Germany has released draft proposals on its Renewable Energies Act (EEG) to cap onshore wind and PV in response to states rallying for renewable energy growth to be curbed due to rising electricity prices and unnecessary strain on the national grid.
This week, Maryland governor Hogan vetoed the Clean Energy Jobs – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) Revisions bill (SB0921/HB1106) that would have increased the renewable energy mandate to 25% by 2020, up from the existing 20% target by 2022.
GTM Research's Nicole Litvak discusses with PV Tech the reasons why the commercial market has remained fairly stagnant and unconsolidated in sharp contrast to the country's booming residential sector.
Silicon module super league member (SMSL) JA Solar is to provide 420MW of modules for China’s National Energy Administration’s (NEA) “Front Runner” programme which aims to promote the development of advanced solar PV technology by domestic suppliers.
Germany-based EPC firm Phoenix Solar is to build a 10.2MW grid-connected solar PV plant in Elazig in eastern Turkey, which will be the first licensed project in the country.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has uploaded an online resource for consumers to apply for rooftop solar installations, which includes a solar rooftop calculator.
In the second and final installment of his blog from SNEC in China, Finlay Colville continues to extrapolate a snapshot of the global PV industry from what he saw there and how it all fits into wider trends and realities of the market today.
A host of solar advocacy groups across California have urged for a speedy resolution to the passing of a bill making methodology for calculating net metering caps consistent across the state's utilities.
Solar Intelligence analyst Finlay Colville reports back from SNEC in Shanghai, which finished yesterday. In the first installment of a two-part blog, he draws on his extensive knowledge and analysis of the global PV market to put his findings into the context of wider trends.
The European Parliament has voted to adopt the measures of a report seeking to improve the circumstances for energy consumers in the fast-changing market.
