India initiates solar anti-dumping investigation
India has officially started an investigation into the import of solar cells and modules from China, Taiwan and Malaysia.
India has officially started an investigation into the import of solar cells and modules from China, Taiwan and Malaysia.
Greatcell Solar said that the perovskite collaboration was non-exclusive but developmental work would be on a confidential basis
The Iranian minister of energy was on hand to officially commence construction of a 30MW project in the country’s North Khorasan Province.
The lowest tariff in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) 500MW tender for rooftop solar on government buildings was INR2.20/kWh (US$0.034), according to a release of tentative prices.
Ten indigenous communities in Australia are set to be powered by hybrid solar PV and diesel systems in the first phase of an AU$55 million (US$43.8 million) project.
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger has secured orders worth around CHF 22 million (US$23.2 million) from an existing customer in Asia for its PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) technology.
China-based PV module manufacturer Jiangsu Zhongli Group has successfully secured three ‘Poverty Alleviation’ projects in Guizhou, China totalling around 165MW after winning bids for EPC work.
Independent solar producer Etrion Cooperation has finished a utility-scale PV project in Japan, finishing before deadline and within its budget.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Hanwha Q CELLS has signed an MOU with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to build an 80MW rotating floating solar project on a reservoir in South Korea, which would be the largest of its type in the world.
Leading asset management group BlackRock has taken its Renewable Income UK fund up to £1.1 billion (US$1.43 billion), making it one of the largest single investments in renewable energy.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has cancelled 950MW worth of solar tenders as the extreme dive in solar tariffs across India continues to impact tenders, but it is expected to retender this capacity.
India is now considering imposing safeguard duties on the import of solar cells and modules from China and certain other countries, while it continues contemplating imposing anti-dumping measures.
Equis clarified that it is restructuring its entire portfolio, with assets in single countries not up for grabs separately.
Dominion Energy and Coronal Energy will help develop a 15MW PV project at the University of Virginia.
Polysilicon producer REC Silicon ASA continues to significantly curtail production but was able to squeeze higher revenues over the previous quarter.
US-based residential rooftop solar provider Vivint Solar has expanded its energy system offering into Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Agency (KREDL) has issued a request for selection (RfS) for the EPC of a 200MW(AC) solar plant, along with 10 years of O&M, at the Pavagada Ultra Mega Solar Park.
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger said that LONGi Solar Technology, the PV module manufacturing arm of leading monocrystalline wafer producer LONGi Green Energy Technology has become the first customer of its double-side PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) coating platform, ‘MAiA EVO’.
India’s first major large-scale solar-plus-storage tenders, tied with solar parks, have been cancelled by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
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Armenia’s Ministry of Energy Infrastructure and Natural Resources has pre-qualified 10 companies for a 55MW solar tender.
Key Equipment Finance, an affiliate of KeyCorp, has provided funding for 16 community solar projects across Massachusetts for both community solar solutions provider Clean Energy Collective (CEC) and global energy developer ENGIE.
Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch’s son James is one of two new independent board directors at Tesla, while the EV, tech and energy storage maker confirmed that former SolarCity CTO Peter Rive is leaving the company.
Solarcentury collaboration with the EU and UNDP on mini-grid hybrid solar system projects in East Africa.
The far eastern Indian state of Mizoram has adopted its own solar power policy targeting 80MW of solar deployment by 2012/22.
Mobisol has secured funding from Finnfund for its East Africa expansion, CEFC's investment commitments more than doubled last fiscal year, Acciona is supplying renewable energy to Latin America's largest retail store chain, Sungrow has supplied inverters and an energy storage system to the Bahamas.
Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop has signed the framework agreement to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has invested THB1,968 million (US$57.7 million) in Thai power firm B. Grimm Power Public Company (B. Grimm) to develop renewable energy projects in Southeast Asia.
A basket of publicly-listed solar cell and module manufacturers on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) continued to experience a recovery in sales in June as China reaches a peak in utility-scale projects under the 2017 feed-in tariff and benefit from fears over the US ITC ‘Section 201’ case and the potential impact of higher module duties in 2018.
Russian PV module producer and project developer Hevel Solar announced this week that it is nearing completion of a 15MW PV project in Russia’s Saratov region.
Waste Management announced Tuesday that three PV projects — boasting a combined generation capacity of 11.1MW — have been completed at three landfill sites in Massachusetts.
OGE Energy — a subsidiary of electric utility company Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) — and SunPower announced Tuesday that they have signed a contract to build a 10MW PV project in Covington, Oklahoma.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has started commercial operation of its largest wave of PV power plants in Japan, totalling 52.5MW.
