PV module manufacturer SolarWorld has started producing its first bifacial Bisun modules at its US manufacturing facility in order to test their capability against standard modules using advanced p-type mono-PERC cell architecture.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited expressions of interest for what may be India’s first utility-scale energy storage project to be combined with a solar and wind hybrid project at Rangreek in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh.
Novel epitaxial wafer technology start-up NexWafe a spin-off from Fraunhofer ISE has raised €6 million in Series A funding from Swiss-based Private Equity firm Lynwood (Schweiz) AG.
The Indian state of Karnataka’s 1.2GW solar auction, which invited bids for capacities of up to 20MW at a time in separate localities, has lowered the transparency of the tender process for solar developers, according to the latest update from consultancy firm Bridge to India.
The incumbent energy industry must play its part in developing the energy transition instead of “protecting the past”, SolarPower Europe’s president Oliver Schaefer has said.
BHE Renewables, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has acquired a portfolio including 66MW of solar garden projects from Geronimo Energy.
China is planning to create a ‘green certificates’ market to promote renewable energy and reduce its use of fossil fuel-based power, under proposals from the country's National Energy Administration (NEA),
Singapore-based renewable energy developer and investor Equis has commissioned a 132.5MW solar project, which it claims is Southeast Asia’s largest PV plant, in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, the Philippines.
Japan's government has given its clearest indication to date of planned rule changes around renewable energy policy, including official confirmation that a tender process is being put before its parliament for the 2017 financial year.
