India: Rooftop PV targets missed, ground-mounted and off-grid exceeded
In the past financial year, India missed its rooftop solar PV targets, although it did exceed those for both grid-connected ground-mounted and off-grid systems, reports the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Bridge to India believes the government’s rooftop targets have been set at the wrong level and that around 10 GW will be installed by 2022, rather than 40 GW.
sPower, Array Technologies announce multi-gigawatt US tracker partnership
Over the next three years, Array expects to supply multiple gigawatts of trackers to the developer, as its “primary” tracker supplier.
Solar, wind make up at least 94% of new US generation power in Q1 2018
Wind and solar dominated new electric capacity commissioned in the first three months of 2018 – even before you count behind-the-meter installations.
ABN Amro launches €200 million fund for energy transition
The fund is expected to make equity capital investments in the range of €10 million to €25 million, mostly in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe.
Lightsource BP, UK water utility partner for 10 solar farms
U.K.-based water company, Northumbrian Water has entered into a partnership with Lightsource BP for the development of 10 new solar farms at its sites, which are expected to generate 10 GWh of clean electricity each year to help power its operations.
Greece to tender 300 MW of PV in July
Greece’s tender-based policy scheme for the support of renewable energies is maturing. After running a pilot tender in 2016, the country will tender 300 MW of solar PV power and 300 MW of wind power projects on July 2.
SolarEdge launches new grid service, virtual power plant solution
SolarEdge has announced the launch of a new virtual power plant solution promising grid services and reducing the necessity for costly grid infrastructure investments.
Japanese scientists use manganese to boost perovskite cell performance
Researchers working on inorganic perovskites at the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan have found that doping with manganese can significantly improve the performance of wholly inorganic perovskite solar cells.
AT Solar builds innovative storage project based on hydrogen in Sweden
The goal of the project, RE 8760 is to show how the storage of renewable energies can make them usable all year round. The generated solar power is stored and converted into hydrogen. It can also be conserved over long periods and used to recharge fuel cell vehicles during the dark winter months.
Taiwan’s biggest PV module manufacturing fab inaugurated
The first solar PV modules have come off of TSEC Corp.’s new 1 GW manufacturing facility – the biggest of its kind in Taiwan.
