Solar and wind installations in the US could account for between 40% and 62% of total electricity generation by 2030, according to a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
The government of New South Wales has announced a call for expressions of interest (EOI) as the initial part of an unprecedented renewable energy tender targeting development on state-owned “crown land”.
TÜV Rheinland held a ‘Global PV Buyers’ Workshop’, inviting some 20 representatives from the industry’s downstream players to take part. Brookfield Renewable, BayWa, Engie, TotalEnergies and Lightsource BP and others, and companies mainly engaged in development and operations such as ACWA Power, Bouygues and ECADI shared their thinking from different perspectives on module quality and procurement strategies.
PV manufacturer Hounen Solar has announced plans for its first US solar module manufacturing facility in South Carolina, a 1GW factory representing US$33 million in investment.
An overwhelming majority of Germans believed that an accelerated expansion of renewables was important, but not everyone from this category agreed to install power plants in their neighbourhoods, according to KfW Research.
