Uncertainty surrounding the switch to the CfDs (Contracts for Difference) support scheme for large-scale solar in the UK will make it difficult for smaller companies and new market entrants to compete there, according to speakers at the Doing Solar Business in the UK conference in Munich.
Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry (MEM) has announced Brazil’s third national renewables-only tender auction will be held on 10 October, with a strong focus on solar expected.
Investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency will fall well below what is required to head off dangerous global warming without a breakthrough in the Paris climate change talks next year, the International Energy Agency has warned.
Renewable energy lobbyist, the Europe-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA), has hailed moves by the European Commission to speed up renewables deployment and reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russian gas.
The deployment of solar storage units in German is set to boom over the next few years in what has been hailed a “quiet revolution” for the PV industry.
According to renewable energy engineering firm, 8.2 Consultancy, the initial 100MW of the potential 1GW Quaid-e-Azam solar park in Punjab, Pakistan, is under construction.
Five years of predicted global growth in PV installations will offset Europe's decline as the world’s once-leading solar region, according to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association.
Taiwan-based PV materials specialist, Giga Solar Materials Corp said it was gaining market share in the silver paste sector and expected to ship 210 tons of front-side Ag (silver) metallization paste in 2014, up from just 40 tons in the previous year.
