Oil and gas major Shell is to ramp up its renewable energies division in order to decarbonise its operations and strive towards a net-zero-by-2050 target.
New figures from regulator UPME show nearly 70% of all energy projects currently proposed are solar, setting the scene for growth spurt in the country using auctions to catch up on the renewable front.
Massachusetts has issued an emergency regulation to its Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) programme, that includes doubling the PV capacity it seeks to help deploy as well as mandating the addition of energy storage on projects over 500kW.
The University of Pennsylvania has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to procure clean electricity from what’s claimed to be the commonwealth’s largest solar project.
Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist, Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) has received a new order from an existing PV manufacturing customer located in China.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has dismissed patent infringement claims regarding its IP on shingled-cell solar modules made by Solaria as "meritless and unfounded".
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) members JinkoSolar and LONGi Solar have said that Hanwha Q CELLS ‘215’ patent case is expected to fail at the first leg of wider legal action.
Firm finds PV power plant project merger and acquisitions were the only bright spot in the global solar funding sector in Q1 2020, as corporate project funding sharply declined year-on-year.
Consultancy cites project delays and financial fallout as it cuts its pre-pandemic 2020 global solar installation forecast by 18% from 129.5GW to 106.4GW.
Agency expects broader renewables will be fastest growing power source in 2020 despite COVID-19 but believes economic standstill will see PV additions dropping to 12.6GW.
