US-based solar firm Ahana Renewables, a subsidiary of investment firm Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN), has purchased the development business of India-based PV company Armstrong Energy Global in order to develop 250-350MW of solar projects in Southern India by 2018.
Record installations expected in 2016 will put the US within a stone’s throw of challenging China’s position as the world number one solar market this year.
Renewable energy firms SolarCity and NRG Energy plan to install rooftop solar on 184 stores and distribution centres of major grocery chain Whole Foods Market in the US.
Recent shipment guidance from two leading members of the ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL), Trina Solar and JinkoSolar highlighted that the US solar PV market in 2016 was expected to show considerable growth but raised concerns over the possibility of a module oversupply situation when compiling a list of suppliers with their own US ambitions.
PV module manufacturer SolarWorld has started producing its first bifacial Bisun modules at its US manufacturing facility in order to test their capability against standard modules using advanced p-type mono-PERC cell architecture.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited expressions of interest for what may be India’s first utility-scale energy storage project to be combined with a solar and wind hybrid project at Rangreek in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh.
The Indian state of Karnataka’s 1.2GW solar auction, which invited bids for capacities of up to 20MW at a time in separate localities, has lowered the transparency of the tender process for solar developers, according to the latest update from consultancy firm Bridge to India.
The incumbent energy industry must play its part in developing the energy transition instead of “protecting the past”, SolarPower Europe’s president Oliver Schaefer has said.
India is targeting an ambitious 40GW rooftop solar by 2022 even after a slow start in this sector. Anand Nagarajan, founder of Dexler Energy, discusses the potential for solar rooftop technology in India, consumer attitudes and the intricacies of an unsubsidised industrial and commercial sector.
In common with every other PV market in the world as it matures, attaining grid parity for the technology is the ultimate goal for Japan. As an electricity market in general, meeting electrical supply with demand will of course become ever-more important.