Several provincial authorities in Vietnam are developing guidelines for renewables that should improve the country’s solar market, but stubbornness from the monopoly utility EVN means that the largest-scale projects remain the preserve of big risk-takers, according to a representative of international law firm Baker McKenzie.
Australian university signs deal to become 100% renewable, IBC Solar installs 4MW rooftop project in Turkey, EBRD supports France’s Urbasolar in Kazakhstan
China-based integrated monocrystalline PV manufacturer Solargiga Energy Holdings has reported preliminary 2017 financial results, highlighting a record 57.3% increase in external product shipments.
The majority of Taiwanese solar industry companies that are public listed on the TSE have recently reported December, 2017 sales figures, highlighting how elusive the recovery in sales has been in 2017.
Sri Lanka’s CEB tenders 10MW of solar in North Central Province, Minas Gerais looking at special financing for micro and mini-generation, Energy 4 Impact granted US$1 million for small-scale solar irrigation in Rwanda
A preliminary recommendation from India’s Directorate General of Safeguards Customs and Central Excise to impose a provisional 70% safeguard duty on solar cells imported from China and Malaysia has been branded as “ridiculous” and potentially catastrophic, by PV industry members involved in finance, project development and analysis.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member GCL System Integrated Technology (GCL-SI) has appointed a new chairman and chief executive officer as Zhu Gongshan, the majority shareholder with the GCL group steps down from the post of chairman of the board.
