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Canada extends trade measures against Chinese metal silicon
With the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed in November 2013 set to expire nine months ago, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal has extended them for another five years, ruling their expiry would harm the nation’s only domestic manufacturer.
Aug 27, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Canada, China, polysilicon, Asia, North America, metal silicon, Quebec Silicon Limited Partnership, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, QSIP Canada ULC, Wacker Chemie AG, Pedro Larrea
‘Energy storage is not enough, a renewables grid needs flexible gas back-up’
The managing director of London-based energy infrastructure company Statera has told pv magazine a clean energy grid in the U.K. will require as much flexible gas plant capacity as battery storage.
Sep 1, 2019 // Plants, Storage, Grids, storage, UK, Europe, flexible gas plant, Statera, Tom Vernon
Upstream ROUND-UP: Q CELLS toasts 1.7GW plant; Sungrow debuts line; Risen & Arctech milestones.
Hanwha Q CELLS has celebrated the grand opening of what it bills as the “largest” solar panel factory in the western hemisphere, a US$200 million facility in Dalton, Georgia, meant to supply 1.7GW to the US market every year.
Sep 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Sungrow, India, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, Risen Energy, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, kazakhstan, downstream, arctech solar, Brian Kemp
Renewable Energy Investment Hits Record-Breaking $358 Billion in 1H 2023
Global new investment in renewable energy skyrocketed to $358 billion in the first six months of 2023, a 22% rise compared to the start of last year and an all-time high for any six-month period. This is based on the latest investment data from BloombergNEF’s 2H 2023 Renewable Energy Investment Tracker report, published on August 21, 2023.
Aug 22, 2023 // Market Research, USA, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, North America
Repositioning Australian roof PV
A University of South Australia research study has shown that solar owners offering electrical energy to the grid ought to position their panels to lessen the inconsistency in between peak usage and height production.
Sep 2, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Grids, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Kirrilie Rowe, OpenSolar, Andrew Birch
Sunfolding seeks to disrupt the tracker sector with air pneumatics
With $32 million in collection B financing as well as an ever-growing project pipe, air-based tracker start-up, Sunfolding, is hoping to raise its keep in the tracker market with tech that's straightforward, light as well as can be set up on terrain previously believed untouchable.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, USA, North America, startup, Sunfolding, Gwen Rose
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
Global PV (Photovoltaics) Market Insights Report 2021-- Industry Share, Growth Price, Trends Analysis Report
The global PV (Photovoltaics) market research report is an output of a detailed analysis of the earlier, existing, as well as future patterns out there for an approximated duration. This report supplies excellent PV (Photovoltaics) market understandings in addition to analysis that will certainly sustain your business highly as well as help you while making core choices to improve your organization.
Feb 22, 2021 // Market Research, Japan, Canada, Jinko Solar, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, Trina Solar, North America, Kaneka Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Yingli Green, Kyocera Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, JA Solar Co. Ltd, ReneSola Co. Ltd, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd
Export analysis
PV InfoLink analyzed the key markets of China’s big module manufacturers, as well as product trends, based on export statistics. According to trade figures, the nation’s module exports totaled 34.2 GW in the first half of 2019, up by more than 90% from the corresponding period of 2018. In a nutshell, overseas demand has been strong in 2019.
Nov 1, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Spain, Portugal, Germany, India, SunPower, China, Ukraine, Australia, JA Solar, Europe, JinkoSolar, Asia, Risen Energy, Oceania, Trina Solar, PV InfoLink
BIPV facade system
Worldwide first façade system to cultivate micro-algae to generate heat and Biomass as renewable energy sources. SolarLeaf Hamburg
Feb 25, 2021 // BIPV, Germany, Europe, Strategic Science Consult of Germany, SSC, Colt International, Solar Leaf
Solar Nation Rankings. The top 5 in Past 5 Years, the Next 5 Years
The surge in solar capability in the past years, especially because 2015, has been out there for all to see. It was simply a few years back in 2012 that the world commemorated covering the 100 GW mark in solar. Contrast that with 2021, when the globe expects to include 150 GW in just the year itself!
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, India, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, IRENA, Oceania, North America, Vietnam, International
Gravity based Energy Storage Startup Energy Vault Reveals $100 Million Financing
Gravity storage space uses a high possible method to save energy, and also the backing for Energy Vault Suggests investors buy in. Gravitricity is an additional company that remains in the very same area
Aug 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, EnergyVault, Gravity Storage, prime movers lab, robert piconi, Series C fund raise, Zia haque
Global Energy Storage Market Set to Hit One Terawatt-Hour by 2030
The united state and also China will certainly lead, declaring over half of the worldwide installments by the end of this years
Nov 17, 2021 // Storage, USA, Japan, Germany, UK, India, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, Yayoi Sekine, Yiyi Zhou
Solar O&M Market Set To Grow to $15 billion By 2030-Woodmac
Global non-residential solar operations and maintenance (O&M) spend is expected to strike US$ 15 billion by 2030. Yet brand-new study from global power consultancy Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) shows that progressively affordable auction prices, combined with increasing work and also supply chain expenses, suggest solution vendors deal with difficulties to stay lucrative.
Feb 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, NTPC, woodmac, Leila Garcia da Fonseca, adani group, terling and Wilson Solar
Terawatt scale by 2022
The solar field is no stranger to breaking records. Probably the most remarkable figure to emerge from SolarPower Europe's new 'Global Market Outlook' is that the global solar sector will reach terawatt scale by 2022-- just four years after the 500 GW milestone was reached. Michael Schmela from SolarPower Europe sets out the reasoning behind this and also various other key searchings for in the record.
Jul 23, 2020 // Opinions, WORLD, covid-19, Terawatt, Michael Schmela