Solar Residential News

Italy mounted 115 MW of PV in Q1
The nation mounted 10 MW much more solar in the very first three months of the year than it did in the same duration a year earlier. Its advancing capability surpassed 21 GW by the end of March.
Jun 22, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe
Tesla now declares 'lowest cost for house solar'-- yet process is 'packed with mistakes'
Tesla has actually annihilated its solar company from installation optimals of years past and also its market share lead has long been surrendered to Sunrun and also others. In December, it declared it would certainly set up 1,000 building-integrated solar roof coverings weekly-- a figure it has not come close to attaining in 6 months. Is this any way to run a solar company?
Jun 22, 2020 // Residential, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, North America
Kstar launches all-in-one residential battery inverter solution
Its brand-new line of residential crossbreed storage space systems integrates Kstar inverter technology with the lithium-ion storage modern technology of Chinese battery professional CATL.
Jun 19, 2020 // Residential, Storage, Inverters, China, Asia, Kstar
Romania allocates $59 million for solar rebates
The federal government will certainly give rebates to residential PV tasks and might conceal to 90% of the expenses of getting and also releasing a rooftop array.
Jun 16, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania, Andreea Kohalmi Szabo
Risk to US web metering
The Solar Energy Industries Association has advised the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject a petition to ditch internet metering, entirely on legal premises. A declaring by Solar United Neighbors, Vote Solar, and other groups makes a legal case as well as also rebuts the petition's insurance claims concerning net metering.
Jun 16, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, USA, SEIA, FERC, North America
Portsmouth City Council solar generation hits new record thanks to sunny springtime
Portsmouth City Council has actually videotaped a record quantity of solar generation during the COVID-19 lockdown thanks to the sunniest spring on record.
Jun 15, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Residential, UK, Europe, covid-19, Dave Ashmore
Sweden closes discount scheme for roof PV
The government claimed programmers have another month to get the subsidy. It also delayed the project-completion due date from Dec. 31, 2020, to June 30, 2021. From following year, roof PV will likely be sustained by undefined tax obligation breaks.
Jun 15, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, Sweden, Europe, rooftop PV, Svensk Solenergi
Ikea's complete residence solar offer arrives in Australia
Ikea has actually introduced its complete residence solar deal in Australia, making it the initial market outside of Europe in which consumers can purchase residence solar kits from its website. The firm has partnered with Solargain to bring solar to as lots of Aussie rooftops as possible.
Jun 11, 2020 // Residential, Australia, Oceania, ikea, Keera Single, Jan Gardberg
Agrivoltaics works better with leafy eco-friendlies, root crops
UNITED STATE scientists have created a brand-new model to analyze the overlap between solar possible as well as underlying land usage. The locations with the largest possibility are the western United States, southerly Africa, and the Middle East. The scientists wrapped up that croplands, grasslands, and wetlands are the top three land courses for PV projects connected to farming activities, while barren terrain, generally focused on for solar PV system installation, ranked 5th.
Jun 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, USA, North America, Chad Higgins
Tesla's Backup Gateway 2 has actually landed in US
pv magazine talked with Daren Goldin-- CEO of Florida-based Goldin Solar and also one of the very first receivers of Tesla's Backup Gateway 2-- to obtain his early thoughts on the item and also the improvements made in the 2nd generation.
Jun 9, 2020 // Residential, Storage, USA, TESLA, North America, Daren Goldin, Goldin Solar
Flanders to reestablish subsidies for rooftop PV
Four years after the expiry of environment-friendly certificates for PV systems up to 10 kW, the authorities in Belgium's Flanders region intend to support solar once again-- yet this time in the kind or rebates. A brand-new scheme will likely go into force in 2021, with as much as EUR1,500 to be granted per PV system.
Jun 9, 2020 // Residential, Rooftop PV, Europe, rooftop PV, Belgium, Zuhal Demir
Vivint Solar increases US$ 545m to enhance liquidity amid broach Q2 slowdown
Vivint Solar has protected a hundred-million-dollar liquidity increase in the midst of a quarter where it expects a temporary delaying of installations, getting an asset monitoring giant as enroller.
Jun 3, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, vivint solar, North America, covid-19, Thomas Plagemann, Dana Russell
France has actually breached the 10 GW solar obstacle
The 182 MW of brand-new solar capability mounted in the initial quarter of the year took the country to a total 10,072 MW, according to the Ministry of Energy's Department of Data and also Statistical Studies.
Jun 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe
Dutch grid drivers will not need to compensate for shut down solar rooftops
Preacher of economic events and also climate modification, Eric Wiebes, has actually written to parliament to validate grid companies do not have to pay PV system owners when their installments are disconnected from the network due to capability concerns or poor-quality voltage.
May 28, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Rooftop PV, Europe, rooftop PV, Netherlands, Eric Wiebes
Norway released 51 MW of solar in 2019
The number took the country to a collective 120 MW at the end of the year, according to numbers released by Norwegian solar market company the Solenergiklyngen. Around 2 MW of the ability included 2019 can be found in the type of off-grid projects.
May 26, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Norway