France starts construction of first 1km of solar roadway
French energy minister Ségolène Royal inaugurated on Monday the construction of one kilometer of solar road in France’s northwestern department Orne.
Gamesa to develop 130 MW of solar in India
The Spanish clean energy company has been chosen by Indian developer Atria Power to build two large-scale solar PV plants in the country. Contract is firm’s largest order in India to date.
Leclanché ups 2017 revenue guidance to 75% growth
Swiss-headquartered energy storage specialist reveals contract backlog of 85 MWh and ongoing negotiations equating to more than 300 MWh of new storage capacity over coming years.
Sungrow connects 20 MW solar+storage microgrid plant in China
At a combined 20 MW, the microgrid plant in Shuanghu is the largest of its kind in the world, comprising 13 MW of solar PV and 7 MW of energy storage.
UK slips to lowest position ever in EY's renewables attractiveness index
14th place for U.K. comes on back of Brexit uncertainty and go-ahead of Hinkley Point nuclear plant. However, Europe generally on the rise according to Ernst & Young analysts.
Chinese ministry poised to alter land administration rights for agri-PV
Ministry of Land & Resources emphasizes land to be administrated as construction land for Agri-PV projects.
Venture capital funding in batteries and smart grids declines sharply in Q3: Mercom report
Latest Mercom Capital report finds that just $102 million in VC funding for smart grid, battery storage and efficiency sectors was raised in Q3, down from $433 million in Q2. Project funds for residential and commercial storage soars, however.
More coal means more global poverty, say researchers
Even if only one-third of all planned new coal-fired power plants are built globally, hundreds of millions of people could be pushed into poverty as climate change accelerates, experts warn.
Tesla gigafactory to combine Silevo, Panasonic HIT solar technologies
Panasonic will operate the Buffalo “gigafactory”, and sell modules to Tesla/SolarCity.
RENA picks up wet chemistry, junction isolation order from Lerri Solar
German wet chemistry specialist RENA has picked up a double-digit million euro order from Chinese monocrystalline wafer, cell and module producer Lerri Solar. The production equipment will be for 2 GW of mono cell production.
