Amsterdam launches rebate program for community solar
Solar rebates will range from €5,000 to €30,000, depending on the project size.
ContourGlobal agrees to buy 20 MW of solar plants in Italy
The PV plant portfolio will be acquired from Italian renewable energy company ErgyCapital for €68 million.
UK: Solar Trade Association secures government climbdown on battery tax
UK taxation department HMRC agrees to place batteries sold with a new solar system in 5% VAT tax rate following lobbying by the Solar Trade Association. Government will also consider proposals to offer reduced rate to all storage.
‘Solar sunglasses’ demonstrated by researchers at KIT
Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have developed a pair of sunglasses that generate electricity through semi-transparent organic solar cells applied to the lenses. The team aims to demonstrate the potential of organic solar to be integrated into electronic devices, buildings and other applications not possible with conventional PV technologies.
Italy’s Enertronica signs 200 MW solar supply and service deal in Spain
Two memorandums of understanding have been signed between Enertronica Group and Spanish EPCs for the shipment of 200 MW of inverters and SCADA and power plant controllers.
Lithium-ion batteries below $200/kWh by 2019 will drive rapid storage uptake, finds IHS Markit
The analysts expect cumulative installed base of energy storage to reach 52 GW globally by 2025, up from 4 GW today. Annual revenues for grid-connected storage to reach more than $7bn by that date despite sharp price declines.
Palestine launches rooftop PV pilot program in Gaza
The $2.5 million initiative will be financed by the World Bank and will enable the installation of around 1 MW of rooftop PV systems.
World Banks provides $150 million for off-grid solar in Kenya
The funds will be used to bring solar power solutions to the country’s under served northeastern counties.
Emerging countries imported $1.8bn of Chinese solar modules in Q1, finds BNEF
More than half of all Chinese solar shipments in March this year went to India, while emerging countries alone now account for 60% of China’s PV exports, according to the latest Bloomberg New Energy Finance 3Q Frontier Power Market Outlook.
T Plus connects another 15 MW of PV in Russia
The Russian energy company has raised the capacity of the Orsk solar photovoltaic plant in Orenburg region from 25 MW to 40 MW.
