U.S. regulators set expedited timeline for coal, nuclear bailout
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has given an October 23 deadline for testimony under a rule intended to subsidize nuclear and coal plants, a schedule which the solar and wind industries are joined by oil, gas and other public power groups in opposing. This could be the beginning of a long fight.
Armenia announces commissioning of first PV plant under special regime for solar of up to 1 MW
The Armenian government introduced a special tariff for PV projects up to 1 MW in late 2016.
Chile’s installed PV capacity tops 1,748 MW
Developers connected around 700 MW of solar to the Chilean grid In the first eight months of this year.
Hareon, ReNew commission 172 MW in India
The Dichpally solar plant in the state of Telangana, commissioned ahead of schedule, is the largest joint-venture project between Hareon Solar Technology and ReNew Power Ventures in India.
EU PVSEC: New polyolefin-based backsheet challenges traditional PET-based backsheet
Two companies presented the performance of polyolefin-based backsheet at EU PVSEC 2017 in Amsterdam last week, with claims of superiority over polyester-core layer-based backsheet.
SPI Energy buys 7.4 MW of solar in northern Greece
SP Orange Power, a subsidiary of the Chinese SPI Energy, has entered an agreement to purchase 100% of three different solar companies in Greece that own 7.4 MW of PV capacity.
Black silicon could exploit potential of multicrystalline technology
In recent times there has been a shift from multi to monocrystalline solar cells and modules. One reason for this is the difficulty of using diamond wire saws on multi wafers in production. Black silicon has the potential to change this and to increase the efficiency of multi, Bill Rever, Co-founder and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Advanced Silicon Group, said at EU PVSEC.
EU greenlights French support for commercial rooftop, large-scale PV
The European Commission has established that two schemes that France has proposed comply with EU state aid rules.
Equis chooses Bouygues, Toho for 41 MW in Japan
Equis Energy has selected a unit of France’s Bouygues Construction and Tokyo-based Toho Electrical to provide EPC services for a 41 MW solar project it is developing in Japan.
Germany sees solar grow by another 162 MW in August
Around 48 MW of the new capacity comes from ground-mounted PV plants, while PV systems installed under the tenants’ solar power supply regime in July and August have reached 108 kW.
