The US residential solar market has ridden out a turbulent third quarter to record impressive installation and sales volumes, giving the industry momentum to potentially avoid the seasonal slowdown often recorded at the tail end of the year.
A round-up of the latest stories from the US solar market, featuring news of D. E. Shaw breaking ground on Louisiana’s largest under-construction solar farm and a double hire from Sunpower to bolster its ESG and diversity credentials.
Central and southeastern European countries could cost-effectively cover more than one-third (34%) of their energy demand with renewables within ten years, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds.
Europe’s residential battery energy storage systems (BESS) market is expected to continue its upward trajectory in the coming years after 745MWh of additional capacity was installed in 2019, representing a 57% increase year-on-year.
Eden Renewables India, the EDF and Total-owned joint venture, has cemented its status in India’s solar market by picking up awards for 1.35GW of new-build solar PV.
Solar developer Solaria has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy trader Axpo Iberia to support three of its utility-scale solar farms in Spain.
The cost-effectiveness of solar panels as well as new technology that allows households to sell surplus power to the grid will both be explored under two separate initiatives announced by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Instances of negative power pricing more than doubled in Europe in the first nine months of this year, prompting concerns for generators across the continent.
Spanish EPC Elecnor has been appointed as the lead contractor for the first phase of Australia’s largest hybrid solar and battery energy storage facility.
