Markets & Policy

Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar is providing almost 50% of the modules for the giant 950 MW first demonstration of China’s “Front Runner” project, which is aiming to promote the development of advanced solar PV technology.

81% of solar energy prosumers in Australia are considering adding batteries to their PV systems. Meanwhile in Germany, 94% of citizens support integration of renewable energy storage solutions.

Japan’s parliament passed a key piece of legislation for solar, which revises the country’s feed-in tariff policy for renewable energies, creating a new certification system and a new tendering program for PV projects, after April 2017.

SPI Energy has powered four distributed generation projects totaling 12.8 MW in Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Shandong provinces of China.

The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority has said that it will make an announcement on Thursday regarding the next stage of the tender for the 3,000 MW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park.

Dow Chemical Company, one of the world’s largest chemical material companies, expressed an ambition of becoming a supplier of materials for the encapsulation and protection of PV cells within modules, particularly targeting the ever expanding PV market in China.

The bill to raise the RPS to 25% by 2020 has strong support and the state’s legislature may override this veto.

German Phoenix Solar will build a 10.2 MW solar plant in Eastern Turkey, country’s first governmentally licensed PV project.

German Phoenix Solar will build a 10.2 MW solar plant in Eastern Turkey, country’s first governmentally licensed PV project.

German Phoenix Solar will build a 10.2 MW solar plant in Eastern Turkey, country’s first governmentally licensed PV project.