The ‘Solar Module Super League’ member has produced a bifacial PERC conversion efficiency of 23.39% using conventional ‘industrial’ manufacturing equipment, believed to be the highest figure to date.
Group acquires PV projects rights from RIC Energy, who will stay behind to provide development assistance in a bid to ensure pipeline is ready to build by Q1 2022.
Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member guides 18GW-20GW of PV module shipments in 2020, around a 39% increase from upwardly revised shipments for 2019.
Chinese group renews agreement with German wholesaler to supply gigawatts’ worth of string inverters over the next two years, following distribution of 1.6GWac last year.
Market research firm IHS Markit believes the PV inverter replacement market will increase by around 40% in 2020, creating an 8.7GW need outside new global installations.
European Climate Law draft criticised over move to make 2050 climate neutrality goal binding but leave 2030 goal undecided until September, with PV industry group urging EU to solve grid and planning bottlenecks.
Spring 2020 budget boosted from €2bn to €4bn in the wake of court ruling ordering stronger climate response from country, which risks missing its 2020 RES target.
Trillion-dollar oil wealth manager NBIM confirms plans to pour billions into unlisted renewables within three years, with outgoing CEO set to lead efforts from the UK capital
UK infrastructure giant singles out Australia's marginal loss factor (MLF) regime and low wind yield in Europe as "industry-wide issues" as it outlines plans to divest its standalone wind and solar assets within two years.
The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast sees Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe discuss how the clean energy economy is responding to Covid-19 while Andy reports from PV Expo in Tokyo, which itself felt the effects of the virus outbreak.
