Reshuffle at the top, as new markets arise
A new wave of consolidation and some reshuffling is underway among market leaders in the solar EPC space, writes IHS Markit’s Josefin Berg. In 2019, the 30 largest EPC providers globally installed 28 GW of non-residential PV, representing 26% of the total market. This increase from 21% in 2018 stems mainly from a growing concentration in the Chinese PV market, as well as integrator concentration in rapidly growing markets like Spain and Vietnam.
Iberdrola begins construction on 317 MW hybrid wind-solar plant in Australia
The AUD 500 million facility is Iberdrola’s first renewable energy project in the country, which has become one of the great growth region’s for the Spanish company.
Portugal sees 74 MW of utility-scale PV coming online
German group WiNRG completed three of the six projects totaling 205 MW that it is currently building in Portugal.
Solar+storage replaces US coal plant
The utility plans to replace the San Juan coal-fired station’s 847 MW of capacity with 650 MW of solar generation and 300 MW/1,200 MWh of accompanying energy storage.
Wärtsilä’s 9 MW battery storage system reduces demand peaks
An independent power producer, AEP OnSite Partners, will be the first to deploy Wärtsilä’s new storage product.
Swift Solar to push perovskite market forward
Born from an Oxford research group, the startup is looking to make its name by developing all-perovskite tandems – something no other company has done.
German solar PPA market to reach 300 MW in 2020
After the slump caused by the Covid-19 crisis, the demand for subsidy-free photovoltaic projects has again picked up in Germany. By the end of 2022, German consultancy company Enervies sees a maximum potential of up to 3.6 GW for photovoltaic systems that could be implemented outside of the EEG subsidy scheme.
Nobel Prize-winning auction geniuses want to apply their findings to renewables
Stanford professors Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for developing a new auction theory and new auction formats for goods and services. Their findings were already successfully used in the electricity energy sector and may now meet the challenge on how to better shape clean energy procurements.
SNEC 2020 CEO Series – Interview with Vice President of International Sales – GoodWe
GoodWe is a rapidly expanding inverter manufacturer that recently went public on the Shanghai Stock Market. The company is a major player on the international stage and has increased its market share in every major PV market. What new products and solutions did GoodWe showcase at SNEC 2020 in Shanghai? What is GoodWe’s international marketing strategy? Ron Shen, Vice President of International Sales, addressed these questions during an exclusive interview with PV Magazine.
Swinerton was the largest solar EPC contractor outside China in 2019
Although the Wiki-Solar website ranking only provides a snapshot of PV project engineering, procurement and construction contracts outside of China, it is nevertheless a useful indicator of the changing global solar market landscape. Of the top 11 companies, three are based in India, three in the United States, another three in Spain and two in the United States.
