MEPs urge European Commission to end solar trade duties
A total of 22 Members of European Parliament, including the vice-chair of the Energy Committee of the European Parliament, co-sign a letter addressed to the European Commission calling for the removal of antidumping and anti-subsidy duties against Chinese solar components.
Lazard: Solar PV, storage costs fall in 2016
The financial advisory finds that costs from solar are falling faster than other energy sources, and is additionally documenting steep falls in storage costs.
Suntech opens European branch
The Chinese solar maker basing its European operations somewhere in Germany.
Younicos to design 49 MW battery solution to UK’s largest storage project
The Berlin-based battery and software specialist has been selected by British energy firm Centrica to design and supply a 49 MW lithium-ion system located at a former gas and coal power plant in northern England.
Singulus receives prepayment for EUR 110m CIGS order from CNBM
The German solar equipment manufacturer receives first prepayment on EUR 110 million CIGS order placed by two subsidiaries of Chinese state-owned enterprise China National Building Materials.
Aquila Capital invests in 38.4 MW Japan solar park
The European independent asset manager has invested triple-digit-million euros in the solar farm, which is due to be completed in 2018. The plant will also have a storage system installed alongside.
20 MW-AC PV plant goes online in Australia’s outback
This is the largest PV plant to go online in Queensland to date, and was completed two months early.
India solar parks plan hit by infrastructural delays, says Mercom Capital
Country’s ambitious solar parks program is being undermined by insufficient infrastructure and delays in site preparation and land acquisition, finds analysis by Mercom Capital Group.
Asian demand for German solar equipment rising outside of China, says VDMA
Report by the German Engineering Federation reveals impact of U.S. and EU trade cases against Chinese solar producers as demand from China slows, replaced by notable increase in other East Asian countries. Book to bill ratio reaches 1.5.
REC Group posts 15% quarter-over-quarter module shipment slump
The Norwegian solar company shipped 276 MW of modules in the third quarter as the global slowdown in demand took hold. Shipments to APAC region nevertheless increased by 88%.
