Australia’s newly appointed energy minister Josh Frydenburg has said the extreme fluctuations in South Australia’s electricity tariffs should be blamed on a number of factors not just renewables, in a filmed interview with Australian news outlet ABC.
Minnesota Power tendering 300MW PV, more Brazilian states have exempted the ICMS tax on net metering, the WTO Appellate will rule on India/US solar trade case in September,
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has dismissed Fitch warnings that proposed net metering could damage the creditworthiness of utilities as “old news and bad analysis”.
A massive 22GW of grid-connected solar projects have been logged in China’s official register but there are question marks over how representative the data is of actual end-demand.
The Palestine Energy Ministry has granted licensing and permits for its first large-scale solar power plant near the city of Hebron, according to the two companies involved in the development.
Last week, Minnesota utilities regulators ruled to take a value of solar approach for determining how community solar customers will be paid – making Minnesota the first state in the country to do so.
In this week's Movers & Shakers segment, PV Tech examines new US solar employment initiatives, new up-and-coming technology and industry policy debates as well as career moves by influential individuals.
