Policy

An Australian transition to 50% renewables by 2030 would create 28,000 jobs, according to a report from Ernst & Young (EY) and the Climate Council.

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released a draft national Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy targeting 10GW by 2022.

Zambia set a new benchmark for low-cost solar power in Africa on Monday with a competitive auction under the ‘Scaling Solar’ programme, which saw winning bids as low as 6.02 cents/kWh.

UK-based solar investment fund NextEnergy Capital (NEC) is to invest more than €150 million (US$210 million) in the Italian solar market after receiving backing from the UK subsidiary of insurance and investment giant Prudential.

France has announced the winners of the solar and storage tender launched in 2015 on Corsica and others of its overseas island territories.

The Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has opened a 100MW solar tender.

The US and India partnered on new renewable energy initiatives totalling a US$1 billion during prime minister Modi’s visit to the White House on Tuesday.

The UK solar market must “unlock” deployment on commercial buildings if the technology is to continue its cost-reduction path to a subsidy-free future, Britain's Renewable Energy Association (REA) has claimed.

Recognising the value of solar energy is purportedly the key to unlocking the elusive concept that is NEM 3.0, according to SEIA's Tom Kimbis.

Solar power firms and some wind developers are experiencing curtailment of their energy production in the north central regions of Chile, but this will have been accounted for in their business plans, according to a major industry representative.