Solar Intelligence analyst Finlay Colville reports back from SNEC in Shanghai, which finished yesterday. In the first installment of a two-part blog, he draws on his extensive knowledge and analysis of the global PV market to put his findings into the context of wider trends.
The European Parliament has voted to adopt the measures of a report seeking to improve the circumstances for energy consumers in the fast-changing market.
The UK has “unexpectedly” become one of the few countries in Europe to have installed more than 10GW of PV, while its top engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms are a mix of international and domestically headquartered players.
State-owned firm the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) is considering raising funds through the issue of non-convertible bonds, according to a filing on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Chilean utility Colbún has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with French energy giant Total and SunPower for the energy produced from a 164MW solar PV plant in Chile.
A triple-junction compound solar module with a conversion efficiency of 31.17% has been created by a project involving Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Sharp.
Leading ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Trina Solar has lowered its planned global solar power plant project connections for 2016, while reiterating full-year module shipment guidance.
The decreasing cost of distributed generation and storage technologies is changing the way value is created in the energy sector, according to a new report launched by SolarPower Europe in Brussels today.
The Indian government is promoting small-scale solar and wind hybrid systems (SWES) in rural areas without electricity through a new programme following the success of similar projects in the US and Europe.
