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Strong Q3 2019 puts solar finance on track to beat 2018 charts
The rising solar appetites of global investors so far in 2019 have put the industry on course to reach full-year financing volumes unseen since 2017, according to Mercom.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, North America, ReNew Power, mercom, Goldman Sachs
US cautions against lure of cheap Chinese solar imports
US assistant secretary of state for energy Francis Fannon says Indian solar developers should put quality, service and diplomacy above one-time expenditure.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, North America, Francis Fannon, Indian solar, Iran
Total Corporate Funding for Solar Up 34% Year-Over-Year
Total corporate funding in the solar sector (including venture capital/private equity, public market, and debt financing) for the first nine months of 2019 was up with $9 billion raised, compared to $6.7 billion in for the same time period in 2018, a 34% increase year-over-year.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Mercom Capital Group, North America
The sun shines only at night
Engie has been selected to supply a solar power plant in Guam with 50 MWdc of generation capacity and approximately 300 MWh of storage – with the express purpose to deliver 100% of the electricity after sunset.
Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, storage, Engie, North America, guam, Samsung SDI
It’s official: The bifacial tariff exemption is over
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative has removed the exemption of bifacial products from Section 201 tariffs, effective October 28.
Oct 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Software, USA, China, Asia, North America, U.S. Trade Representative, Auxin Solar, John Williamson, KiloNewton
Bill for replacement inverters and other solar maintenance could hit $9.4bn by 2024
This year will see strong growth for the global PV market, to 114 GW, and that pattern will continue in the years ahead, according to analyst Wood Mackenzie. a report has highlighted soaring inverter replacement costs for PV project owners as a side-effect of the solar success story.
Oct 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, USA, India, Wood Mackenzie, China, Asia, North America, Leila Garcia da Fonseca
Germanium use reduced in GaAs solar cells by new two-step process
Researchers from Canada have unveiled a new germanium deposition process which is said to eliminate threading dislocations and be significantly cheaper than previous approaches. The scientists say their technique creates nanovoids on the surface of the germanium layer which can attract and annihilate undesirable dislocations.
Oct 8, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Canada, Fraunhofer ISE, North America, Sheerbroke University
ROUND-UP: Ameresco, sPower and Sungrow develop projects in Illinois, California & Massachusetts
Ameresco will develop a 27MW PV project in the village of DePue, Illinois that will be the largest PV installation in Bureau County upon completion.
Oct 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, storage, Sungrow, Massachusetts, sPower, North America, ameresco, Illinois, Louis P. Maltezos, Ryan Galeria
Engie wins 50MWp/300MWh solar-plus-storage duo on Guam
Engie has been hired by Guam’s state electricity utility to build two solar-plus-storage plants with a combined capacity of 50MWp/300MWh on the Micronesian island.
Oct 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, USA, storage, Engie, auctions, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, North America, tenders, Micronesia, guam, guam power authority, Carlalberto Guglielminotti
Kentucky Solar Industries Association becomes official SEIA affiliate
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, announced that the Kentucky Solar Industries Association (KYSEIA) is now a formal SEIA state affiliate.
Oct 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, SEIA, North America, KYSEIA, Kentucky, Abigail Ross Hoppe, Matthew Partymiller
First Illinois ‘Solar for All’ projects approved
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved the contracts for its first projects participating in the Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) program.
Oct 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Illinois Commerce Commission, Anthony Star
Solar energy project to be explored at Washington Dulles Airport
Dominion Energy and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will explore a large-scale solar energy project at Washington Dulles Airport.
Oct 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Dominion Energy, North America, large-scale solar, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Washington Dulles Airport, Mike Stewart, Keith Windle
Coal costs see PacifiCorp turn to major solar-plus-storage build-out
PacifiCorp has formalised a long-anticipated shift from coal to solar, wind and battery storage, setting ambitious targets underpinned by a belief in clean energy’s sound economics.
Oct 7, 2019 // Storage, USA, Virginia, pv power plants, utilities, Dominion Energy, solar-plus-storage, BESS, North America, PacifiCorp, Rick Link, Chad Teply, coal phase-out
US solar industry gets unlikely boost from the Trump administration
U.S. manufacturers First Solar and SunPower could be among the winners following the announcement that the Trump administration will impose a 25% tariff on bifacial panels, although analysts warned that the new tariffs could be an overall negative for the industry.
Oct 7, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, USA, SunPower, First Solar, Trump, North America, Bifacial panels, Jeffrey Osborne
Physicists shine light on properties of potential solar cell material
Research led by University of Texas at Dallas physicists has altered the understanding of the fundamental properties of perovskite crystals, a class of materials with great potential as solar cells and light emitters.
Oct 7, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, University of Texas, Dallas, Anton Malko, Riya Bose
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