Lucy Woods

Labor refused to scrap Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET), and has now left negotiations to have the policy slashed.

The chief technology officer of Indian manufacturer and installer, Tata Power Solar, has said commercial rooftop solar will reach grid parity before any other solar segment in India, and will be the cheapest form of energy for customers by 2024.

There is to be a two stage reduction in solar FiT payments with the single payment offered for systems under 30kW to also be reduced.

Tier-one Chinese module manufacturer, Trina Solar, has supplied 7.8MW of its 31,200 Honey modules for ten rooftop projects in Thailand.

Global solar energy supplier, Proinso is to provide PPA-model financing for distributed generation solar projects 100kW and above across India.

Risen Solar, based in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China is to invest US$600 million in a 300MW solar plant in Mexico.

SPI and GD Solar are to develop 500MW of solar in China, each year from 2015 to 2017, for a total of 1.5GW.

Europe’s climate and energy future hangs in the hands of politicians meeting in Brussels today and tomorrow.

Module manufacturer, REC Solar ASA has announced the closure of two supply agreements totalling 300MW.

Global module manufacturer Trina Solar has opened a warehouse in South Africa.