Australia’s Largest Floating Solar Power Array Commissioned
Gippsland Water Switches On PV Plant At Wastewater Treatment Plant To Help Meet Net Zero Target
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
The Victorian Regional Water Corporation Gippsland Water has commissioned a 350 kW solar array, calling it the largest floating solar plant in Australia to date. Fitted with 644 individual solar panels, it has come up on one of the Drouin Wastewater Treatment Plant’s treatment lagoons.
Winners Announced For Abu Dhabi’s 1.5 GW AC Solar Project
EWEC Picks Masdar, EDF Renewables & Korean Western Power Company Consortium For Al Ajban Facility
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has announced the consortium of Abu Dhabi’s Masdar, France’s EDF Renewables and Korea’s Korean Western Power Company (KOWEPO) as the winner of the Al Ajban Solar PV Independent Power Project. .
US Solar PV Manufacturers Launch AD/CVD Petitions
Industry Associations Fear Market Uncertainty As PV Producers Push For Tariffs On Imported Cells & Modules
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
A group of US solar PV manufacturers has filed a set of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petitions with the US government to investigate ‘potentially illegal trade practices’ by Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand.
European Union To Ban Products Made With Forced Labor
EU Parliament Approves Regulation To Prohibit Goods Made With Forced Labor From Entering Borders
Thursday, 25 Apr 2024
The European Parliament has green-signaled the regulation that will enable the European Union (EU) to prohibit the sale, import, and export of goods made using forced labor.
Africa Solar PV News Snippets
$30 Billion To Bring Electricity Access To 300 Million Africans By 2030 & More From PowerChina, CEC, Qair, Globeleq, Tongwei
Thursday, 25 Apr 2024
World Bank & AfDB to provide electricity access to 300 million Africans; PowerChina building 220 MW PV in Algeria; CEC commissions 60 MW in Zambia; Qair bags EBRD finance for Tunisian projects; Globeleq expanding in Egypt & South Africa; Tong.
Latin America Solar PV News Snippets
Brazilian Oil & Gas Producer To Power Refineries With Solar & More From Statkraft, Argentina, Scatec, Stellantis
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024
Petrobras investing in solar PV under decarbonization plans; Statkraft alters Chilean project capacity after consultation with natives; Argentina installed 47 MW RE in Q1 ’24; Scatec and Statkraft partner for Brazilian solar plant; Stellantis inves.
US Backs Solar Grade Polysilicon Manufacturing Facility
Tennessee Located Highland Materials Bags Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credits For New Fab
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024
US-based polysilicon manufacturer Highland Materials will build a new solar-grade polysilicon manufacturing plant in the country, with an initial capacity to produce 16,000 metric tons (MT) annually.
Joe Biden Announces $7 Billion In Grants For Residential Solar
US EPA Expects Over 4 GW Distributed Solar Deployment In 5 Years Under Solar For All Program
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024
US President Joe Biden marked Earth Day on April 22, 2024, by announcing the recipients of the $7 billion Solar for All program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that aims to boost residential solar adoption among low-income households .
India Solar PV News Snippets
Indian Solar Startup Ecozen Raises $30 Million In Debt & Equity, & More From JSW Energy, Indus Towers
Monday, 22 Apr 2024
Ecozen’s $30 million investment round includes US DFC; JSW Energy secures NTPC LOA for 700 MW solar capacity; Indus Towers to expand renewable energy portfolio with NGEL partnership. $30 million for Ecozen: Solar-powered clean technology compan.
Australia Set To Launch ‘Largest Single Ever’ RE Tender
Federal Government Targets 6 GW New Variable Renewables Capacity, Reserving 2.2 GW For NSW
Monday, 22 Apr 2024
Come May 2024, the Australian government will launch what it says will be the largest single tender ever for renewable energy in the country with 6 GW capacity.
