Ontario cancels solar rebates program two months after its launch
The decision was taken by the incoming Ontario premier, Doug Ford. The US$70 million scheme had been conceived to support residential and commercial solar-plus-storage solutions installed under net metering.
Construction underway on 350 MW of solar in Vietnam
Grimm Power and Xuan Cau began construction on two solar PV plants in the southern province of Tay Ninh.
IDB finances 60 MW PV project in Mexico with $37 million
The project is being developed by Spain’s X-Elio in the state of Guanajuato.
Belectric deploys 40 MW of storage based on car batteries
Thousands of new and used vehicle batteries from various manufacturers have been installed in the projects, which are based in both the United Kingdom and Germany.
Société Générale acquires RE crowdfunding specialist Lumo
The Bordeaux-headquartered crowdfunding platform for solar and renewable energy projects has been active in France, mostly in the wind sector, since 2012.
Mongolia’s largest solar park comes online
The 15 MW solar PV plant was built by a Japanese consortium led by Sharp, in the Economic Development Zone of Zamyn-Üüd, in the province of Dornogovi.
Turkey: ‘Localisation’ trend dominates the energy sector
Turkey is going to the polls on Sunday, and many wonder whether president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s gamble on a snap election could backfire. Unless there is a shock at the ballot box though, the nation’s energy sector trends are unlikely to be challenged.
India moots world’s largest solar tender – of 100 GW
If implemented, the huge tendering exercise would dwarf anything that has gone before it. Minister explains bidding will also include solar manufacturing and storage elements.
Solar trade dispute: New petition to review undertaking likely submitted to the EU
There is no official confirmation that a request for a review of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures against Chinese solar PV manufacturers has been submitted in Brussels in early June, however there are several reasons to believe it has likely happened.
German PV equipment providers report dropping order intake
German PV production equipment manufacturers are recording a decline in incoming orders. Thin film technology, meanwhile, is seeing significant market share increases.
