A roundup of two agrivoltaics projects from different sides of the world. Avangrid has begun grazing sheep at two PV sites in the Pacific Northwest of the US, whilst Lodestone Energy and Trina Solar have completed construction of a solar-plus-sheep project in New Zealand.
China added 102.48GW of new PV installations between January and June 2024, according to the latest data from China’s National Energy Administration.
The Indian government has published its latest budget, which includes a plan to install new rooftop solar systems on ten million homes across the country.
Power purchase agreement (PPA) analyst LevelTen energy has published its latest report into renewable energy PPA prices, noting that while the average PPA price has steadily increased in the US, such prices have fallen considerably in Europe.
Mining company Australian Silica Quartz Group (ASQ) has started drilling at the Quartz Hill project in North Queensland, Australia, as part of exploration work to uncover quartz to produce metallurgical grade silicon (MGSi).
The amount of residential solar paired with a battery energy storage system (BESS) in California has increased notably under the state’s new net energy metering 3.0 (NEM 3.0) scheme.
Investment fund Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and its subsidiary Primergy Solar have reached commercial operations at their 690MWac/966MWdc Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada.
US residential solar provider SunPower has stopped several operations including new shipments and financing options, according to an analyst note.
US solar manufacturer First Solar has opened its new research and development (R&D) centre in Ohio after almost two years of construction.
Recent volatility in PV module pricing has prompted Platts, part of global market data and benchmarking provider S&P Global Commodities, to launch a new daily spot market price assessment for modules in the US, Asia and Europe.
Liquidity is rising at a surprising pace in the US tax credit transferability market for clean energy, which is helping lenders to become increasingly comfortable with this novel marketplace, according to members of the legal and financial industries.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed two solar PV manufacturing agreements with Chinese manufacturers JinkoSolar and TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy.
