JinkoSolar signs 17 MW order in western Canada
JinkoSolar has agreed to provide 17 MW of solar panels for one of the first utility-scale PV projects to be built in the western Canadian province of Alberta.
India: 2.2 MW of rooftop PV comes online on three public buildings in northern India
Rooftop PV solutions are becoming more popular among Indian public entities, as the National Solar Mission moves forward.
India: NTPC closes in on 1 GW renewable goal
Three new solar PV projects totaling 433 MW are under implementation and are expected to be finished by the end of the year, taking NTPC’s 2017 renewables installation tally to 1 GW.
Iberdrola interested in acquiring RWE’s renewable energy unit Innogy
The renewable energy unit of German utility RWE is now reportedly being targeted by the Spanish power provider, after French energy group Engie was said to have launched an offer in March.
Smart Energy Hackathon kicks off in Bangkok
More than 80 energy experts, coders and product designers from across Southeast Asia gathered in Bangkok today for the Smart Energy Hackathon, a 30-hour competition that aims to foster the development of new digital energy solutions such as public blockchains for the provision of PV generation data.
DNV GL: Renewables to account for 85% of global electricity by 2050
A new report from DNV GL forecasts a bright future for renewable energy, predicting that by 2050 electricity demand will increase 140% to become the largest form of energy consumed, and that 85% of this electricity will be generated from renewable sources.
EU excludes two more Chinese module makers from minimum price undertaking
The Chinese solar manufacturers AE Solar and Wuxi Saijing have violated the agreement on the minimum price for the import of their modules to Europe.
CarbonFree Technology buys 65 MW of PV projects in Chile
The projects, which range in size from 3 MW to 10 MW, are being developed under the country’s PMGD Program for distributed generation.
Sweden’s electricity certificate system sees share of solar increase
According to provisional figures, the amount of PV capacity operating in the Norwegian-Swedish electricity certificate market, mostly located in Sweden, has almost doubled in 2016.
Mexico’s Green Expo shows that a Gigawatt PV market is around the corner
The Mexican PV market is full of promise at this year’s Green Expo in Mexico City. Today is the last day of the three-day exhibition organized by EJ. Krause Mexico and CONIECO (Consejo Nacional de Industriales Ecologistas).
