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Global solar market on course for 10th consecutive year of growth, says IHS Markit Analyst’s quarterly data shows 2016 will deliver 34% year-on-year growth rate as Chinese demand fuels another strong 12 months for the industry, with annual installed capacity to reach 77 GW.
Ian Clover
Dec 19, 2016
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UK: CNBM inks GBP 2.5bn deal to build thousands of solar homes Joint venture including China National Building Material Company and British renewable energy specialists WElink will see the creation of six prefab home factories over next five years in deal that will deliver huge boost to the U.K.’s BIPV sector.
Ian Clover
Dec 19, 2016
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Intersolar North America: SmartFlower unfurls its dual-axis tracker The Austrian firm launches its 4kWh-equivalent standalone solar system at the exhibition.
Charles W. Thurston
Jul 12, 2016
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Greece begins second round of net metering applications  Greece is set to begin accepting applications for net metering systems to connect to the medium voltage electricity grid. Will this new approach lead to an uptick in new PV installations?
Ilias Tsagas
Oct 27, 2015
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Cornwall experiments with ‘sunshine tariff’ as possible alternative for UK solar A grassroots project in Cornwall, England, is examining ways to implement a special, so-called “sunshine tariff.” The project, although small in scale, could provide the template for the solar business models of the new era of zero subsidies.
Ilias Tsagas
Oct 15, 2015
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UK: The smart home in focus as startups drive innovation The concept of the smart home is emerging as a hot topic in the debate regarding the U.K.’s energy future. At the EcoBuild last week, a special session entitled “Smart and Efficient Use of Future Energy” depicted accurately the central role solar PV plays in the transition to the smart era. It also highlighted how innovation leadership is coming from small, bottom-up firms as utilities and policy-makers struggle to adapt and embrace the new technologies.
Ilias Tsagas
Mar 08, 2015
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Jordan’s rooftop PV sector thriving  Jordan leads Arab world in utility-scale solar PV installations with many large solar farms expected to go online in 2015. Residential and commercial rooftop sectors are also kick-starting the thriving solar sector.
Ilias Tsagas
Feb 10, 2015
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Greece applies generous net-metering The Greek government has introduced legislation to facilitate net metering for solar PV arrays. To reward the PV sector for the delay in the policy, Greece has designed a generous net-metering scheme allowing installations up to 500 KW. Is the new law able to kick-start the idle Greek PV sector?
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 11, 2015
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Aside from problems with Russia, Ukraine offers top conditions for PV Ukraine has emerged as an ambiguous destination for PV. It provides some eye-catching tariffs and boasts very good solar irradiation. If only political risks did not exist.
Ilias Tsagas
Nov 02, 2014