The addition of energy storage has made a 1MW community rooftop solar project in Massachusetts viable after a long-term PPA was secured with a local utility.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has issued a request for proposal (RfP) for 90 small-scale solar projects of 1MW capacity each under the second stage of the Suryabala Sangramaya Programme – Phase II.
SMA America, the US subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology, has entered into a purchase agreement with residential solar installer Sunrun to be a key supplier for residential PV solutions.
The start of construction on India’s largest energy storage project is not only of strategic importance to regulators, but could also drive another wave of utility-scale projects in India, the chief of the country’s storage alliance has said.
The West African Development Bank (BOAD), Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), the National Bank of Agricultural Development of Mali (BNDA), Green Africa Power (GAP) and GuarantCo have agreed to finance a 50MW PV project in Mali.
The Trump administration's 30% tariff on imports of solar cells and modules will result in modules cost increases of 9-10¢/W in year one, reducing to 3-4¢/W in year four, according to separate analyses by GTM Research and Deutsche Bank.
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has reached out to industry to establish how much interest there is in providing EPC services for a 160MW solar-wind hybrid project coupled with energy storage in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
