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.
Tesla begins pilot deployment of its Solar Roof
The BIPV product is only on the homes of its employees (including its executives) right now, but Tesla predicts that it will begin producing Solar Roof tiles from the Buffalo gigafactory by year end.
SolarEdge reports 18% growth in the second quarter
The company credited shipments of nearly 2 million optimizers and 75,000 inverters, along with increased sales in Europe, for the increase.
Solarcentury and IKEA launch residential home battery in UK
The new product, available to U.K. online customers, will retail from £3,000 for a standalone battery, or for as little as £6,925 for the solar panel-plus-battery package.
India’s Heavy Engineering enters solar module production
The Indian industrial conglomerate is currently planning to build a 150 MW vertically integrated PV panel manufacturing facility.
Elecnor scores $137.7 million EPC deal in Australia
Enel Green Power and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF) have selected Spain’s Elecnor to provide EPC services for the 137 MW second phase of the Bungala solar project near Port Augusta, South Australia. The turnkey contract is valued at A$173 million ($137.7 million).
Ukraine’s coal producer DTEK plugs in 10 MW solar plant
The Ukrainian coal and power producer had started construction on the Tryfonivka solar facility in March.
Barcelona goes solar with €12 million plan
The plan is expected to enable deployment of more PV arrays on the roofs of the city’s public buildings, and to rely on storage.
EU excludes Topray Solar and BLD Solar from minimum price undertaking
The EC said the two PV module makers have violated the undertaking for the minimum price of solar products imported from China.
