The Federal Network Agency (FNA), the German national energy regulator, today launched its fourth successful PV tender, totalling 128MW of PV across 21 bids.
India could file trade cases against the US over violation of World Trade Organisation (WTO) norms related to the protection of solar panel producers in various US states, says energy minister.
Developers of the majority of projects awarded in Brazil’s first solar-only tender round in 2014 have submitted a request to the regulator to delay construction by two years, according to a report.
The output of a 16MW solar farm in Puerto Rico will be tied to an Aquion ‘saltwater’ battery, in one of the few current trials of moving solar power produced in the daytime to be used at night.
The World Bank Group unveiled an ambitious new plan to aid developing countries fulfil their COP21 pledges by adding 30GW of renewable energy – doubling its current contributions to global energy capacity.
French renewable energy firm EDF Renewable Energy has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison (SCE) for 111.2MW AC PV power plant.
The financial woes of US developer SunEdison would only have a small impact on India’s overall solar deployment targets and any incomplete PV projects would be retendered immediately, Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has told PV Tech.
Under phase 2 of the Large Renewable Procurement (LRP) Scheme, Ontario is opening bidding for 930MW; almost doubling its renewable energy ambitions for solar (250MW), wind (600MW), hydroelectricity (50MW) and bioenergy (30MW).
US power engineering firm Bechtel’s major Soda Mountain solar project has been approved by the US Department of Interior (DOI), but only after a 71MW capacity reduction, following an extensive three-year environmental analysis of the project area.
Indian state-owned utility NTPC has given the go ahead for investment in 510MW of solar PV projects in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to a filing on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
