Ireland to support large-scale solar and renewables through competitive auctions
The Irish government has now launched a public consultation on the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), which is expected help realize the plan of covering around 40% of the country’s power demand with renewables by 2030. Micro-generation was not included in the scheme.
Kenya wants more solar
The Kenyan energy regulator has commissioned a study to assess the current status and potential of the country’s solar sector.
Netherlands allocates 2.3 GW of solar in spring round of SDE+ program for large-scale renewables
Overall, the Dutch government allocated 3.2 GW of renewable energy generation capacity through the latest round of the program, which is open to solar and clean energy projects larger in size than 15 kW.
Commercial PV is a profitable business in Sweden, study
The study by the Swedish energy agency Energimyndigheten reveals that several companies in the Scandinavian country find PV a profitable solution, even without any sort of incentive.
Italy adds 234 MW of new PV capacity in H1 2017
The Italian solar market has registered 16% year-on-year growth in the first six months of 2017. New additions for June reached 29.7 MW.
Prime Enerji builds two PV plants totalling 25 MW in Turkey
The projects are being developed in partnership with German EPC contractor InTEC Energy Solutions in the Turkish provinces of Denizli and Erzurum.
Albania sets tariff of €100/MWh for PV projects up to 2 MW
The regulated tariff, which was previously granted only to small and medium hydro- power plants, was extended to PV up to 2 MW and wind projects not exceeding 3 MW in size.
Cubico closes financing for 350 MW PV plant in Mexico
The Cubico Alten Aguascalientes Solar PV Project will be built in in El Llano municipality, in the state of Aguascalientes.
Argentina introduces VAT exemption for renewable energies
The exemption will relate to purchasing, manufacturing and importing of components to build renewable energy power projects.
Ukraine’s PV market grew by 132 MW in first half of 2017
The country’s cumulative installed PV capacity has now surpassed 700 MW, while total renewable energy generation has reached 1.46 GW.
