Germany plans 20% FIT cut for commercial and industrial solar
With the ruling coalition having agreed to extend additional tenders for PV and wind power, a related, draft bill by the Federal Ministry of Economics has been disclosed. The policy document includes a proposal for a 20% FIT reduction for solar installations ranging in size from 40 kW to 750 kW.
Singapore seeks proposal for 100 MW of floating PV
Singapore’s Economic Development Board has issued a request for information related to the potential deployment of a large-scale floating solar system to generate energy for private sector consumption.
Global operational floating PV capacity tops 1.1 GW
The World Bank says floating PV has the potential for 400 GW of capacity – under conservative assumptions. The authors of a World Bank study say adding floating solar to hydropower plants improves their flexibility while increasing energy yields.
Ukraine has 121 MW of solar under net metering
Around the half of this capacity was deployed from April to September, according to new official statistics released by the Ukrainian authorities.
Italy adds 42.3 MW of solar in September
Newly installed PV capacity for the first nine months of this year has reached 300.9 MW. September was the month with the largest growth this year.
Ivory Coast announces another 66 MW solar plant
The project is expected to cost approximately 47.2 billion CFA (around $81.5 million), and to have an annual production capacity of 118 GWh.
Chinese duties on polysilicon imports from EU have expired
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has announced that antidumping and countervailing duties imposed in 2014 on polysilicon imports from the European Union will not be further renewed.
Naturgy finances Brazilian PV projects through $71.5m bond issuance
The Spanish gas and power provider will use the funds to build the Sertão I Solar and Sobral I Solar projects, with a combined capacity of 68 MW.
Germany added almost 200 MW of new PV capacity in September
The new capacity figure fell on the previous month, mainly because fewer ground-mounted systems went online. The monthly retreat of FIT payments will stay at 1% for the next three months. According to SolarPower Europe, Germany will be by far the largest market in Europe, with 3 GW of new capacity this year.
Pakistan’s regulator to review two PV project proposals totaling 100 MW
Pakistan’s electricity regulator NEPRA will review a proposal for the construction of a 50 MW PV plant planned to sell power at approximately $0.071/kWh, while a second 50 MW project is expected to deliver power at a levelized tariff of $0.076/kWh.
