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Global Solar PV Demand will Reach 65.5 GW in 2016 2015-11-12

Global solar pv demand growth in 2016, but the market is expected to reach 65.5 GW, and expected to 58.7 GW in 2015. China and the United States continued strong demand is supporting a 33% global growth in 2014, but it is expected that the growth rate would slow to 12% in 2016. By t...

India Set To Auction 750 Megawatts of Solar Projects 2015-08-28

Indian companies will be bidding on 750 megawatts of solar projects this week as part of a government- funded support program in the western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. “Tenders for setting up 500 megawatts of capacity in Maharashtra and 250 megawatts in Gujarat’s Charanka solar park will be out this week and awarded in three months,” Ashvini...

Middle East and Africa PV Market Accumulates 12 GW Pipeline with Strong Growth Potential 2015-07-14

The photovoltaic (PV) market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is set for strong growth, with many multi-megawatt ground mount projects in the planning or pre-planning phases. PV projects in Africa have a total potential capacity of more than 11 GW and projects in the Middle East amount to a total potential capacity of at least 1.3 GW. &...

India plans to allocate 10 GW solar this year 2015-05-20

India's new energy and renewable energy (MNRE) have a meeting to discuss changes to the plan, the next year according to the actual circumstances of the various nations bidding 10 GW solar capacity. According to consulting firm Bridge to India, the project will be divided into 3 GW subsidies based bidding and 7 GW to possible funding gap ...

UK’s new energy minister calls for ‘solar revolution’ 2015-05-20

The UK’s new Secretary of State for energy and climate change, Amber Rudd, has spoke of her desire to increase the deployment of solar PV under her watch. Speaking to a local paper in her constituency...

Japan is worried about too much energy from renewables 2015-04-20

Tags：Energy From Renewables PV Japan Japan is worried about getting too much of its electricity from solar wind power stations. That’s because higher renewable generation would force coal gas power plant operators to slash operating rates, which then wo...

Latin America and Caribbean Region to Install 9 Gigawatts of Solar PV within Five Years 2015-04-15

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is poised to play a substantial role in fulfilling the need for increased power generation capacity across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. The total PV project pipeline is growing throughout the region and now exceeds 22 GW of projects across all phases of development. Over the next five years, approximately 9 gigawatts (GW) of p...

UK: Grupotech to install 186 MW of PV in Q1 2015-01-27

Spanish EPC company Grupotec Renewables has begun construction of 12 solar parks in the United Kingdom with a combined capacity of 186 MW, bringing its portfolio to 400 MW of installed capacity in the country. Grupotec, which has been developing the installations over the past six months, will carry out the projects for Lightsource Renewable Energy, the U.K.'s leading solar energy company. Grupote...