BPVA launches UK schools solar rooftop initiative
The Powering Knowledge program has been jointly launched by Rated Solar Installer and the British Photovoltaic Association to help save schools more than $800m on energy bills.
The pv magazine weekly news roundup: Oct 3-10
Storage updates, political wranglings, grid parity promises and yet more headlines for SolarCity… it’s been another busy week on pv magazine.
Grid restrictions could slow Japan's solar revolution
Speed of PV’s expansion placing strain on grid’s capacity to absorb solar-powered electricity, prompting five utilities to restrict grid access of new solar farms.
Sun setting on Destertec
Time appears to be running out for the once ambitious consortium that envisioned supplying renewable energy to Europe from the Middle East and North Africa.
Bright Capital, Energy of the Sun invest $300 million in Russian PV plants
Russia’s solar future appears increasingly brighter: A recent solar tender for the construction of projects in the next three years resulted in application submissions for a total of 785 MW of capacity.
Asian solar boom raises clean energy investment volumes in Q3 2014
Chinese solar represented 22% of all new clean energy investments during Q3 2014, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This high level of investment is making up for depressed European solar markets.
Solar mogul Cheng Kin Ming unveils massive, multifaceted clean energy initiative
Through Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment (APRD), Cheng has announced plans to deploy geothermal energy, electric vehicles, LEDs and energy storage on an unprecedented scale at an investment conference in New York. The plan involves ten companies, with a goal to create vertically integrated manufacturing and a focus on urban areas.
LATAM and Caribbean to install 9 GW PV within 5 years
Report from NPD Solarbuzz finds a pipeline of 22 GW, with 1 GW of solar projects under construction and 5 GW almost ready to break ground.
New York State to support 214 MW of new solar PV
New York will provide an estimated US$94 million in incentives for 142 PV projects at businesses, schools and universities, government buildings and non-profits, which were awarded through a competitive solicitation.
JA Solar breaks 20% barrier with new multicrystalline silicon PV cell
The Chinese PV cell maker credits proprietary light trapping and surface passivation technologies for its world record cell. NPD Solarbuzz says this is part of a breakthrough into higher efficiencies for multicrystalline silicon PV.
