Good signs: The pv magazine weekly news digest
This week was filled with positive news for the global PV industry, including the signing of the world’s lowest-price PPA in Dubai
Azure breaks ground on 100 MW solar farm in India’s Andhra Pradesh
The India clean power developer commences construction of another large-scale solar installation in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Azure won the rights to develop the plant under an NTPC auction.
Amsterdam ArenA to receive 4 MWH storage system built with repurposed EV batteries
Storage system to be developed by The Mobility House and Eaton using 280 used Nissan LEAF batteries stored in racks; will eventually replace diesel generators used for back-up power during major events.
Frost & Sullivan: Falling costs, tech advances are creating new opportunities for microgrids
The consulting firm says that price reductions in both distributed PV and battery technology are making microgrids more bankable, as are improved control and management systems.
SECI issues tender to electrify 1,000 Indian villages with solar
Global tender issued by the Solar Energy Corporation of India on behalf of Arunachel Pradesh Energy Development Agency to install off-grid solar power packs at more than 1,000 villages.
Lumos raises $90m for pay-as-you-go solar in Nigeria
The Dutch off-grid solar provider raises mixture of private equity investment and financing from development banks to roll out power systems in Nigeria.
Renewables rise to 15% of U.S. electricity generation in Q1-Q3 2016
While solar’s share of net U.S. generation was only 1.4%, this is a 40% increase from a year ago.
Sale of Verengo assets to Crius clears another hurdle
Since the company received only one bid for its more than 20,000 installed systems, the sale of them to Crius Energy is set to move forward
Kyocera puts online 14.5 MW PV plant in Japan
The plant by Kyocera, Mitsubishi Research Institute and Tokyo Century follows a relatively strong Q2 for utility-scale solar in Japan.
Fronius installs solar inverters at former Austrian nuclear plant
Installation at the dormant Zwentendorf an der Donau nuclear site in Austria symbolic of the nation’s growing embrace of clean renewable energy, says Fronius.
