Markets & Policy
In highly regulated energy markets, policy decisions can make or break new technologies, strategies, and even entire industries.
Support from policymakers, in the form of procurement exercises, priority dispatch, tax incentives and a wealth of other instruments, has been vital to the global solar industry’s success, and new mechanisms to support growth in energy storage are an increasingly important part of the story today.
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Polysilicon playbook
Now that the United States has finally announced the outcome of its Section 232 investigation into polysilicon imports, industry analysts and investors alike have been weighing up the expected pros and cons of the policy’s likely impacts, particularly on ingot, wafer and cell manufacturing.
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Jordan issues first 200 renewables approvals under new grid-connection rules
Jordan’s energy regulator has approved the first 200 renewable energy systems under the country’s amended Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Law. The approvals cover residential and other eligible applicants, as authorities begin processing pending grid-connection requests nationwide.
Europe’s storage market to hit 57 GWh in 2026, says EUPD Research
Europe’s battery storage market is set to surge 78% to 57 GWh in 2026, led by Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, the UK, and Spain, as falling costs and supportive policies accelerate deployment. Residential storage remains the key growth engine, with Chinese suppliers dominating as competition shifts toward integrated, intelligent energy solutions.
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Centrosolar's revenue up, despite predicted fall in German module demand
Centrosolar Group AG has said it expects to see revenue in excess of 370 million this year, despite a substantial fall in demand in the German market, predicted to take place in the third quarter of this year. The company adds that the high increase in solar module production capacity in April, from 110 MWp to currently around 155 MWp, has not been enough to meet fully the high level of demand from both Germany and other European core markets, particularly France and Italy.
Research: Total solar installations to exceed 100 GW in next five years; China to be worlds largest PV market
Cumulative photovoltaics (PV) installations will top 120 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2014, according to IMS Researchs recently launched Global PV Demand Database. The report also revealed that annual PV installations will grow steadily at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 20 percent between 2011 and 2014. In these four years, says IMS, some 80 GW of new PV capacity will be added globally. Growth rates are predicted to slow over the next four years, however, compared to the huge 95 percent growth rate forecast for this year.
Germany: Solar conference told Saudi Arabia will export as much solar energy as petrol
Saudi Arabia will export as much solar energy as it does petrol today, according to the countrys Minister for Petrol and Raw Materials Ali Al-Naimi, who was speaking at a one-day Saudi-German solar conference, held today in Magdeburg, Germany.
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MNRE minister urges India solar PV industry to develop research initiatives
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Honble Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy urged the Indian solar photovoltaics (PV) industry to focus on developing research initiatives, during the Solarcon India 2010, held in Hyderabad, India last week.
Spanish government keeps solar industry in FITs suspense, after announcing fraud investigation
Spain’s Asociación Empresarial Fotovoltaica (AEF) announced at a press conference held last week that negotiations on future solar subsidiaries have been postponed for the next two months, while the country’s government awaits the results of an investigation to find out which PV plants were illegally connected to the power grid in September 2008.
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Indias presidential residence first urban habitat to receive U.K. certification
Indias Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential palace), the residence of the the Honorable President of India has received the ISO 14001:2004 certification, which was granted by the U.K.’s Bureau Veritas in view of the various standardized environment management practices, including solar energy, it has adopted.
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