India: 7.2 GW of utility-scale solar 'plausible' in FY 2016-17
It is “plausible” India will add 7.2 GW of utility-scale solar PV in the coming financial year, according to Bridge to India, despite bottlenecks in power evacuation and grid stability. In 2016, 4.8 GW is expected, while last year saw 2 GW installed. India is on track to become a global market, say the analysts.
1500-volt systems to account for 9% of utility-scale PV installations in 2016
GTM Researchs latest report expects 1500-volt architecture to take over the utility-scale solar market over the next few years, citing clear balance-of-systems cost advantages.
Corporate funding in solar reached $25.3bn in 2015, finds Mercom Capital
Report finds total corporate funding for the sector slightly below 2014, as were venture capital investments, which amounted to $1.1 billion for 2015.
Sunrun on the run from Nevada in protest at utility fees
Residential solar company follows SolarCity in pulling out of Nevada after the U.S. state imposed fees on rooftop solar PV systems for customers.
UK: Lightsource connects 100 MW of solar in just one month, introduces merchant post-subsidy model
British solar developer completes 23 new ground-mounted solar farms in the U.K. in December, including 14 sites connected under the FIT, and nine connected under the ROC scheme.
ProSun fails to replace Bloomberg benchmark in MIP determination
SolarWorld sponsored EU ProSun has failed in its attempt to have the Bloomberg benchmark replaced in the European Commissions determination of the PV Minimum Import Price (MIP) replaced. The existing benchmark remains representative, the EC responded in its Official Journal yesterday.
AU Optronics unit to pull out of solar poly business
Tokyo-based M. Setek, a unit of OEM manufacturer AU Optronics, has reveaeled that it is to cease production of polysilicon for the solar industry, focusing instead on the production of ingots.
Customer turns owner: QSTec revealed as centrotherm investor
Centrotherm customer Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) is the foreign investor behind Solarpark Blautal, which has secured an 80% stake in German PV production equipment supplier centrotherm. Solarpark Blautal, in which centrotherm founder Robert M. Hartung is also an investor, inked a contract to purchase an 80% stake in centrotherm in December 2015.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
2016 begins with an egalitarian slant as solar markets of all shapes, sizes and regions garner attention, much of it extremely positive.
Skytron partners with Strata Solar in the United States
The North Carolina-based PV developer plans to equip more than 1.4 GW of solar PV with Skytron’s monitoring systems by the middle of this year, including both retrofits and newly built plants.
