Since financing and developing commercial solar projects apparently wasn’t enough of a challenge, The Sun Exchange has added crowdfunding and cryptocurrency to the mix.From pv magazine USA. A South African crowdfunding start-up which claims to offer small investors the chance to buy individual solar cells in...
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The Chinese solar panel making division of the debt-saddled company appears likely to be broken up after admitting creditors will take controlling stakes in its business units following the successful petition of a court in Hebei province.Heavily indebted Yingli Solar has confirmed parts of its...
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A study has again highlighted Spain as the most attractive European market for solar projects with subsidy-free power supply contracts. The report’s authors claim renewable energy costs have already reached market parity in several European countries.From pv magazine Germany. Interest in subsidy-free power purchase agreements (PPAs)...
Read MoreAdani Green Energy, part of India's Adani Group conglomerate, will build 8 gigawatts of large-scale solar capacity worth $6 billion in India over the next five years, after winning the world's largest solar energy tender award this week. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a government body...
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Defining energy storage under the Electricity Act could help start ancillary services and frequency regulation through energy storage as a flexible asset. It will also help to enable electric vehicle charging infrastructure, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concepts and microgrids integration with expanded grid connectivity in the long...
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The Japanese marque has laid out plans to hold a controlling stake in a JV planned in Beijing this year which will also involve four state-owned carmakers.Japanese automotive giant Toyota will hold the controlling stake in a Beijing-based, ¥5 billion ($47 million), six-way joint venture...
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In a show of support for scientists around the world who are downing tools today in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, pv magazine will be pausing our usual coverage of developments from the world of science and academia.A group of physicists under the...
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Dutch water supplier Evides Waterbedrijf has commissioned a 1.6 MW floating PV plant at one of its facilities near Rotterdam. It is now considering the construction of more floating solar plants on three other reservoirs, including a 350-hectare water surface.Dutch water supplier Evides Waterbedrijf has...
Read MoreSmart electric vehicle charging and other flexibility services could have saved British billpayers £133 million ($104 million) this summer, power companies claim, as the U.K. grapples with surging renewables output. Low electricity demand during the COVID-19 lockdown and ever-increasing wind and solar capacities have seen U.K. power prices...
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