Solar alliance urges UK government to support small-scale FIT
100-strong alliance of small businesses, retailers and local government representatives sign letter urging British Prime Minister to protect feed-in tariff ahead of review later this year.
50% lesser transmission charges for solar in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Solar Association has stated that the transmission charges for inter-state open access solar projects will be halved. This reduction order has been passed by the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) in a bid to push PV development in the state further.
IBC Solar seeks to develop 80 MW in Germany
IBC Solar has managed to implement around 50 MW of solar capacity in Germany in the first half of 2015. The company seeks to develop around 80 MW this year in total.
Brazil qualifies over 11 GW of solar PV projects for upcoming auction
Brazilian authorities have pre-approved 341 solar PV projects for a reserve auction which will take place on August 28. However, even for the projects which are chosen significant barriers remain.
Victories for net metering in Nevada and Colorado
Regulators in the U.S. state of Nevada have extended net metering for new solar customers until the end of 2015, despite a cap being reached. Also, Colorado has ruled that it will not modify its net metering program.
India: Another 750 MW up for auction
SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) will be holding auctions for a total of 750 MW of solar projects in Maharasthra and Gujarat.
Gildemeister installs CellCube energy storage in Czech Republic
Gildemeister has provided CellCube energy storage systems to power a fleet of electric cars in the umava National Park in the Bohemian Forest. Another storage project was also installed by the company in Budweis, south of Prague.
Tesla's Schröder moves back to Sonnenbatterie
Tesla’s Country Director for Germany and Austria, Philipp Schröder will be making the switch back to Sonnenbatterie as Head of Operations and Marketing from October 1, 2015.
Swedish Midsummer granted loan for thin film R&D
Flexible thin film solar equipment developer, Midsummer has been granted a SEK10 million (US$1.21 million) grant from Almi Företagspartner for the continued development of thin film solar cell production equipment.
Silfab plans 50 new jobs, bifacial module launch
Canada’s Silfab Solar is planning to add 50 new jobs in 2016, thus taking the total of new employees between 2015-16 to 80. It also expects to release a new bifacial module by the end of this year.
