Industry news--Green Energy Industry Development Association

Another 300 MW solar auction for Japan

The procurement exercise, which closes tomorrow, will be open to projects larger than 500 kW in size. The results will be announced on September 3.

889 hits2019-08-29

Construction begins on 25 MW floating array in Korea

South Korea’s largest PV project is scheduled for commissioning by next year. The project developer – Korean floating PV specialist Scotra – is also planning a 2.5 MW offshore solar project with the support of the government.

715 hits2019-08-20

Armenia to tender five more large-scale solar projects

The projects will be tendered under single-round competitive bidding processes, supervised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

839 hits2019-08-13

Germany installed 2 GW of solar in six months

After a strong start to the year, demand for PV systems has slowed because of FIT reductions. Solar subsidies will fall by a further 1.4% per month until November.

1238 hits2019-08-07

Solar sails into orbit on crowdfunded satellite

A satellite launched from Florida last month has successfully unfurled its ‘solar sail’ in an early test of a new type of sunlight powered propulsion. The Planetary Society aims to demonstrate the technology as a viable way to propel small satellites, greatly lowering the cost of space exploration.

996 hits2019-07-30

Solar financing up but policy support is still crucial

Talk of ‘grid-parity’ and ‘subsidy-free’ solar has had industry figures cherishing the ideal of a sector that can operate free of the caprices of government but a peer behind the latest global PV funding figures demonstrates just how dependent on policy the solar industry remains.

813 hits2019-07-26

IHS Markit: Global EPC market grew 34% last year

China’s slowdown in installations last year was more than made up for by expansion elsewhere, according to IHS Markit. The news comes amid increasing market fragmentation – with the biggest engineering, procurement and construction business boasting less than 3% market share – and internationalization, with almost half of the top 15 companies operating across more than one region.

1115 hits2019-07-16

Battery Scientists make a Cracking Observation

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S. used x-ray imaging to observe cracks forming in a solid state lithium battery, a discovery they say changes the understanding of performance of solid state batteries and which could lead to more durable systems.

1169 hits2019-07-09

China’s solar installations could hit 50GW in 2020

PV InfoLink expects China’s PV installation boom to start ramping in the fourth quarter of 2019 as new range grid parity support mechanisms come into effective operation. A combination, dominated by ‘Bidding Projects’ and ‘Grid Parity’ projects in the fourth quarter is expected to result in installations topping 15.5GW, up from a forecasted 9.6GW in the third quarter of 2019.

1045 hits2019-07-02

PGO’s 1st Overseas Journey- Intersolar2019

On May 15-17, 2019, Intersolar Europe 2019 was held in Munich, Germany. The Secretary-General of the PGO organized a delegation team to Germany for visit and learning.

1951 hits2019-05-20