UPDATED: India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has released its ‘National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy’ seeking to encourage hybridisation of projects due to the benefits they offer for grid integration.
Armenia’s Ministry of Energy Infrastructure and Natural Resources has issued a letter of award (LoA) to a consortium of Fotowatio Renewable Venture (FRV) and FSL Solar to help bring a 55MW solar project closer to reality.
Maharashtra’s latest 1GW auction has attracted winning bids of between INR 2.71-2.72/kWh (US$.0.04), staying almost flat with India’s most recent PV auction in Andhra Pradesh.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Hanwha Q CELLS has lowered full-year shipment guidance to 5,600MW to 5,800MW, compared to its initial guidance of 6,000MW to 6,200MW, which could be attributed to the impact of the US Section 201 trade case duties and the company’s refocus on the European market.
India’s Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) will hold an oral hearing for its anti-dumping investigation into imports of textured, tempered glass from Malaysia, on 11 June in New Delhi.
Ingeteam has signed contracts to supply inverters to 555MW of solar projects in Mexico, mainly in large-scale systems but also for commercial plants based on string inverters.
NTPC's 750MW auction draws winning price of 2.72 rupees, Rays Power Infra completes 130MW of open access solar plants in Karnataka, AfDB approves US$1.5 million for Nigerian solar procurement program
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with one of the largest shipyard’s in the Middle East to share its expertise in solar power.
Leading ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has reset the P-type monocrystalline cell conversion efficiency record at 23.95%, through a range of wafer to cell optimisation, notably its selective emitter (SE) formation.
