable energy auctions
The Ukrainian authorities have drafted new regulations to provide technology-neutral, feed-in-premium payments to renewable energy plant operators, in addition to the wholesale electricity price under contracts for difference.
US solar panel shipments rose 33% in 2020
Solar PV module shipments reached a record high in the U.S. market in 2020, up 33% year on year.
Restoration of full customs duties for inverters hits Bangladeshi solar sector
The tax and duty rate levied on imported inverters leapt 26% in July after the authorities in Dhaka removed a dispensation from full rates that had been applied to the products.
English solar developers prep for New Zealand
Hive Energy, Ethical Power Group and Solar South West have set up a joint venture they hope will lead to 350 MW of utility scale installations in a country which does not suffer from grid congestion and which appears to have an energy transition-friendly administration.
EU approves France’s small scale solar FIT plans
The European Commission has determined France can offer the owners of building-mounted panels with a generation capacity of up to 500 kW a 20-year feed-in tariff without breaching the bloc’s state aid rules.
International group offers $68m loans for struggling off-grid clean energy distributors
‘More than 90’ suppliers of appliances such as solar lanterns and home solar panels, as well as mini-grid installers, will be offered low-interest credit by an assortment of government-backed and privately-financed entities.
Uzbekistan flicks switch on 100 MW Nur Navoi solar plant
The new facility is the first of almost 1 GW of solar generation capacity Emirati developer Masdar is working on bringing to fruition in the Central Asian nation.
Work begins on 100 MW/500 MWh vanadium flow battery in China
The storage project is linked to a 1 GW wind and solar project portfolio, 500 MW of solar distributed generation, and the construction of a gigafactory for vanadium redox flow batteries in China.
