India: Q1/2020 Solar Installations Decline 39% YoY With 1.08 GW Solar PV Installations In Q1/2020, COVID-19 Brings Down Quarterly Additions In India To Lowest Since Q4/2016: Mercom India Research Lowers 2020 Annual Forecast By 40% To Around 5 GW Mercom has brought down its annual calendar year PV installation forecast for the Indian solar market to around 5 GW in 2020, lowering it from 8.5 GW it expected previously. ... »
New North American Solar & Storage Developer Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Launches North America Focused Primergy Solar To Develop & Operate Distributed/Utility Scale Solar/Storage Facilities Newly founded Primergy Solar will be looking after the development of the 690 MW AC Gemini Solar + Battery Storage Project (artist’s impression in the picture) which its ... »
Regulatory Approval For SunPower Split Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Receives Regulatory Approval In China To Invest in Maxeon Solar; SunPower Says Planned Split On Track For Closure By Q2/2020-End With Chinese wafer manufacturer TZS securing regulatory approval for its Maxeon Solar investment, JV partner SunPower says it is now one step closer to creating 2 truly ... »
Scatec Solar: NOK 1,968 Million In Private Placement Scatec Solar Raises NOK 1,968 Million Through ‘Significantly Oversubscribed’ Private Placement To Fund Further Investment In Renewable Energy Power Plants Aiming to increase its under construction and operational solar power capacity from 1.9 GW now to 4.5 GW by the end of 2021, Scatec Solar has raised NOK 1,968 million through ... »
Brazil Likely To Add 700 MW Solar In 2020 GlobalData: Brazil Solar PV Sector Facing COVID-19 Challenges As Annual Installations Likely To Drop From 1.3 GW In 2019 To 700 MW In 2020 Analysts at GlobalData see Brazilian solar PV sector growth suffering from a host of issues in 2020 due to conditions created by COVID-19 which they believe will bring down ... »
EBRD Supports 200 MW Wind & Solar Projects In Poland Stressing On Sustaining Green Transition Momentum Under COVID-19 Cloud, EBRD Loans PLN 280 Million To Qair For Polish Wind & Solar Projects EBRD has announced its financial support for Qair’s operational and new solar and wind power projects in Poland in a bid to continue to support the energy transition for the ... »
Integrated Solar Roofs For Electric Vehicles Lightyear & Royal DSM Strike Partnership To Commercialize Solar-Powered Roof For Electric Vehicles; Plan Pilot Projects For Automotive & Public Transport Sector Dutch solar EV start-up Lightyear has been working on its Lightyear One solar roof car which it plans to officially launch in 2021. It has entered into a partnership with ... »
Over 1 GW Solar Tender In Myanmar Myanmar Ministry Of Electricity & Energy Invites Bids For 1 GW AC Solar Power Capacity To Be Developed As 30 MW To 50 MW Projects The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) in Myanmar has released the tender notification for 1.06 GW solar power capacity through EPGE. Pictured is Shwe Dagon Pagoda ... »
GM Signs Corporate Solar PPA For 100 MW Largest Manufacturing Plant Of GM In North America To Run On Solar Power Under Green Invest Program Of TVA; Origis Energy To Develop 100 MW Facility With the contract to source power from a 100 MW solar project, GM hopes to increase the use of renewable energy in its US operations to more than 50% by 2023. (Source: General ... »
World Bank: Clean Energy Boosting Minerals Demand Mineral Rich Nations Take Note—World Bank Sees Clean Energy Transition To Encourage Demand For Several Metals & Minerals Globally By 2050 Aluminum is the key metal to fuel the growing solar PV demand in the world through 2050, as per a World Bank report, referring to the IEA data. (Source: World Bank Group) »
