Balkan state says it is examining potential areas for solar to be rolled out in after launching EBRD-backed auction to contract utility-scale project near the coast.
Mexican solar said to have boomed to cumulative 5GW in 2019 despite rows with the government, while street protest-ridden Chile thought to have hit renewable target five years in advance.
Solar firms offer 28GW pipeline of total 51GW put forward for 28 May 2020 tender, scheduled after year when PV drew global eyes with US$17.5/MWh average tariffs.
Current pipeline lies at such advanced stages that 3.6GWac of PV and wind could be commissioned nation-wide after 2019’s market lows, say Rystad Energy consultants.
Technology giant eyes full renewable electricity supply by 2025, while food group sets same goal for US operations and financial services firm claims to have already reached it globally.
BNEF: American ITC rush and Spain’s subsidy-free shift help bolster 2019’s declining global solar finance figures, setting the scene for a boom of merchant and PPA-based PV this year.
145MW project planned on a West Java reservoir is the UAE energy giant's first foray in Southeast Asia and significantly outsizes other floating PV ventures in the region.
Government tells PV Tech 700-800MW new solar tender is expected to launch in late March 2020 and will feature third bidding option for projects proposing energy storage element.
Managing director recounts EPC's journey to the heart of Malaysia's current large-scale solar boom and lays out expansion plans in Vietnam and the Philippines.
