The lobby group has asked the ministry that the interstate transmission charges waiver be extended to cover solar and wind projects that get commissioned up to December 31, 2023. It also recommended that the waiver be linked to bidding, allowing projects commissioned within 36 months...
Read MoreThe National Association of State Energy Officials and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners have launched a new partnership to mitigate cybersecurity risks and consequences in solar energy developments. With support from the United States Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, the project...
Read MoreThe Tennessee Valley Authority announced today that an Environmental Assessment determined a “finding of no significant impact” that will greenlight most local power companies across the Tennessee Valley to locally generate a portion of their own load to meet customer needs. “TVA’s integrated resource strategy...
Read MoreSimon & Schuster, a ViacomCBS company and leading publisher, and national commercial solar developer EnterSolar announced the completion of a 2-MW rooftop solar installation at Simon & Schuster’s Riverside Distribution facility in Delran, New Jersey. The solar system will generate 2.2 million kilowatts of clean...
Read MoreA new fund is channeling philanthropic dollars into early-stage clean technology investments in the hopes of catalyzing major climate change impacts. The Prime Impact Fund closed a $50 million raise in recent weeks, and has already made eight investments. The fund uses an unusual structure: it...
Read MoreInvestment in commercial and industrial (C&I) solar seems to be holding up in Africa as the COVID-19 pandemic dents investor confidence across the continent, insiders have said. The Sun Exchange, a South African peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, has had its busiest period ever during the “peak...
Read MoreThe EU-funded Nextbase project aims to manufacture heterojunction, interdigitated back-contact solar modules for less than €0.275/W. Solar panels featuring the Nextbase cell tech are expected to have a conversion efficiency of 23.2%, according to the European Commission.The Nextbase project backed by the European Commission with...
Read MoreRecent events have demonstrated the inadequacy of simply not being racist. We must actively speak out in support of non-white colleagues, peers, friends and fellow human beings. We must collectively work to effect systemic change against racism. At pv magazine, I want to use my...
Read MoreU.S.-owned business intelligence firm Wood Mackenzie has attempted to evaluate the market opportunities offered by the repowering of solar projects around the world which feature inverters which are 10 years old – as well as those which will expire ahead of time.Some 4.2 GW of...
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