covid-19

Sunrun faucets technology market director to guide funds in year of headwinds
An exec with previous duties in leading Silicon Valley companies will certainly be managing financial resources at Sunrun, the biggest United States PV household driver facing the financial effects from the COVID-19 break out.
Apr 27, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Sunrun, Solar, solar pv, residential solar, North America, pv residential installer, Coronavirus, covid-19, Tom vonReichbauer, Bob Komin
Structure solar under quarantine: Ibox Energy on 50MW launch in Spain
Precaution and also PV-keen investors have actually permitted a subsidy-free solar endeavor to begin in the midst of Spain's nationwide quarantine, with prepare for conclusion prior to year-end.
Apr 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Coronavirus, covid-19, ibox energy, cox energy, ibexia, triodos
Chinese inverter makers control roof market in India
The PV inverter roof solar market in India was controlled by 3 China-based makers in 2014, led by Growatt, according to JMK Research & Analytics.
Apr 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, solaredge technologies, residential, Huawei, sungrow power supply co, sma solar technology, Coronavirus, Growatt, pv string inverter, covid-19, pv tech covid-19 tracker, ginlong, c&i rooftop
Oil significant Repsol makes use of Spain's lockdown rollback to begin developing solar launching
Repsol has actually introduced building and construction operate in Spain for its very first solar ranch in the midst of a nationwide quarantine, complying with the nation's training of a pandemic-driven building freeze recently.
Apr 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, repsol, Coronavirus, covid-19, oil and gsa, o&g
Changing from possession to renting in times of Covid-19
Dutch solar supplier Enie is providing to purchase roof PV systems from cash-strapped proprietors that will certainly after that get a regular monthly leasing charge prior to reclaiming possession of the equipment a years on. The firm will certainly pay around 85% of the preliminary expense of the varieties however claimed it will certainly rule out systems with 'bad' layout or parts.
Apr 21, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Europe, Netherlands, covid-19, Enie, Patrick van der Meulen
Switzerland supplies added $47m for solar motivations
The federal government wishes to see off a prospective downturn in the PV market as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The rise indicates CHF376 million well worth of refunds will certainly be readily available for planetary systems.
Apr 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Switzerland, covid-19
SunPower idles all solar cell as well as module setting up plants
High-performance PV supplier SunPower has actually idled every one of its factory situated in the United States, Mexico, France, Malaysia and also the Philippines to limit the functional and also economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, Malaysia, France, SunPower, pv modules, Europe, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, Philippines, Mexico, North America, covid-19
African leaders employ renewables to construct future of power durability
Worldwide sustainable specialists will certainly guide the roll-out of huge quantities of solar as well as others in Africa, in a quote to aid the continent take advantage of its large environment-friendly power sources to power its feedback to COVID-19.
Apr 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, pv power plants, solar pv, IRENA, solar-plus-storage, Africa, mini-grids, Coronavirus, Decentralised Solar, covid-19, african union, Senegal
PV-powered hand sanitizer wins Covid-19 hackathon
An ESA-backed hackathon increased the concept of transforming end-of-life PV components right into hand sanitizers. The group that won the hackathon is currently functioning to swiftly present the service at range to include the Covid-19 spread.
Apr 20, 2020 // Technology, Germany, pv modules, Europe, covid-19, Estonia, SunCrafter, Joana Kamenova
Dropping power rates can profit mega-sized solar as well as wind projects
The Covid-19 pandemic will certainly produce a "ideal tornado" for Australia's wholesale power market, as reduced need integrates with reduced gas rates as well as the appointing of large solar as well as wind projects to dispirit power rates, according to a record by Melbourne-based working as a consultant RepuTex.
Apr 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, covid-19
Covid-19: Solar cell producer CEL to make ICU ventilators, looks for companions
Central Electronics restricted-- India's very first silicon PV maker-- is aiming to use its knowledge as well as technological expertise to increase the manufacturing of ICU ventilators in the nation's battle versus Covid-19 pandemic. The general public industry device has actually welcomed worldwide proposals from ventilator makers to choose companions for manufacturing.
Apr 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, India, Asia, solar cell, bhel, CEL, covid-19
Jolywood to look to tiny loss in Q1 from influence of COVID-19
China-based PV backsheet and also high-efficiency PV supplier Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Carbon monoxide anticipates to report a tiny loss in the very first quarter of 2020 as a result of the effect of COVID-19 on its products as well as solar module production procedures.
Apr 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, backsheet, covid-19, jolywood suzhou sunwatt co, pv tech covid-19 tracker
Massachusetts takes SMART program to 3.6 GW, includes power storage space regulation
The United States state of Massachusetts has actually released an emergency situation law to its Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program, that consists of increasing the PV capability it looks for to aid release along with mandating the enhancement of power storage space on projects over 500kW.
Apr 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Massachusetts, SMART, policy and regulation, solar-plus-storage, North America, co-location, covid-19, government incentives, support schemes, renewable portfolio standards
JA Solar to take profit hit in Q1
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, JA Solar has actually directed very first quarter 2020 web productivity to take a hit from COVID-19.
Apr 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, JA Solar, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, tracker, monocrystalline wafer, Coronavirus, covid-19
PV alleviation for sub-Saharan Africa in the middle of Covid-19 pandemic
Solar assistance gets on the method for neighborhoods and also services battling to deal as the coronavirus break out surges throughout the continent.
Apr 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Africa, covid-19, Rural Electrification Agency, Leoncio Amada Nze, Equatorial Guinea