Indian integrated energy company Tata Power Renewable Energy has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the state government of Tamil Nadu for renewable energy project development and solar manufacturing.
India installed 12.9GW of renewable energy capacity in 2023, over 10GW of which was solar PV capacity. This represents a 28% decline in PV additions and an 18% drop in overall renewables capacity additions year-on-year.
SolarPower Europe – the representative trade body for the European solar industry – has published its first Best Practice Guidelines document for the floating solar (FPV) market segment.
In October this year, PVcase released its rooftop solar design modelling software, which reduces lead time in the design process and encompasses the elements that need to be considered whilst planning a commercial & industrial (C&I) PV installation.
Canadian solar PV module manufacturer Heliene has doubled the capacity of its Mountain Iron, Minnesota module production line to 300MW following an extra US$10 million investment into the facility.
Chinese solar module manufacturer Hanersun will supply 400MW of its n-type modules to Brazilian solar investment platform Solfácil for its distributed generation operations.