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”.
Australian investment manager QIC is to invest AU$800 million (US$598 million) and power firm AGL is to provide AU$200 million of cornerstone equity for a major partnership in the development of large-scale renewable energy infrastructure in Australia.
As we conduct our extensive market research phase to define exactly what the industry needs to be discussing and presenting at PV CellTech 2017 in Penang, Malaysia on 14-15 March 2017, one of the top technologies that is certain to be included again is passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) cells.
Capital expenditure (capex) from solar PV manufacturers is set to decline during the first half of 2017, as the industry adjusts to the excess of new capacity having come online during 2015 and 2016, according to the latest findings in the PV Manufacturing & Technology Quarterly report, released July 2016.
A massive 22GW of grid-connected solar projects have been logged in China’s official register but there are question marks over how representative the data is of actual end-demand.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JA Solar said it reached a new milestone in monocrystalline PV product shipments in the middle of July, 2016.
The Palestine Energy Ministry has granted licensing and permits for its first large-scale solar power plant near the city of Hebron, according to the two companies involved in the development.
Delta Americas has unveiled its M80U PV inverter, said to be the first wall mount 80kW string inverter on the market and designed for commercial and utility-scale applications.
