India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved scaling up the budget for grid-connected rooftop solar in the country from INR6 billion (US$90 million) to INR50 billion up to 2019/20.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Russian Energy Agency (REA) for both entities to develop utility-scale solar PV plants and manufacturing facilities in India between the years 2016-2022.
US Residential solar PV installer SolarCity has stopped operating in the US state of Nevada after the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a plan that will restrict net metering credits and boost charges against solar users in the state.
Taiwan is increasing the amount of solar PV capacity available under its feed-in tariff programme for 2016 from 270MW to 500MW and boosting the level of FiTs available in various parts of the country.
India's ongoing state solar auctions have seen some record low prices bid for the capacity up for tender, but is it a sustainable trend? Tom Kenning reports.
The approval of the US investment tax credit (ITC) by lawmakers last week marks the start of “new energy paradigm”, according to an industry trade group.
In the last two days the United States and United Kingdom have taken two very different decisions on the future of solar in their countries. As the world seeks to capitalise on the momentum generated by last week’s Paris climate agreement, they are decisions that could have far-reaching consequences.
Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has launched a programme encouraging consumers to generate their own power from renewable energy sources, with a particular emphasis on solar.