Markets & Policy

Thailand has announced that applications for solar farm licenses will be open to the public sector early 2016. A FIT of $0.16/kWh has been slated for 25 years.

Landmark represents widening of Japanese company’s international footprint, more than 20 million Solar Frontier CIS modules now installed around the world.

The National Energy Administration is currently thrashing out the terms of the 13th iteration of its five-year plan, and may outline a 2020 PV target of 200 GW, sources say.

The U.S. solar leasing company sets terms for its planned initial public offering (IPO), aiming to raise up to $309 million after filing its first IPO last month.

U.S. solar firm signs 20-year power purchase agreement with Nevada utility NV Energy for a 100 MW solar PV plant planned for the state’s Eldorado Valley in Boulder City.

A new report from Navigant Research sees increasing market competition fueling vertical integration as well as mergers and acquisition. The annual revenue from global PV installations is forecast to surpass $151 billion in 2024.

The Department for Energy and Climate Change confirms Renewable Obligation scheme for sub-5 MW solar farms to be scrapped from April 1, 2016. Pre-accreditation from FIT to be removed for installations larger than 50 kW.

A newly released Deutsche Bank markets research report has adjusted its solar power forecast prognosis for India to 34 GW by 2020, an increase of about 240% from its previous estimation of 14 GW. India has a pivotal part to play with its 2020 commitment to solar energy increasing five-folds to 100 GW.

U.K.’s leading solar voices say decision to scrap subsidies for small-scale solar is a blow to investor confidence, STA calls for bridging strategy to help solar reach grid parity.

Data from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shows new renewable capacity added so far this year is 900 times that of coal, figures do not account for distributed solar PV.