A Paris-based centre for recycling solar modules has abandoned its operations in PV waste management, citing increasingly difficult regulatory and market conditions.
The solar industry's drive to reduce soft costs continues to gather pace with the announcement this week of the acquisition of one of California's largest distributed energy companies by Solar Universe, a franchise that leases and sells rooftop systems.
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) in Canada has published draft rules for the next round of its feed-in tariff (FiT) programme, which opens for bids in the autumn.
Said to be needed to improve the chances of gaining project finance and sell projects, CPV specialist Soitec has used Munich Re for its modules performance-warranty insurance.
The Chilean senate has voted this week on revised targets for renewable energy production, making a unanimous decision in favour of aiming for producing 20% of the nation’s energy from renewable sources by 2025.
