News & Articles on Solar Energy
While I have primarily worked with wind energy, I have long been a proponent of renewable energy in the broadest sense. This includes solar energy. My work in Canada, especially Ontario, stressed inclusion of solar energy because it had been previously overlooked. At one time Ontario was one of the leading jurisdictions in North America developing solar photovoltaics due in part to the programs I and others pushed. The political winds changed and these policies were abandoned and with it Ontario’s progress toward a renewable energy future.
Procurement Prices for Solar Electricity to Be Lowered Again in Japan
By
Kenji Kaneko
A meeting of the Calculation Committee for Procurement Price, Etc was organized Nov 8, 2018, for discussing the FIT-based purchasing prices for fiscal 2019. As for solar power generation, the purchasing price will be lowered by several yen, compared with the price for fiscal 2018.
Senegal launches breakthrough policy for Solar PV
By
Toby Couture
Senegal’s new policy offers a direct cash payment ranging from USD cents 8.6 to 12.9/kWh, making projects easier to finance. By offering to buy the surplus generation at specific rates, and differentiating these rates by technology and project size, Senegal’s new policy is now among the most sophisticated policies to support distributed generation anywhere in the world.
Wow, a Whopping 1.3 GW of Extra Solar Next Year in Germany
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
That’s almost 2.5% of the 53 GW China added last year. I am so old, I remember when it was the market who decided on how much solar to add. I also remember that Germany added much more solar than those 1.3 GW a year back when it was a lot more expensive. I don’t get why it is a good idea to add much less now that prices are down.
Japan To Add 17 Gigawatts Of New Solar By End Of 2020
By
Joshua S Hill
Another catalyst for this slowdown is the September announcement from the Japanese Government which sees the country’s feed-in tariffs (FiT) for solar installations reduced at the household- and company-levels by half by the mid-2020s.
Germany deployed nearly 2 GW of PV so far this year
By
Sandra Enkhardt
Depending on size, the fixed feed-in tariffs for private and commercial systems will range from €0.1028/kWh to €0.118/kWh. For other projects, the tariff is €0.0818/kWh in August.
China Installs 24.3 Gigawatts Of Solar In First Half Of 2018
By
Joshua S Hill
China’s National Energy Administration announced last week that the country installed a total of 24.3 gigawatts (GW) worth of new solar capacity throughout the first half of the year, made up of only 12.6 GW worth of utility-scale solar but an impressive 12.24 GW worth of distributed solar.
Global Solar Demand To Increase 11% Despite China Cuts, Predicts IHS Markit
By
Joshua S Hill
Market research firm IHS Markit has published new figures that show the global solar market will still increase by around 11% to 105 gigawatts (GW) in 2018 despite recent cuts to China’s solar policy that have shrunk expectations for the country’s solar industry.
India adds 10 GW of fresh solar in FY 2017/18, reaches 22 GW total
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Wind, meanwhile, saw a drop in installation activity due to the transition from a feed-in-tariff (FiT) scheme to auction mechanism, with less than 2 GW of new wind parks coming online, a year-on-year drop of 68%.
Japan to install up to 7 GW of solar in 2018 despite cancellation of 14.6 GW of approved capacity
By
Brian Publicover
Japan will likely install 6 GW to 7.5 GW (DC) of solar in 2018, from about 7 GW in 2017, despite government efforts to cancel approvals for projects that were registered under the country’s old feed-in tariff (FIT) program, according to a new report.
Annual solar installations to surpass 105 GW on Chinese deployment, European rebound
By
Brian Publicover
Global solar installations could reach about 106 GW this year, largely on the back of high deployment in China and an anticipated demand recovery in Europe, according to a recent report.
