The U.K. faces a stiff challenge over the next three years if it is to meet its European Union (EU) target of achieving 15% renewable energy penetration by 2020.The target leaves the contry with the fourth-steepest clean energy mountain to climb among EU members behind France, Ir...... [More]

The European research organizations ETIP EUREC along with the PV industry association Solarunited have issued an open letter Open Letter from European PV Community in which they request urgent measures for the future of the European solar manufacturers. The letter, which is di...... [More]

The president of the Togolese Republic, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, has launched the program CI-ZO, a rural electrification initiative aimed at bringing solar energy to two million people in the contrys remote areas with no connection to the power system by 2022.If achieved, this...... [More]

Announced md-May, a 1.5 GW solar tender by the Indian utility Tamil Nadu Generation Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has attracted technical bids of a staggering 3.7 GW, in what appears to be the corporations most successful tender to date.TANGEDCOs tarnished reputation for la...... [More]

The German grid regulator Bundesnetzagentur has reported that 32 project proposals with a combined capacity of 201 MW were selected in the latest auction for PV projects ranging in size from 750 kW to 10 MW. The highest bid was 0.059/kWh, while the average final price was 0.056/k...... [More]

When I spoke with rew Schneider, the CEO of American Solar Direct, earlier this year, he told me that despite a recent round of layoffs aimed at low producers, the situation was full speed ahead at the solar installer sales company, which had its first cash-flow positive months i...... [More]