The outspoken chief of industry body the Australian Solar Council has backed a pledge by the country’s parliamentary opposition party to put in place a 50% renewable energy by 2030 target if elected.
The UK’s main support mechanisms for large-scale and rooftop solar look in doubt following the publication of two government consultations this morning.
Solar industry members have expressed concern that this week's record low bids for solar contracts in India may not translate into "workable" projects.
An extended tax exemption for generation, transmission and distribution companies, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is set to benefit large-scale PV deployment.
Solar companies in the Philippines are planning to push the country’s government to quadruple the amount of solar qualifying for its feed-in tariff scheme, according to reports.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has opted to introduce a time-of-use (TOU) based system for state utilities to charge customers for electricity and has rejected a fixed monthly charge that was seen as a barrier to rooftop solar.
Plans to scale back North Carolina’s renewables energy policies could put its newly minted gigawatt-scale solar market at risk, the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has warned.
A proposed “sun tax” on use of batteries for residential self-consumption of solar energy in Spain could increase payback time from around 16 years to 31 years under a new draft Law put forward by the Spanish Government.
