Policy

Indian prime minister and French president Francois Hollande will jointly launch the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the COP21 climate conference in Paris today.

Many solar developers who were allocated capacity in the Indian state of Telangana’s 2GW solar auction are facing severe delays in the signing of agreements with the state’s government.

India’s central government aims to introduce a US$1 billion private equity fund dedicated to the renewable energy sector, according to India’s energy minister Piyush Goyal.

Dubai has launched an ambitious new energy strategy, which includes a provision to make rooftop solar mandatory from 2030.

Former UK energy minister Lord Barker has said solar’s future lies in a combination of private wire PPAs and a government-backed net metering scheme.

India as a nation is set to contribute more than any other country to the rise in global energy demand over the next 25 years to meet rising incomes and population, however, its energy demand per capita will still be 40% lower than the global average, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Brazil’s energy regulator the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) has approved an “historic” revision of the country’s net metering scheme for small-scale renewable energy systems, making it amongst the most forward-thinking countries in this sector, according to Rodrigo Sauaia, the director of Brazil’s solar industry association, Absolar.

The impact on the cost and availability of finance for solar projects in the wake of a successful Paris summit could be profound, writes John Parnell.

Bosses of companies including HSBC Holdings, Microsoft, Nestlé, Dow Chemical Company have signed an open letter urging for action on climate change.

A new set of renewable energy guidelines and targets set down by the government of Alberta, known as the Climate Leadership Plan, has been introduced in order to push the province’s transition from coal to new green energy options.