Turkey: ICCI event returns focus to growing solar industry
The 22nd International Energy & Environment Fair and Conference, held just weeks after Solarex, delivered another opportunity for Turkey to smooth the edges of its expanding solar sector.
NextEra Energy Partners reaches 1.6 GW of contracted solar PV assets
NextEras yieldco plans to aggressively acquire solar assets while expanding its current wind fleet over the next three years.
Study reveals potential storage capacity of 2,291 GWh in Europe
A new study by eStorage identifies 2,291 GWh of development-ready sites for new pumped hydro energy storage plants in Europe.
Fenix reaches new landmark for solar leases in Uganda
Residential solar lease-to-own company Fenix International has now signed over 60,000 leases for its off-grid ReadyPay Power solar systems in Uganda.
Maine legislators push to override veto of controversial solar policy
Despite a veto by the states governor and opposition by solar leasing companies, advocates say that they may have enough votes to pass the policy.
UNSW takes out CZTS efficiency world record
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have achieved a world record conversion efficiency of 7.6% for a 1cm2 copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) solar cell. Japan’s Solar Frontier, with IBM and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, have previously achieved 12.6%, however on a smaller 0.42cm2 substrate.
Schmid supplies APVCD tooling for high efficiency cell research
Schmid has announced that three PV research institutes have deployed its APCVD solution for the development of PERL (passivated emitter and rear locally diffused) and IBC cells. The high efficiency cell concepts can employ the APCVD tool for boron and phosphorus diffusion.
Australia large-scale renewable investment plunges again to near record low
Australian investment in large-scale renewable energy projects fell sharply in the first quarter of 2016, more than six months after the Coalition government promised certainty after forcing the Labor opposition to agree to slash the renewable energy target (RET) to 33,000GWh.
Mercom: Global solar market to grow 15% to 66.7 GW this year
This will be the slowest growth in the last five years, despite a boom in the U.S. market.
Masdar ads 30 MW of PV-disel and installs 7,000 PV home kits in Egypt
Masdar has recently completed a number of PV-diesel on-grid projects in Egypt and installed 7,000 off-grid PV systems across the country.
