Industry continues last year’s trend as it reaps all awards at oversubscribed 210MW tender, with 18 bids contracted at an average €0.0566/kWh price.

Official stats find 210% rise in large-scale PV workforce in past two years but associations warn rules for mandatory electricians could stifle growth.

Finlay Colville interviews Iñaki Legarda about India's PV manufacturing prospects ahead of PV IndiaTech in Delhi next week.

Finlay Colville interviews Vinay Rustagi ahead of his talk at PV IndiaTech in Delhi next week.

Following an independent evaluation process, Duke Energy is set to produce or purchase a total of 602MW of renewable energy from projects under North Carolina’s Competitive Procurement of Renewable Energy (CPRE) programme.

Ellomay Capital’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxembourg Holdings, will sell 49% of the outstanding shares of Talasol Solar to GSE 3 UK Limited and Fond-ICO Infraestructuras II.

Altus Power has acquired a multistate operating portfolio of ground-mounted solar assets located in Massachusetts, North Carolina and New Mexico. The portfolio has a combined generation capacity of 19MW.

Reservoir installation by Greenam Energy to power factory complex in Tamil Nadu and sell excess electricity to state-owned utilities.

UK player divests majority portfolio share to undisclosed buyer days after separate reports suggested a sale of the entire firm is being mulled.

SECI had already issued an EPC tender for 150MW of solar at Singareni Collieries last year.

AMEA Power has reached financial close and will begin construction of the US$74 million Al Husainiyah Power Plant, a 50MW greenfield solar park in Ma’an Governorate, Jordan.

Pacifico Energy K.K. has started construction on a 102MW PV project in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Fraunhofer ISE will validate and refine DuPont's accelerated testing methods with a view to improving on the current IEC protocols.

The largest solar PV project planned in the US state of Virginia, standing at 500MW capacity, has faced weeks of local opposition.

China Energy Engineering Corp claims that its energy storage system has the largest capacity and the highest power in China.

IPP hits 244MW capacity mark in European country after acquiring five solar car parks from Glennmont, an infra investor fast divesting PV assets.

Kallpa Generación secures ministerial nod to feasibility studies for 500MW plant, setting the scene for capacity surge in country home to only 345MW last year.

Rendeavour has installed its first solar power plant in Kenya, as part of a 30MW strategy for Tatu City, the company's new city development in Nairobi.

Major China-based polysilicon producer and PV project developer, Xinte Energy Co has issued a profit warning for the first quarter of 2019, due to further polysilicon price declines. Xinte is a subsidiary of TBEA Co.

Even lowest estimate would lead to 40GW of total deployment in China in 2019.

Sale plans by financial owner follows years of meteoric growth of firm owning 500MW PV portfolio for businesses in India, Middle East and South East Asia.

EBRD to help country tender 25MW of PV and 80MW of wind in 2019 and 2020 even as global experts argue 4.5GW of solar is possible if economics improve.

Fitch: Solid state support will help capacity soar from last year’s 26GW to 105.9GW in 2028, as impact of tariff and tax measures dilute in a few years.

Fully integrated PV module manufacturer REC Group is launching a next-generation high-performance module at Intersolar Europe next month, which will have a power rating of 380Wp in a 60-cell format.

Developer links first 65MW of 400MW project at Benban complex, with panels supplied by LONGi and funded by development players keen on bifacial tech.

Investment company Fidante Capital has raised US$200 million on the London Stock Exchange for the US Solar Fund PLC — a PV infrastructure fund centred on the solar market in the Americas.

Ecoprogetti has launched its new ‘Extended Spectrum, LED Sun Simulator Ed.3’ for PV panels, driving down production costs and providing key advantages to assembly lines and laboratories.

According to Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory Co (AECEA), analysis of China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) consultation paper, released April 10, China will have a subsidy-free solar market with clear policies and frameworks in place, beginning in 2021.

Firm says plant in Karnataka is first in Asian country to use high-efficiency mono PERC modules and also the largest PV farm it has ever commissioned.

Energy giant marks largest PV project to date with two plants set to power facilities of Exide, which in turn will manufacture the batteries used by the installations.