Solar Markets & Finance News

Power storage space readied to contend in United States wholesale markets following site ruling
Dispersed power storage facilities in the US are readied to join wholesale markets and also complete to provide grid services after what's referred to as the "solitary crucial act" for the power shift until now.
Jul 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Policy, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, FERC, North America, policy, regulation, order 841, grid services, Neil Chatterjee
New solar financial investment drops 12% as COVID-19 dents H1 2020 figures: BNEF
Investment in new solar ability fell in the initial fifty percent of 2020 by 12% year-on-year to US$ 54.7 billion as the COVID-19 pandemic hit both project funding and also set up public auctions.
Jul 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, BNEF, auctions, investment, finance, tenders, renewables, covid-19
Biden-Sanders task force calls for 500m photovoltaic panels in 5 years
A varied joint report released by the Democratic governmental prospect and his previous rival includes the section: 'Undoing the harms of the Trump management and also righting the misdoings.'
Jul 13, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Market Research, USA, North America
Ikea prolongs PV deal to France
The furnishings brand has actually begun supplying photovoltaic panels and systems online throughout the nation. French solar company Voltalia will certainly be its calculated companion for the sale of its Solstrale modules.
Jul 13, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, France, Voltalia, Europe, ikea
Germany launches 650 MW tender for 'cutting-edge' renewables
The long-awaited procurement workout consists of 250 MW of generation capacity originally planned to be tendered last year.
Jul 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, Bundesnetzagentur
Saudi Arabia outlines brand-new arrangements for roof PV
The policies will require power suppliers to give even more assistance to home owners and services willing to go solar. The new framework will apply to PV systems varying in size from 1 kW-2 MW and also to all power consumers.
Jul 13, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Saudi Arabia, Asia, rooftop PV
Business solar funding stalls among COVID crisis as O&G companies drive M&A
Company solar financing fell by 25% year-on-year to US$ 4.5 billion in the very first fifty percent of 2020, but the decrease can have been much starker, brand-new analysis by Mercom Capital has actually located.
Jul 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Raj Prabhu, covid-19, pandemic, o&g, Mercom Capital, solar finance,, investment,
Iberdrola pockets EUR800m to drive eco-friendly development in Spain
Spanish utility Iberdrola has actually landed EUR800 million (US$ 903 million) in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) to spearhead brand-new renewable energy implementation throughout Spain.
Jul 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, ICO, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, investment, finance, european investment bank
PacifiCorp eyes 1.8 GW of solar, 600MW storage in largest RFP yet
United States energy firm PacifiCorp has launched its largest request for proposals for power projects yet, seeking bids for more than 1.8 GW of brand-new solar as well as 600MW of battery power storage.
Jul 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, PacifiCorp, irp, utility, rocky mountain power, pacific power, berkshire hathaway, warren buffett
Meyer Burger exposes places for brand-new cell, module plants in Germany
Manufacturing of extremely reliable solar cells as well as modules will begin at 2 websites in Germany from the initial fifty percent of 2021. The Swiss tech group prepares to eventually expand annual production to 5 GW.
Jul 11, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, pv modules, solar cells, Europe, meyer burger
US mounted a lot more solar in Q1 2020 than in the past
The record-setting quarter was driven by virtually 2 GW of utility-scale solar, supplemented by another 1.6 GW of residential capacity. As well as while the pandemic will slow the market in 2020, five-year estimates are solid, especially for Texas.
Jul 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America
Currently Punjab Wants to Wreck Solar Contracts
Also as the issues from Andhra Pradesh are still to be settled, comes the information of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the key state discom, promoting a 10 percent discom from solar energy manufacturers.
Jul 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, NSEFI, PSPCL, CERC, Adani Solar, Amarinder Singh, contract sanctity in solar, Discoms, PSERC
ADB, IEA Renew Collaborative Agreement on Energy Sector Sustainability
ADB has actually renewed an MOU with IEA to scale up partnership and also breakthrough development on sustainability with an increased focus on power industry durability in APAC The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revealed that it has restored a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to scale up collaboration as well as breakthrough development on sustainability with a raised concentrate on power field strength in Asia as well as the Pacific.
Jul 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, ADB, IEA, ADB IEA Energy Sector, Energy sector, sustainability, Masatsugu Asakawa
Ørsted Acquires 227 MW Under Construction Solar Plant in the US
Ørsted is broadening its solar footprint with the procurement of the 227 MW a/c unfinished Muscle Shoals solar project found in Alabama, US.
Jul 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, International, Solar Project, Orsted, Vishal Kapadia, Neil O’Donovan
Hitachi ABB Power Grids India wins Rs 120-crore order
The business has landed an order from state-run Chittaranjan Locomotive Works to supply transformers for products and guest locomotive engines.
Jul 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Hitachi ABB Power Grids India, N. Venu