Chile’s auction concludes with average price of $32.5/MWh
The Chilean government has allocated approximately 600 MW of renewable energy capacity in the auction.
India has installed 810 MW rooftop solar to date
The Indian government has achieved only 17% of the set targets for the 2017-18 financial year, which is just 2% of the goal of 40 GW grid-connected solar rooftops by 2022. MNRE will soon propose new schemes to improve the sector.
UK: Government survey shows strong public support for solar
Latest results from an ongoing public survey conducted by the British government show that support for solar and renewables is strong and growing across the country. Industry associations continue to call for better policies to support growth in renewable energy.
Quebec-based pension fund La Caisse keeps investing in solar
After providing Canadian rooftop solar specialist Potentia Renewables with $83 million in May, Canada’s second-largest public pension fund has now agreed to finance U.S. solar installer Sunrun with $40 million.
Dutch pension fund ABP invests €330 million in three U.S. projects
The three projects are located in California and Nevada, and are owned by Capital Dynamics.
Switzerland pushes for more solar
The Swiss Federal Council has published the rules for the Energy Strategy 2050. Swissolar finds this will create the conditions for the PV market to surpass the threshold of 300 MW per year.
Madagascar commissions its first solar-plus-storage project
A solar facility made up of 720 solar PV modules and coupled with a 315 Kwh storage system is expected to power several communities of the Bongolava region.
Italy installed 323 MW of solar in first nine months of 2017
The Italian solar market has grown by 13% so far this year and by 6% in the third quarter. New additions for September reached 32.2 MW.
EDF partners with Elsewedy Electric on 100 MW of solar in Egypt
The renewable energy arm of the French utility and the Egyptian manufacturing company will build the PV facility at the Benban solar company.
pv magazine hosts eighth Quality Roundtable at PV Taiwan
In solar PV, while the world seems focused on quantity – how many megawatts installed, at what price – solar power manufacturers, installers, and operators know that quality is crucial to the successful delivery of clean and profitable power.
