UK: Government reverses tax relief for community solar
Policy u-turn sees treasury minister David Gauke announce removal of EIS tax relief for community energy schemes from November 30.
Acciona to up solar investments, rules out yieldco
Spanish clean energy firm confirms it is planning to invest more in solar PV than wind next year, and has ruled out the option of forming a yieldco to absorb its various projects, reports Bloomberg.
SolarWorld sales grow 61% Q1-Q3
German-U.S. solar giant SolarWorld has continued to grow sales and revenues in 2015, posting shipments of 755 MW in the first nine months of 2015. The company has achieved pre-tax profit in the period of EUR15 million (US$16.5 million).
Enel may delist Enel Green Power to bolster growth
Italian utility firm confirms decision on whether to bring its renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power into the group is due in November; clean power arm seen as key to Enel growth.
First Solar inks PPA with Austin Energy for 119 MW solar farm
U.S. thin film producer and project develop First Solar has inked a PPA with Austin Energy for its 119 MW East Pecos Solar Project.
ADB, India provide $200m clean energy loan to IREDA
The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency will dispense funds from the $200 million loan to support eligible renewable energy subprojects across India.
Sharp, Softbank propose JV for solar EPC
Japanese firms to form a joint venture to enable expansion of Softbank’s solar engineering, procurement and construction services, as well as O&M, from next year.
San Diego utility expects to hit net metering caps in mid-2016
SDG&E’s numbers show that existing installations and pending applications take up 74% of available capacity in the program, as utilities and solar advocates fight over the details of net metering 2.0.
San Diego utility expects to hit net metering caps in mid-2016
SDG&E’s numbers show that existing installations and pending applications take up 74% of available capacity in the program, as utilities and solar advocates fight over the details of net metering 2.0.
European researchers develop perovskite-HJT solar cell
A research team from the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Ècole Polytechnique Fédérale (EPF) has developed a method to produce perovskite-heterojunction crystalline silicon tandem solar cells. Having produced an 18% efficiency cell with the technique, the researchers say with light trapping wafer texturing efficiencies as high as 25 to 30% could be achieved in the future.
