‘Covid-19 will provide a significant enhancement to the renewable industry’
Even as global PV forecasts fall, tax equity dries up and unemployment rises, investor Jim Spano believes the right type of government stimulus could not only help the solar industry recover – but drive it to new heights.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Solar developer donates more Chinese PPE
Grenergy was this week due to ship 400,000 face masks to Latin America as European developers today voiced a fear project finance will become increasingly difficult to find as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Mixed bag for global PV sector
pv magazine rounds up the latest Covid-19-related stories likely to affect the world of solar and energy storage.
Is it the end of the oil era?
Volatility in the oil markets has played out in the news recently, driven by the Covid-driven collapse in demand and a war for market share between Saudi Arabia and Russia. A G20 meeting is to be held to try and find a way to cut production. As states and the oil majors look to shore up the price though, it’s possible that the coronavirus crisis might be what topples the fundamental driver of the current economic order.
Coronavirus: An ill wind for corporate PPAs?
The unforeseen arrival of COVID-19 has brought many negotiations for corporate power purchase agreements to an abrupt halt in Europe, but this may not be all bad news for the sector write Daniel Marhewka, Lis Blunsdon and David Haverbeke, energy specialists at European law firm, Fieldfisher.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Indian installations to be delayed by outbreak
pv magazine rounds up the latest Covid-19-related stories likely to affect the world of solar and energy storage.
Covid-19 daily bulletin: Meyer Burger reduces working hours for staff
The Swiss equipment supplier already needed to shore up its bottom line and is now taking measures to help combat the spread of an epidemic which has also claimed November’s planned climate summit in Glasgow and an estimated 19% of this year’s demand for energy storage.
France awards 960 MW of solar through different tenders
Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition Elisabeth Borne told a teleconference of renewables representatives the results of a recent slew of clean energy tenders which allocated 1.7 GW of generation capacity and also revealed new measures being taken to support the industry.
World’s largest solar conference postponed
The SNEC PV Power Expo has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The organizers of the event have said that the event will now take place in October 2020.
Covid-19 daily bulletin
pv magazine rounds up the latest Covid-19-related stories likely to affect the world of solar and energy storage.
