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IHS Markit: Global solar installations to pass 100 GW in 2018 Market analyst IHS Markit has issued its first forecast for 2018 installations. It expects the global market to surpass the 100 GW mark for the first time ever, hitting 108 GW.
Mark Hutchins
Dec 14, 2017
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Markets & Policy
Interview: EU provides more legal certainty for anti-dumping measures with new legislation Milan Nitzschke, president of EU ProSun and spokesman AEGIS Europe, an industry alliance representing 30 European manufacturing sectors, explains what China’s quest for market economy status has to do with the new European anti-dumping directives, and what effect they will have on the measures against Chinese PV manufacturers.
Sandra Enkhardt
Dec 14, 2017
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Markets & Policy
Video: Quality Roundtable at PV Taiwan – “Finding the right partners for quality” The 8th Quality Roundtable brought into sharp focus the challenges that Taiwan’s fast-growing solar market faces as it attempts to ramp up towards its 20 GW by 2025 PV goal. Typhoons, humidity and sea spray are just the beginning.
Jonathan Gifford
Dec 14, 2017
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US solar deployment hits lowest level in two years (w/ charts) Slowing residential solar markets, higher prices for components and a push-back of project completions were the perfect storm in Q3, however the U.S. market managed to remain above 2 GW.
Christian Roselund
Dec 14, 2017
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Markets & Policy
New EU anti-dumping rules signed off The new legal framework for anti-dumping, designed to protect the EU against unfair trade practices, has been signed. It will come into force on December 20.
Becky Beetz, Sandra Enkhardt
Dec 14, 2017
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Module cleaning firm Ecoppia raises $13m in funding The Israeli robotic cleaning specialist for the solar industry has completed a new funding round that will support the firm’s global expansion, meet growing demand and boost R&D.
Ian Clover
Dec 14, 2017
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Chile launches tender to assign up to 2,456 hectares of public land for solar, RE Interested developers will have time until February 7, 2018, to submit their projects proposals. All of the tendered areas are in Chile’s northern region of Atacama.
Pilar Sánchez Molina
Dec 14, 2017
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Technology & Products
ARENA awards AU$29.2 million to 20 solar R&D projects The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that it will award multiple Australian universities and research institutes with a total of $29.2 million to support early-stage research into new solar innovations.
Mark Hutchins
Dec 14, 2017
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US C&I storage rankings place Stem, Green Charge and AMS at top In the increasingly competitive commercial-and-industrial storage market, IHS Markit expects the segment to grow 10-fold over the next five years – and ranks the companies that will lead the charge.
Frank Andorka
Dec 14, 2017