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The burgeoning potential of the U.K.’s commercial rooftop sector, funding innovation and a hankering for more political stability were key trends of a fast-paced show.

Target was announced by energy official Nur Bekri to parliament. Government aims to rein in coal in favor of natural gas, wind and solar.

Five-year deal sees China Minsheng Bank offer financial support to assist JinkoSolar’s downstream development and manufacturing efforts.

The weekly round-up from pv magazine of the lesser-known news from the off-grid sector, compiled each Friday by specialist editor Peter Carvill.

Power company will break ground on first, 20 MW, plant this year with 180 MW more utility-scale schemes to follow by 2018. Hydro, DG microgrids, thermal and solar lighting will also play a role in electrifying country.

Solar is poised to land the decisive blow in the global energy battle as cost and storage align perfectly, U.S. pricing finds its rhythm and the U.K. market continues its upward trajectory.

South Australia is set to be the location for Australia’s first floating PV array. Construction is under way on the components for a 4 MW floating PV power plant, which is scheduled to begin producing electricity in April.

The Australian-Singaporean developer of Australia’s first floating solar project says ist showpiece 4 MW water treatment plant in South Australia will be scaleable to clients worldwide.
In a radio interview with Australian station ABC Radio National today (Friday), Infratech Industries’ Felicia Whiting said the company already has clients lined up in the U.S.
The waste water treatment plant installation, near Jamestown, South Australia offers the triple benefit of supplying enough solar power to drive the water treatment process as well as halting most of the 2.5m per year of water lost to evaporation and halting the problematic appearance of blue-green algae on the treated water.
According to a report accompanying the interview on the station’s ABC.net website, the showpiece facility will be operational next month and Infratech director of projects Whiting confirmed construction is about to begin on the site after two years of R&D work by the company on less sophisticated projects in Europe.
Whiting said the 900 panels floating on three ponds at the site are up to 57% more efficient in the hottest temperatures thanks to the cooling effect of the water. The presence of the panels on top of the ponds prevents up to 90 per cent of the evaporation that would otherwise occur and the lack of blue-green algae means energy from the sun is processed by the panels rather than the water.
Whiting said the project is being funded by Infratech and a PPA agreed with local authority the Northern Areas Council and said the plant will generate enough excess electricity to power all the businesses in nearby Jamestown, which have enthusiatically backed the scheme.

Growth in non-hydro renewables increased by 11% in 2014, with utility-scale solar alone enjoying 102% increase in electrical generation, data shows.

This latest generation of the company’s kerfless wafer production machinery, which avoids feedstock waste by forming wafers directly from molten silicon, is designed to make more than 5 MW per year.