policy

US solar energy advocates need to emulate the oil and gas industry and become more effective in political lobbying, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama has said.

South Africa's announced 10% import duty on solar modules poses challenges for developers with tighter profit margins.

Last week, Better Energy postponed the deployment of a 3GW solar PV portfolio in Denmark, blaming “lagging” demand for renewable power.

The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has launched a draft standard to help US companies meet traceability requirements.

Local PV manufacturers in South Africa are talking with tier one producers to collaborate on local facilities for the South African market.

India has called for comments on its proposed addition of cells to its Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM).

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published a draft roadmap to reform the grid connection processes for distributed renewable energy.

Special funding for certain states could complicate other incentive schemes, while a ten million household rooftop PV scheme faces challenges.

NZGIF has provided a NZ$78 million (US$48.7 million) financing facility to FNSF to help complete around 1.1GW of new solar projects.

Italy has adopted the new FER 2 decree, which will provide tariffs for a number of renewable power technologies, including floating solar.