Markets & Policy

This is investment firm GSSG Solar’s first utility-scale project in Japan.

SEIA and George Washington University report predicts that the United States will reach 2 million solar installations in 2018, and that 1 million PV systems will be installed annually starting in 2025.

Five bids worth a total of 800 MW of solar PV capacity have been submitted in the third phase tender for projects at the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority solar park; lowest bid of 2.99 cents per kilowatt-hour received.

India’s largest utility Tata Power is in the final stages of negotiations to purchase the entire 1.15 GW clean energy portfolio of Welspun Group, according to local media reports.

Demand from the U.S. market fuelled first quarter shipment increase to 341 MW according to preliminary financials published today; currency effects drag down profits.

PermaCity has announced its plans for a 16.4 MW rooftop PV installation in Los Angeles, California.

The company’s latest report also finds that auctions are increasingly popular as a form of procuring utility-scale solar.

Citing “irregular and incomplete applications”, Ontario’s grid operator has halted the program until a new version of the MicroFIT is rolled out in July.

Bolivia’s Central Bank will provide a US$95 million loan for the Uyuni PV project, the largest solar project to date in the nation.

The electronics conglomerate is the second Japanese solar maker to report falling sales in the latest fiscal year, as more evidence of declining domestic demand.