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The Australian state of Victoria has started a process to test market interest as well as capacity for brand-new solar, wind and also other renewable energy projects.

Renewables driver Encavis has struck the accelerator on two significant solar projects in Spain beleaguered by COVID delays as it seeks to capitalise on revenue growth.

Grid scale lith-ion batteries may be increasing Stateside, yet an expected recovery in the assembly line sector will be put on hold up until following year because of the pandemic, according to one expert.

Expert IHS Markit has anticipated storage space will certainly rebound this year following its very first year-on-year decline in 2019. The modern technology is being rolled out at speed despite Covid-19 with state-level plans readied to maintain the US the worldwide capital for the next five years.

Struck by grid connection challenges, large-scale renewable energy projects committed in Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2020 went to their lowest level because 2017, according to new data from the Clean Energy Council (CEC).

The decision to eliminate its cell production capability has actually motivated significant impairment losses which, along with a Covid-19-related depression sought after, will certainly erase the gains used by new solar ingot, wafer and module assembly line.

Azure Power's project appointing task ground to a stop in the three months finished 30 June 2020, as the impacts of COVID-19 were really felt strongly in India.

Solar and also wind generated a record 9.8% of global electrical energy throughout the initial six months of 2020, but additional gains are needed if Paris Agreement targets are to be fulfilled, a new report has claimed.

SPI, North America's largest solar sector occasion, will certainly currently be fully virtual after the organisers terminated an outdoor exhibit rescheduled for October.

Global corporate financing for solar projects in the very first fifty percent of 2020 was US$ 4.5 billion, a 25% decline year-over-year, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group.

Azure Power and Tata Power were amongst the champions in a reverse auction for 1.2 GW of solar projects under India's ISTS programme which saw winning tariffs of INR2.43/ kWh (US$ 0.0324).

' Solar Module Super League' member First Solar has actually intended to increase down on manufacturing with the sale of its O&M division, having actually started conversations around the future of its EPC company.

Rudolf Staudigl highlighted polysilicon production overcapacity amongst Chinese competitors as he revealed Covid-19-battered second-quarter numbers for the Munich-based chemicals empire.

The inverter and also energy storage company was able to preserve its streak of rewarding quarters in what was expected to be a difficult period for solar and also the Israeli business said it sees "indicators of recovery in the U.S."

Xinyi Solar has actually revealed an additional excellent collection of figures and also strategies another 1,000-ton-per-day assembly line this month plus a new mine to source resources in September.