Debt financing the main obstacle to PV during Covid-19 crisis
Industry body SolarPower Europe hosted a webinar to consider how the global public health crisis will affect solar. While workers and materials are still available, industry experts are concerned about the state of the financial sector. Banks could become more conservative and raise the cost of capital for renewables projects.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Solar developer donates more Chinese PPE
Grenergy was this week due to ship 400,000 face masks to Latin America as European developers today voiced a fear project finance will become increasingly difficult to find as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
Software for virtual power plants powered by residential solar-plus-storage
With its sonnenVPP, German battery company Sonnen wants to improve the efficiency of virtual power plants which it says can offer primary balancing energy from houses with solar and storage and can operate up to 90% more cost-effectively.
Australian researchers enhance clean hydrogen electrolysis
Griffith University scientists have unlocked a catalytic process to enhance the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen and bring Australia a step nearer clean, efficient hydrogen fuel.
China finalizes 2020 solar subsidy policy
With the introduction of guided feed-in prices for different types of electricity by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the world’s largest solar market has its PV subsidy policy finalized two months earlier than last year.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Mixed bag for global PV sector
pv magazine rounds up the latest Covid-19-related stories likely to affect the world of solar and energy storage.
Spain is Europe’s cheapest market for corporate solar PPAs
The country’s solar sector offers the lowest average prices for corporate power purchase agreements on the continent, according to BloombergNEF.
Vietnam finally unveils new FITs for large-scale, rooftop, floating PV
Hanoi has set new feed-in tariff rates for utility-scale, rooftop and floating PV projects, ending a long period of policy uncertainty. The government has announced the new rates, which are broadly in line with industry expectations, roughly 10 months after the expiration of its old tariffs.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Indian installations to be delayed by outbreak
pv magazine rounds up the latest Covid-19-related stories likely to affect the world of solar and energy storage.
Greece wraps up PV tender with record-breaking €0.04911/kWh tariff
Greece held its last round of renewable energy tenders in Athens on Thursday, resulting in the lowest tariff ever awarded to a renewable energy project in the country.
