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.
Major polysilicon and wafer producer GCL-Poly Energy Holdings reduced losses in its Materials business segment in 2019 by continuing to reduce polysilicon production while boosting solar wafer capacity by 5GW.
COVID-19 has ‘exposed the vulnerability’ of value chains, says development bank as it advises other countries to develop domestic PV sector through standalone or collective action.
This month’s episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available to listen to, featuring stories of how the clean energy economy is responding to the COVID-19 crisis and analysis of how it might change the industry.
Asia, US, Australia, Spain are among the highlights of year for which IRENA found 98GW of new solar installs, an estimate below the 110-120GW range offered by different analyses.
Green energy reps hail Northern Territory's new renewable grants and feed-in tariffs and Western Australia's roll-out of community batteries set to store solar for entire neighbourhoods.
Preliminary data compiled by PV Tech highlights an unprecedented level of solar industry capacity expansion plans having been announced in just the first quarter of 2020, easily surpassing any total annual plans in the history of the industry.
Virus impact beyond three months would 'seriously' affect many local PV players given industry's reliance on KSEB's 500MW rooftop programme, KREEPA secretaries tell PV Tech.
