EU Commission: solar dumping duties and minimum price to remain
The European Commission has ruled that its antidumping and antisubsidy measures will not be allowed to expire, with a review to be launched that could take up to 15 months to complete. Imports on Chinese cells however may be exempted from the measures.
COP21: Global Solar Council launches with call to end all trade barriers by 2020
Canadian Solar CEO and guest speaker at the Global Solar Council launch Shawn Qu says solar can only tackle climate change effectively if there is global commitment to free trade.
REC to supply 120 MW of TwinPeak modules to Sunrun
Module producer RE Group will supply 120 150 MW of its high efficiency TwinPeak Series modules to solar lease provider Sunrun. The module deal is the largest of its kind for the REC TwinPeak series and demonstrates strong demand for high efficiency module concepts.
Ecoppia to retrofit robotic cleaning to 40 MW Ketura plant
Israeli company Ecoppia will supply its autonomous module cleaning robots to the 40 MW Ketura solar plant in Israel. Ecoppia signed the deal with joint owners of the Ketura EDF RE and Arava Power.
Paris COP21: Climate talks may not matter, because coal and oil will be redundant anyway
There is considerable concern in Paris and elsewhere about whether the deal negotiated at the UN climate change conference will be strong enough to drive the global decarbonization effort that everyone recognizes is needed.
Australia: campaign to fight connection charge doubling launched
The Australian Solar Council has launched a campaign to challenge a proposed doubling of grid connection charges for solar households in Western Australia. An annual connection charge of AU$800 (US$585) has been proposed by government-owned utility Synergy.
Investors moving on offgrid PV, mining leading the way
Large renewable energy investors are showing increased interest in financing offgrid PV and renewable projects. Projects to supply mining operations in remote locations in particular are attracting investor attention with high quality offtaker companies assisting with project bankability.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
Abengoas stumble leaves questions marks as to its U.S. yieldco, Europes biggest PV plant flicks the switch and bold aspirations for renewables provides reasons to be cheerful. Big developers, projects and renewable ambitions in this latest edition of the weekly news digest.
GameChange racking expands production to Detroit
The Racking and mounting maker is adding substantial capacity in the U.S. state of Michigan, which will come online in February 2016.
Solar Power Europe expects EU expiry review to be launched
Europes leading solar industry body understands that the European Commission is set to launch an expiry review of the its solar anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures. The review will likely see the extension of the measures, and the minimum import price (MIP), for a maximum of 15 months.
