Policy

A 750MW solar PV auction for capacity in the Indian state of Rajasthan has drawn lowest bids that were four rupees per unit higher than India's record low.

State secretary João Galamba tells PV Tech of plans to boost dispatchable renewables and shares figures and time frames for separate PV auctions this year and next.

Government promises bidders a second chance by Q2 2019 after rejecting all proposals this week over antitrust concerns.

The Northeastern states of India, which until now have been largely overlooked by the South Asian country's solar boom, will soon be the subject of a 1GW PV tender to be issued by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) issues a major tender shortly after neighbour Abu Dhabi released its own 2GW tender.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) leader JinkoSolar as expected, has officially opened its first 400MW module assembly plant in the US.

Huawei has defended the security of its solar inverters in the wake of calls from a group of US senators for them to be removed from use in the States.

A 9.8MW dual installation financed, built and run by Cleantech Solar for cement supplier comes to bolster modest large-scale PV scene in Asian state.

A grateful rooftop PV industry enjoys last week's US$1.6 billion support boost, but longs for a different subsidy model with fewer processes.

Experts needed for project meant to deliver solar generation milestones of 2GW by 2020 and 10GW by 2030 across region.