A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, as Helios Infrastructure continues its acquisition spree and Duke Energy unveils plans for a floating solar facility paired with storage at Fort Bragg.
Indian state-owned power company Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will focus solely on solar projects to add additional capacity, as it looks to develop an extensive floating PV portfolio.
NTPC, India’s largest power company, is aiming to add more than 5GW of new solar capacity in the next two years as it builds its renewables presence overseas thanks to a collaboration with the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
BayWa r.e. expects to conclude the majority of a 1GW+ pipeline of solar sales towards the end of this year after it highlighted the role solar played in its H1 2020 results.
Firm kickstarts ‘Floating Solar’ joint industry project (JIP) consortium to create the first broad-based best practices for floating solar, in a bid to support investment in the nascent sector.
A late rally boosted China’s domestic solar installations in 2019 to a better-than-expected 30.22GW. But Frank Haugwitz asks whether a renewed interest in locally available coal and an economic slowdown could conspire to slow recent momentum in China’s energy transition, in which solar has played a central role
Catherine Early speaks to BayWa r.e. about the development of its 14.5MW Sekdoorn floating solar farm in Zwolle, the Netherlands, uncovering how the developer brought forward the project in just eight weeks.
