Power Plants

Strongly contested campaigns by some US-based utilities to change net-energy metering (NEM) policies for mainly residential PV owners are not expected to have a meaningful negative impact on the US PV market, according to the latest findings from market research firm IHS.

Yingli Green Energy has signed a joint venture agreement to develop and construct solar power plants with China’s “third largest” state-owned coal mining company, Datong Coal Mine Group.

A 100MW PV plant in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, has come one step closer to beginning construction after officials from the South Korean and Uzbekistan governments signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) this week to cooperate in bringing solar power to the country.

Renewable energy supplier, Good Energy has been granted provisional planning permission for a 49.9MW solar plant – the largest in the UK following the cannon of announcements for a 40MW and 41MW solar park in recent weeks.

The US department of energy is more than half way toward the final target of its cost cutting programme for solar energy.

Romania is to halve the green certificates available for new solar developments.

Crystal-growing equipment specialist, PVA TePla, has lowered its sales forecast for the year after experiencing a delay in a PV equipment order processing.

The Asia-Pacific region will account for half of all new demand for solar photovoltaic energy in 2014, according to NPD Solarbuzz.

Following on from recent projections for the PV industry, market research firm IHS has revealed key developments and issues for the sector in 2014.

The Solar Energy Industries Association has warned that proposals to reform energy taxation in the US could damage the country’s solar industry.