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.
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.
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.
Crowdfunding record for solar
Sonneninvest has managed to gather more than a million Euros via crowdfunding for solar PV plants. The company’s second crowdfunding venture has already secured more than half a million Euros.
Correction: 485 MW Blythe Mesa PV plant step closer to reality
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the 485 MW Blythe Mesa Solar project in California, the U.S. pv magazine mistakenly wrote on September 25, that the project originally belonged to NextEra Energy.
Renewables come closer to covering 100% of German demand
On Sunday midday, about 80% of the electricity demand in Germany was covered by renewable sources. A lot of sun and wind made this possible.
