Germany launches new solar farm incentive scheme
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) has published details of its first ever competitive tender process for large-scale ground-mounted solar PV systems.
Energy Union: Italy couples with France, Austria, Slovenia
This is “another significant step towards an integrated European power market,” says Italian transmission grid operator Terna. In the coming months, the country will connect with Switzerland and Greece.
REC post $180m in Q4 revenue, extends US supply deal with Sunrun
The Norwegian solar group saw stronger sales in Europe and the U.S., which boosted module sales by 18.5% over the previous quarter. The company also extended its existing supply deal Stateside with residential solar group Sunrun.
EU launches Energy Union strategy
The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled its ambitious plan to unite the power markets of member states into an Energy Union.
First Solar, SunPower to form joint yieldco
Two rival U.S. solar firms have announced plans to team up on a joint yieldco. The companies say they are in “advanced negotiations” in pursuit of executing the strategy.
Australian solar bodies react angrily to 'politicization' of quality issues
Peak renewables and solar bodies have rejected government implication that residential solar arrays pose potential a potential safety threat due to quality concerns. On Monday, Environment Minister Greg Hunt requested the Clean Energy Council and Australian Solar Council provide the government with proof that cheap, imported solar modules are not a “systemic and potentially dangerous issue” to be addressed.
Lightsource commits $193m to UK solar rooftop sector
British solar developer backs growing sector, puts out call for partnership with installers keen to unlock the U.K. rooftop market.
Analysis: Sungrow targets global growth to match domestic strength
The inverter supplier has been the flag-bearer for Chinese international expansion, and is eyeing further global growth, says IHS.
ZSW boosts efficiency of cadmium-free thin-film cells to world record level
Researchers replaced intermediate films consisting of cadmium sulfide and zinc oxide with zinc oxysulfide and zinc magnesium oxide. As a buffer layer, zinc oxide-sulfide is more transparent to light in the blue wavelength range, providing more sunlight to the CIGS absorber layer.
Macquarie Infrastructure finances 29 MW UK solar farm
The Quercus Assets Selection installation, located in Wales, has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Norwegian utility Statkraft.
