Policy for Solar Energy News

The globe included record amounts of renewable energy last year with 295GW of capacity deployed, up 6% year-on-year, regardless of supply chain restraints, project delays and high commodity costs, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which additionally anticipates virtually 320GW to be deployed this year.

Grant funding has actually been awarded to a project in Australia that will certainly check out the potential revenue streams and consumer rate of interest being used solar PV panels.

The global solar community has actually required "robust and also fast policies" alongside improved international cooperation to increase PV deployment and also the energy transition.

The European Commission (EC) intends to accelerate the permitting procedure for renewable energy projects to a maximum of one year, Reuters reported the other day, referencing a leaked draft document it had seen.

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually introduced a non-profit to help with the energy transition through clean energy research and evaluation.

Portugal's electricity regulatory authority has actually claimed higher than forecasted solar as well as wind generation has enabled it to propose a 2.6% reduction in regulated tariffs to protect consumers in the country from soaring energy rates.

The heads of five major energy trade bodies in Europe have written to the European Union and also member states prompting them not to alter the present power price establishing system in light of the continent's energy crisis as well as rather pursue greater renewables rollout.

Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has actually vetoed questionable legislation to transform the state's net metering laws that would have substantially stripped down the benefits of having residential solar and allowed utilities to include additional charges to customers' power bills.

Vietnam has actually cut its 2030 power capacity target by 35GW under its recently set draft Power Master Plan VIII (PMP8) but is making more room for renewables as it looks for to reduce its reliance on coal.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a new plan that will certainly function as a roadmap for shaping the future of dispersed energy sources, including rooftop solar and energy storage space, in California.

Spain has actually sought to control the installment of floating solar PV on reservoirs in the nation, providing a listing of requirements based mostly on water quality.

The German federal government should amend the current Renewable Energy Act (EEG) to sustain the repowering of solar parks on the way to the objective of boosting solar capacity to 200 GW by 2030, according to the Association of Energy Market Innovators (BNE).

The Dutch federal government has made a record EUR13 billion (US$ 14.3 billion) offered for its 2022 Sustainable Energy Production and also Climate Transition Incentive Scheme (SDE++) that is now open to green hydrogen projects connected to a wind or solar farm.

Subsidies can still be a vital driving force of solar adoption among reduced- as well as moderate-income (LMI) families in the US offered the reasonably high up-front cost of mounting PV systems, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab).

The International Energy Agency (IEA), in a 10 point plan for Europe to reduce its dependence on Russian energy products, has actually made a strong pitch for more renewables, energy performance, and branching out of distributors, for Europe to reduce its dependence on Russia.