Interview: JinkoSolar CEO discusses half-cut cell technology
Kangping Chen, the CEO of Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar, speaks to pv magazine about the company’s solar technology development, the efficacy of half-cut solar cells, and the future of the PV industry.
Swedish Energy Agency revises statistics: new additions for 2016 totaled 79.2 MW
The new numbers reveal that the Swedish solar market grew by 63% last year compared to 2015, and that it surpassed 200 MW of cumulative installed power.
BNP Paribas to cease funding shale/tar sands, and increase financing for renewables
French banking group BNP Paribas has announced a series of measures to support the energy transition, including a pledge to cease all business with companies primarily involved in shale gas, tar sands oil and Arctic exploration for oil. The group also plans to increase its total financing for renewable energy projects to €15 billion by 2020.
UK’s Foresight to acquire 117 MW Australian PV from Canadian Solar
British firm to invest AU$64 million to acquire assets being developed in Queensland by Canadian Solar.
Clean Growth Strategy: has solar become a dirty word for UK government?
The £2.5 billion Clean Growth Strategy makes no direct mention of solar power, despite explicitly laying out support for numerous policies that will rely – directly or indirectly – on the presence of PV, such as EV charging, property retrofits and green mortgages.
First Solar weighs in on the Section 201 trade case
The world’s largest thin-film solar maker has sided with the petitioners, testifying to the difficulties that U.S. solar cell and module makers are experiencing and the challenges of competing with imports supported by foreign governments.
Dutch team Nuon Solar wins Australia solar car race
Since October 8 some 42 cars powered by solar energy raced their way across Australia from Darwin to Adelaide in the 30th World Solar Challenge. Delft University’s Nuon Solar grabbed its seventh win.
MIT researchers develop ‘air breathing’ sulfur flow battery
A team at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a type of battery which it says could store energy for long durations at a fraction of the cost of current storage technologies.
Alten and Cubico begin work on 350 MW solar park in central Mexico
The Cubico Alten Aguascalientes Solar PV project is located in El Llano municipality, in the state of Aguascalientes.
World Bank’s Lighting Africa initiative set to deliver more solar to Tanzania
A two-year consumer education campaign in Tanzania to promote solar off-grid lighting and energy products in off-grid communities has been jointly announced by the World Bank-IFC. Program is part of Lighting Africa project designed to provide accessible and cheap solar products.
