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Saudi Arabia to tender seven PV projects totaling 3.3 GW in 2018 The launch of the series of tenders was confirmed to pv magazine by Turki Mohammed Al Shehri, the head of the Saudi Renewable Energy Project Development Office.
Emiliano Bellini
Jan 16, 2018
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Applications & Installations
China drags global clean energy investment to $333.5bn in 2017, finds BNEF Despite approximate 25% fall in solar costs per MWh against 2015, last year saw more than $333 billion invested in clean energy, with global solar deployment figures topping 53 GW, finds new Bloomberg New Energy Finance report.
Ian Clover
Jan 16, 2018
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Technology & Products
Shell to acquire 44% stake in US solar developer Silicon Ranch The pioneering US solar developer will now be backed by Europe’s largest oil and gas company.
Christian Roselund
Jan 16, 2018
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Markets & Policy
The emerging Middle Eastern PV module industry – interview In an interview with pv magazine, the Business Planning and Strategy Manager of Jordan-based consultant, Sina Industrial Projects Co, Ali Suleiman provides an extensive overview on the emerging Middle Eastern PV panel manufacturing industry. How much more this industry will be able to grow, however, remains unclear. It is also difficult to predict if big players will emerge on the Middle Eastern solar energy landscape.
Emiliano Bellini
Jan 15, 2018
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ACWA Power to adopt SolarCoin The Saudi energy company said it will be the world’s first utility-scale generator joining the SolarCoin ecosystem, and that it will be “rewarded for helping build a more sustainable future.”
Emiliano Bellini, Ian Clover
Jan 15, 2018
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8th IRENA Assembly: Utility scale solar LCOE falls 73% since 2010 All forms of renewable energy will be cost competitive with traditional generation sources by 2020. This was one of the key findings in the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). It was delivered yesterday at IRENA’s 8th annual Assembly in Abu Dhabi.
pv magazine
Jan 13, 2018
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Technology & Products
Hemlock calls on Trump to restore access to the Chinese polysilicon market The last round of the trade war decimated U.S. polysilicon, and Hemlock Semiconductor is calling on Trump to address this in the Section 201 remedy.
Christian Roselund
Jan 12, 2018
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Applications & Installations
AES, Siemens launch energy storage platform Fluence, confirm involvement in 100 MW LA storage project Collaboration between the U.S. energy firm and the German power electronics giant officially licensed on January 1, as details of a massive 100 MW/400 MWh lithium-ion battery storage project in California were announced.
Ian Clover
Jan 12, 2018
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Scientists study impact of RE, energy trade on power grid frequency fluctuations Research by scientists at the Queen Mary University of London, the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Gottingen, alongside German and Japanese researchers, has sought to analyze the impact of renewables and trading on power grid frequency fluctuations.
Frederic Brown
Jan 11, 2018