Australian startup develops pre-fabricated solar farm
Australian engineers last year installed a prototype solar farm in just 4 minutes. The company, 5B, believes the pre-fabricated model could meet the challenges of high labor costs in remote areas and is ideally suited to supply offgrid mining operations.
It's official: WTO rules against India's domestic content requirement
In an echo of the ruling against Ontario’s domestic content rules, the WTO has sided with the United States in saying that the requirement violates international trade agreements.
City of Palo Alto considers solar power contract at under $37/MWh
This is the cheapest power purchase agreement known to pv magazine staff.
Japan proposes 11% FIT cut as domestic solar demand falls
The country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry advises solar tariffs to fall from JPY 27 to JPY 24 per kilowatt hour in line with tumbling Capex prices for solar; JPEA data reveals 21% drop in domestic solar shipments.
JinkoSolar to offer residential solar financing to US market
The Chinese solar company partners with GreenSky to offer competitive loan program to U.S. residential customers who purchase JinkoSolar PV modules.
2015: 57 GW of solar PV installed, clean energy investment hits highest ever levels
BNEF calculates that 57 GW of solar PV was installed last year, marking an increase of around 30% on 2014. Latest figures also show that, despite factors which could have impeded growth, clean energy financing reached US$329.3 billion in 2015. Chinese and U.S. markets led the charge, alongside a host of new markets; European activity, however, decreased.
Trina Solar acquires 200 MW Dutch solar cell factory from Solland Solar
The Chinese solar company has purchased all machinery, stock, inventory and real estate from Solland Solar; fab is located in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Qatar JV plans 1 GW solar PV development
Joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Electricity and Water Company, created in January, targets 1 GW solar deployment under the $500 million collaborative initiative.
First Solar sets new cadmium telluride thin-film cell efficiency record at 22.1%
This is First Solars 9th efficiency record since 2011, but CdTe is still 0.2% behind CIGS for record thin-film efficiencies.
US: ITC extension worth additional 20 GW solar boost by 2022, says NREL
Analysis of the impact of the Investment Tax Credit by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory finds that solar will likely benefit by an additional 20 GW of capacity between now and 2022.
