With developers facing months of delivery delays for Chinese solar parts, India has said it will consider extending deadlines for PV projects scheduled to be switched on this summer, relieving developers from costly fines.
Coronavirus-driven manufacturing delays and supply chain constraints in China are starting to impact both upstream PV manufacturers and downstream installers across other countries.
Country told competitive bidding could take PV market to ‘tens of gigawatts’ within 10 years, turning the page from grid chaos driven by feed-in tariffs last year.
‘Market has evaporated’, says CEO of construction giant Downer after announcing group behind some of the country’s largest PV projects will no longer take on new solar contracts.
Major Filipino power firm Aboitiz Power Corp is in early-stage planning to invest nearly PHP34 billion in around 1GW of wind and solar power in Pangasinan.
Construction is already underway for 120MW project near Wandoan, marking utility-scale global debut for oil and gas major already active in the country after M&A flurry last year.
An afternoon Solar Finance and Investment Europe session delved into Australia and the unique challenges it faces, created by the weather and harsh environment.
Mining giant Fortescue will mix solar (150MW), gas (150MW) with “large-scale” storage battery at hub in Western Australia, adding to 60MW first solar stage announced last year.
