Applications & Installations

Indian minister indicates that the government is developing policy to foster solar manufacturing in the country. Minister for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal said that he sees the potential for India to establish 10 GW of solar manufacturing by 2020.

The battery system will meet evening peak demand on the island, which has already hit very high levels of solar penetration.

Country’s seat of government in Islamabad is now completely solar powered following completion of an 80 MW solar plant funded in a venture between the Chinese government.

Renewable energy advisory DNG GL has called for more sophisticated reliability testing for new and novel materials being deployed in the renewable energy sector. Alternative semiconductor technology, such as perovskites, and innovative battery chemistries will be required if the Paris climate goals are to be met, the international advisory group argues.

Installation of the 6.3 MW floating solar array on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir in London begins; installation is first of its kind for U.K. solar developer Lightsource Renewable Energy.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy expects around 12 GW of solar PV capacity to be commissioned in the next financial year; India will end March with just over 9 GW of cumulative PV capacity installed.

Germany’s Sonnen has shipped its 10,000 solar battery. To celebrate the milestone Sonnen (formerly Sonnenbatterie) increased the capacity of the battery system for the 10,000th customer by 2 kWh and provided the household with free membership to its sonnenCommunity platform.

The Australian large scale solar market segment is set to have a “breakout year” in 2016, with over 450 MW of project deals set to be signed. Green Energy Markets made the forecast today noting, however, that this level of development will be insufficient to meet the country’s Renewable Energy Target leaving electricity consumers to pick up the tab when shortfall penalties are incurred.

Japanese finance and leasing company, Orix has said it aims to invest around US$872 million in installing 550 MW of solar in Japan in the next two years. This would take its cumulative capacity to 900 MW, thus achieving targets outlined in 2014.

Having installed over 913 MW of new solar in 2015, Australia now boasts some 5 GW of PV generating capacity. Local market analysts Sunwiz published the figure today, concluding that solar was the leading source of new generating capacity in Australia in 2015, now comprising 9% of installed electric generating capacity in the country.