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Government flags solar’s ‘poorly designed’ applications as it moves to force projects to get indicative go-ahead from grid operator before subsidies are awarded.

Manufacturer says ongoing improvements in module tech come at perfect time for Europe's subsidy-free drive.

Perovskite solar cell developer, Oxford PV has secured £34 million in new funding for a 200MW heterojunction (HJT) solar cell line from Meyer Burger to start production of perovskite - silicon tandem cells in 2020.

With its 150MW North Rosamond PV project coming online in June, Duke Energy has passed the 1GW threshold of utility-scale owned and operated solar facilities nationwide.

Manufacturer hails loan extension, Japanese firm claims to halve finance costs via green debt structure, Indian player bags US$300m from top financiers.

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar has set its sights on PV module shipments globally in 2019 reaching between 14GW to 15GW, which would be a new industry record for a module manufacturer after setting a new shipment benchmark of 11.4GW in 2018.

Sigma 204MW project in Cádiz province comes amid 794MW new renewable push by group, which already owns 260MW Valdesolar scheme.

Operational kickoff signals latest step of colossal PV venture in Arabian Gulf state, delivered by Marubeni, JinkoSolar and AD Power consortium.

France and the Netherlands put forward new renewable support measures and lay out how far they are willing to go subsidising PV, wind and others.

Up-and-running installation developed by Thesan Renewable is being described as largest PV project to see the light in Central American state.