China Installed 45.7 GW New Solar PV Capacity In Q1/2024
Country Short Of 80 GW To Achieve 1.2 TW Cumulative Solar PV & Wind Energy Target 6 Years Early
Monday, 22 Apr 2024
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says the country’s new solar PV installed capacity during the initial 3 months of 2024 rose by around 36% annually.
German Coalition Reaches Common Ground For PV Expansion
Government Greenlights Solar Package I To Accelerate PV Installations & Reduce Permitting Barriers
Friday, 19 Apr 2024
The German coalition government has reached an agreement over the legislative reforms for the country’s flagship solar support program Solar Package I through which it aims to accelerate solar PV deployment to meet climate targets.
European Finance For Bhutan’s Renewable Energy Market
Bhutan To Deploy EIB’s €150 Million Loan To Install Around 310 MW New PV & Hydropower Capacity
Friday, 19 Apr 2024
One of the world’s only 3 net carbon-negative countries, Bhutan has long relied on hydropower for a reliable energy source; however, with the threat of climate change, it is now increasingly diversifying into solar energy.
French Solar PV Module Manufacturer Shuts Down Operations
Systovi Shuts Down French Fab Blaming Chinese Module Dumping For Sudden Drop In Orders
Thursday, 18 Apr 2024
It is an ‘another one bites the dust’ scenario in Europe as France’s Systovi becomes the latest solar PV manufacturer in the continent going down due to increasing competition from the ‘sudden acceleration of Chinese dumping’ in the region .
Sweden Installed Over 1.6 GW New Solar In 2023
Official Statistics From Energimyndigheten Show Cumulative Solar PV Installations Reached 4 GW
Thursday, 18 Apr 2024
Swedish Energy Agency Energimyndigheten counts the solar PV installed capacity of Sweden to have increased by over 100% annually in 2023, taking the cumulative at the end of December last year close to 4 GW. The agency says solar facilities now pro.
White House May End Exemption For Bifacial Solar Panels
Hanwha Qcells’ Petition May Move Biden Administration To Bring Imported Bifacial Panels Under Tariffs
Thursday, 18 Apr 2024
The White House may be getting ready to bring imported bifacial solar panels into the ambit of Section 201 after an exemption of over 2 years, following a request filed by South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells, supported by 7 other solar manufacturers produc.
World’s ‘Largest’ PVT Solar Module Factory Commissioned
Sunmaxx’s 50 MW German Fab To Roll Out 120,000 Photovoltaic-Thermal Solar Panels/Year
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024
Germany’s Saxony is now home to a 50 MW photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) solar module factory that its owner Sunmaxx PVT terms as the world’s largest production site for this technology. The factory can roll out 120,000 PVT modules/year, said the Dresden cleantech firm.
North America Solar PV News Snippets
Nelnet Renewable Energy Exits US Residential PV Space & More From Elin Energy, Origis, Nova, SEIA
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024
Nelnet to focus exclusively on commercial solar market; Turkey’s Elin Energy ventures into US solar module manufacturing; Origis Energy lands MUFG financing; Nova Clean Energy acquires 1 GW HyFuels project; SEIA educates on safety of solar panels.�.
Australian State Government To Fund Solar Panel Recycling Pilot
Queensland Energy Ministry Commits AUD 5.5 Million To Guide Better Practices In RE, Including PV Recycling
Tuesday, 16 Apr 2024
The State Government of Queensland has launched a pilot program to recycle thousands of solar modules from its residential, commercial and large-scale solar installations.
Latin America Solar PV News Snippets
Chilean Renewable Energy Tender Attracts 5 Economic Bids & More From Recurrent, Mexico, Ecopetrol, Soltec, BFC
Tuesday, 16 Apr 2024
Chile’s 3,600 GWh/year RE tender bags 5 bids; project finance for Recurrent’s Brazil project; Mexican presidential candidate pledges RE support; solar power for Ecopetrol refinery; Soltec sells 400 MW plant in Brazil; BFC to invest in Bolivia’s.
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