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Germany Facing Mass Blackouts Because The Wind And Solar Won’t Cooperate 2017-03-31

Germany’s energy network nearly broken down in January because of poor execution from wind turbines and sun based boards, as indicated by information from a noteworthy exchange union. Wind and sunlight based power plants failed to meet expectations in January, 2017, as a result of shady climate with almost no wind, setting the phase for monstrous power outages. A noteworthy power out...

Sweden Cancel The Photovoltaic Construction License 2017-03-22

The Swedish government announced last week that the owner will no longer need to obtain a license to install the PV module. Minister of Housing and Digital Development, Peter Eriksson said that this regulatory change will promote the development of renewable energy. Last November, the Swedish government proposed that as part of the country's 100% renewable energy target for 2040, it plans t...

GTM: US solar market poised to triple in next five years 2017-03-10

Following its biggest ever year in 2016, the cumulative US solar market is expected to nearly triple in size over the next five years, according to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) latest report. As PV Tech previously reported, the US solar market nearly doubled its previous record last year, installing more than 14GW of solar PV. For the first time e...

Self-consumption of renewable energyin France 2017-02-24

The French parliament has adopted a draft law on self-consumption of electricity from renewable energy sources. The law proposed back in July 2016 provides a legal framework for self-consumption of renewables and will introduce a definition of self-consumption, as well as collective self-consumption. Grid operators will also be obliged to help facilitate self-consumption. Richard Loyen, director g...

Saudi Arabia takes low-carbon energy approach 2017-02-09

French energy company ENGIE said it was making progress on its efforts to advance its low carbon portfolio with a new contract in Saudi Arabia. The French energy company said it was awarded a contract to help build a gas-power plant in Saudi Arabia. With the contract, ENGIE said it was taking a lead position as a power producer in the Middle East. "The Fadhili project is in li...

India to Tender 1 GW of Solar Rooftop Capacity in December 2017-01-20

India to Tender 1 GW of Solar Rooftop Capacity in December India is preparing to auction a gigawatt of rooftop solar capacity as it strives to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of generating 100 GW of power from the sun by 2022. The tender will be ready this month, according to Solar Energy Corp. of India, the agency responsible for implementing clean energy targets. It aims to accele...

Develop photovoltaic industry to break the haze storm 2017-01-06

Since the beginning of winter,Beijing has been in a long period of haze weather, which spread a wide range of China, and had a significant impact on national economic and social development. In this regard, Liu Han Yuan proposed development of photovoltaic industry to break the haze storm. Liu proposed, the fundamental wayto solve the haze weather is to change the current energy consumption patter...

The world first solar panel road in France 2016-12-25

Forget solar roofs. The world’s first solar road is here, in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche in Normandy, France. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by French Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal and could generate enough electricity to power the street lights. That might not sound very impressive for 30,000 square feet of solar panels — and it kind of isn’t, especially for its $...