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US energy storage begins to take off Despite a lackluster Q4, GTM Research predicts that the U.S. energy storage market is going to boom in 2018, driven by both policy support and falling prices.
Christian Roselund
Mar 06, 2018
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France: Engie, Suez plan 1 GW of solar at waste recycling, treatment facilities The French energy giant and the water and waste management solutions provider will initially focus on a 12 MW solar PV project at a storage facility in eastern France.
Emiliano Bellini
Mar 06, 2018
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2017 Polish residential PV grew by 81.3 MW The residential segment saw an increase of 26% in new installations last year, with net metering continuing to drive the market.
Emiliano Bellini
Mar 06, 2018
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Financing closes for Mozambique’s first large-scale PV project Scatec Solar, alongside Norfund Investments and Electricidade de Mozambique have closed financing and begun construction on the first utility-scale solar plant in Mozambique, a 40 MW project to be located close to the city of Mocuba.
Mark Hutchins
Mar 06, 2018
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Technology & Products
SolarWorld Americas gets $5 million loan from creditors Creditors will allow SolarWorld Americas to borrow more than US$5 million. This should bring operations up to full capacity in the coming months.
Daniel Seeger
Mar 05, 2018
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Markets & Policy
Vietnam files complaint with WTO over US solar tariffs The Vietnamese authorities have submitted a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to request formal consultations with Washington over its recently announced 30% tariff on crystalline silicon PV imports.
Brian Publicover
Mar 05, 2018
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Markets & Policy
Netherlands’ solar installs top 2.7 GW Around 700 MW of installed PV was connected to the grid in the Netherlands in 2017, according to provisional numbers provided by the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Solar was also able to increase its share in the country’s power production from 1.30% in 2016, to 1.75% last year.
Emiliano Bellini
Mar 05, 2018
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Oman reveals applicants of 500 MW solar tender The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company has received 28 requests for qualification for the tendered solar PV plant, which will be located in Ibri, 300 km west of Muscat.
Emiliano Bellini
Mar 05, 2018
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Construction begins on hybrid storage facility in Jamaica The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCO) has announced the start of construction on a new hybrid storage facility set to provide spinning reserve power to the country’s grid. The project, according to JPSCO, is the first of its kind in the Caribbean and will be completed by April 2019.
Mark Hutchins
Mar 05, 2018
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