Grids

Landis+Gyr to supply Toshiba batteries to E.ON as Germany-based utility constructs 10MW energy storage system for Tucson Electric Power

The Australian Energy Regulator has released a draft decision protecting solar users in South Australia from increased charges proposed by utility SA Power Networks (SAPN).

Grid issues not politics are behind new caution over renewables deployment, South African utility Eskom has said.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development agrees to major funding of FRV's winning bid in Jordan's recent Round 2 PPA tender for solar energy production.

Ukraine's plan to bring online 4GW of solar production at site of 1986 nuclear disaster must stack up, says European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Australia’s newly appointed energy minister Josh Frydenburg has said the extreme fluctuations in South Australia’s electricity tariffs should be blamed on a number of factors not just renewables, in a filmed interview with Australian news outlet ABC.

India’s Ministry of Power has raised its Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) trajectory for solar power.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has dismissed Fitch warnings that proposed net metering could damage the creditworthiness of utilities as “old news and bad analysis”.

Last week, Minnesota utilities regulators ruled to take a value of solar approach for determining how community solar customers will be paid – making Minnesota the first state in the country to do so.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will soon tender for utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.