Energy Minister: Largest C&I rooftop in Western Australia symbolic of 'great revolution in energy'
The largest commercial and industrial solar rooftop, worth 312 kW, in the state of Western Australia (WA) was inaugurated this week. State treasurer and minister for energy Mike Nahan attended the event, describing the array as being symbolic of the great energy revolution currently underway in Australia, driven by new disruptive technologies such as solar PV.
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Major solar confabs took place this week in Tokyo and Brussels while German carmaker Daimler unveiled plans for an ambitious new battery fab and SolarEdge appears set to knock SMA off the top residential inverter supplier spot.
SunEdison settles lawsuit by shareholders of Latin American Power for $28.5 million
SunEdison has settled one of the two lawsuits it has been engaged in, and a limited restraint on the transfer of assets has been lifted.
IASS: Solar and wind can reduce global water scarcity
The German Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) is calling for more water-friendly decisions and more transparency regarding water use in the energy sector.
Europe: future of large scale PV in doubt
The European PV market will hit 100 GW of cumulative installed solar capacity in 2016, and annual installations grew YoY by 15% to 8GW. While these figures indicate a large and healthy solar market, the outlook for solar in Europe going forward, expressed at this week’s SolarPower Europe annual workshop, was unequivocally mixed.
U.S. energy storage market more than triples in 2015
GTM Research reports that large energy storage projects made up the bulk of new capacity, but the distributed energy storage market is growing even faster. Lithium-ion batteries dominated deployments during the year.
SolarPower Europe: 2015 was a very good year for solar
The 11th Solar Market Workshop got off to a positive start on Wednesday with an upbeat assessment of solar power development in Europe last year.
Australia aims to unlock battery storage revolution
The Clean Energy Council calls for new energy tariffs that would allow Australian householders to realize the economic benefits of installing a battery storage.
Risen Energy: 2015 net income soars
Chinese PV group Risen Energy saw net income skyrocket 382% to CNY 320 million ($48.9 million) last year while sales rose 78% to CNY 5.26 billion.
Trina posts 29% boost in 2015 net profit
The leading PV manufacturer achieved record results on both a sequential and year-over-year basis last year. In the fourth quarter the comapny’s module shipments hit an all-time high of 1.78 GW.
