SunEdison stays the course in India, offloads residential business in UK
The renewable energy giant managed to exclude its Indian operations from bankruptcy proceedings while selling its operations in the U.K. to Ecotricity, which has expended into the residential market.
Orange Jordan taps MEI for 33.7 MW solar PV project
The plants will enable the local telco to fully cover its electricity needs from solar energy. With solar activity booming in Jordan, the country is well on the way to surpassing its 600 MW solar target by 2020.
Cyprus: Construction begins on five PV plants; storage to emerge
Cyprus’ once dormant large-scale PV plant sector appears to be awakening, while even more positive is a growing energy storage trend, which under the current circumstances seems irreversible.
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This week: The looming bankruptcy of SunEdison came to pass as France looks set to increase its solar target threefold by 2023 and India appealed a WTO ruling that could have far-reaching effects on its domestic solar business.
China installs 7.14 GW of solar PV in Q1 2016
NEA data shows increasing differences in regional PV development, due in part to the country’s power curtailment problem.
Update: Solar Impulse completes Pacific crossing
Swiss pioneering pilot Bertrand Piccard has completed the second leg of the Solar Impulse’s crossing of the Pacific. The solar aircraft landed at Moffett Airfield on 23 April at 11:44 pm local time. The Solar Impulse 2 will continue onto New York, Europe or North Africa and Abu Dhabi, completed a circumnavigation of the globe.
India appeals WTO domestic content ruling for solar
Energy minister Piyush Goyal challenges World Trade Organization’s ruling that its domestic content requirements for solar violate international trade rules.
Risen secures 175 MW solar module deal with India's Mytrah
Chinese solar module producer signs shipment agreement with Indian energy company Mytrah Energy for the delivery of 175 MW of solar panels over course of the year.
Hemlock suing JA Solar for more than $900 million over alleged breach of polysilicon agreement
The original lawsuit was filed on 20 January 2015 for JA Solars failure to complete advanced payments for the polysilicon shipments, but now covers the supply agreement as well, with the total claim now coming to USD 921 million.
Alice Springs: Solar city at centre of a fossil fuel controversy
Renewables have been erroneously blamed for a number of blackouts in Australia, which were actually the result of failing network equipment and fossil fuel generators.
