Europe

The largest hybrid solar and battery storage system in Russia will offer on- and off-grid services at the end of the transmission line.

Move to finance panel installations with US$13,000 facilities sees the light as smaller PV segment grows exponentially to hit 415MW in Q1 2019.

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar has secured new solar panel orders totalling 10.7GW in the first four months of 2019, setting a company and industry record.

Socialist poll winners should retain minister Ribera after first few months of clean energy policy achievements, say PV reps and legal experts.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Risen Energy has recently reported a decline in 2018 annual revenue and net profit, due to the overall decline in PV installations in China, which also led to pricing pressure across its PV module, PV encapsulant and EPC business divisions.

BayWa r.e. divests 30.8MW Emmen project to asset manager, EBRD and GCF back 30MW project, Engie divests in Germany and the Netherlands.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) doubled overseas PV module shipments in 2018, while seeking a target of shipments outside of China of 80% in 2019, according to its recently published 2018, annual financial report.

Speaking at PV CellTech 2019, Dr Liyou Yang, general manager at Jinergy, says heterojunction solar remains under assessment in 2019 with certain criteria required before people make the jump to GW-scale production.

Energy advisory DNV GL has launched a digital marketplace for renewable energy, a platform which it says could significantly scale up the global corporate PPA market for renewables.

Government minister notes solar’s ‘striking’ dominance as industry reaps €3.2bn of €6bn round and applies for €2.9bn of further €5bn to be awarded.