Jamaica’s oil corporation PCJ expands renewable energy business
The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) is expanding activities in the wind and solar power business, and is seeking developers for installing PV systems at the Development Bank of Jamaica.
Sri Lanka extends deadline for 10 MW solar tender
Through the tender, which was launched in July, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) hopes to build a 10 MW PV facility near Vavunathivu, a town in Batticaloa District.
Interview: the next decade belongs to Africa
Dr. Sam Duby, Africa Director for TFE Consulting, sat down with PV Magazine to discuss insights from TFE’s new report “Kenya: The World’s Microgrid Lab”, the importance of on-the-ground experience in energy access projects, and how tech and social innovation in Africa will be the headline of the next decade.
Europe helps Mozambique design auction mechanism for renewables
A €4 million fund will be used to support an initiative launched by the French Development Agency and the country’s power utility Eletricidade de Moçambique, E.P. (EDM).
Ikea expands PV module offering to Belgium
Belgium becomes the fifth country worldwide where the Swedish furniture retailer is to sell solar panels after the UK, Poland, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Swedish Energy Agency revises statistics: new additions for 2016 totaled 79.2 MW
The new numbers reveal that the Swedish solar market grew by 63% last year compared to 2015, and that it surpassed 200 MW of cumulative installed power.
Madagascar tenders 25 MW of solar
The 25 MW (AC) solar PV project will be located near the capital of Antananarivo and will be supported by the World Bank’s Scaling Solar group program.
German custom authorities uncovers fraud involving solar modules from China
More than €30 million in anti-dumping and countervailing duties could have been circumvented by a German company importing modules from China, according to the German custom authorities.
Enel breaks ground on 137.7 MW solar plant in South Australia
The $157 million project will be built with 420,000 polycrystalline modules mounted on single-axis tracker near Port Augusta.
Belgium’s Flanders region raises 2020 targets for solar and wind
Because biomass is not performing as expected, the Belgian Flemish-speaking region has raised by one third its EU targets for solar and wind, and has improved investment conditions for commercial and industrial PV.
