08
Aug 2023
India Reaches 70GW Solar Installation Milestone
As of 30 June, India's cumulative installed solar capacity reached 70.10 GW. of this, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka accounted for more than 50% of the total installed PV capacity. As of 30 June ...
08
Aug 2023
Portugal Grants Grid Connection Licence For 5GW PV Project
The Portuguese Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the grid operator, approved a series of new photovoltaic projects to be connected to the grid. The developers were granted grid conne...
02
Aug 2023
Croatia Adopts Legal Framework For Agricultural Photovoltaics
The Croatian Government established by-laws for the Spatial Planning Act that define agricultural photovoltaic installations and the areas in which such equipment can be deployed, thus facilitating...
21
Jul 2023
Cambodia Opens Up Rooftop PV Market
Cambodia recently issued a new policy to promote solar energy by abolishing capacity charges for rooftop PV and introducing a new way of calculating electricity tariffs. The change was made in resp...
20
Jul 2023
India's Installed PV Power Capacity Exceeds 68GW
India would have to add more than 30 GW of installed solar power per year to reach the target of 293 GW of installed PV in the optimal energy mix for the period 2029-30. As of 31 May 2023, the coun...
20
Jul 2023
Slovakia Subsidises Residential PV in 2023
The Slovak authorities will provide 140 million euros ($156.1 million) in subsidies in 2023 to subsidise 50 per cent of the cost price of purchasing and installing solar water heaters, heat pumps, ...
17
Jul 2023
Toyota Enters PV! To Put 119MW Power Plant in Saudi Arabia
Japan's Toyota Tsusho Corporation has announced that its joint venture with French energy giant TotalEnergies Renewables and a company in the Saudi Zahid Group has secured a contract from Saudi Pow...
13
Jul 2023
U.S. Solar Power Accounted For 7% Of The Nation's Total Electricity Generatio...
Solar power generation has increased by 16 per cent over 2022, a relatively modest increase due to lower deployed solar installations in 2022 than in 2021. So far this year, solar power has account...
13
Jul 2023
Agricultural Photovoltaics For Hops Growing in Germany
Germany's Agri Energia has launched a pilot agricultural photovoltaic facility near Munich to protect hops plants from sun and hail while reducing evaporation. The photovoltaic facility is mounted ...
11
Jul 2023
Italy: 65 Per Cent Of Electricity Generation To Come From Renewable Sources B...
On 1 July, in the latest proposal for an integrated national energy and climate plan (PNIEC) submitted to the European Union, Italy's Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) said th...
07
Jul 2023
Germany Accounts For 29% Of Photovoltaic Power Generation in June
According to an assessment by Agora Energiewende, Germany's share of electricity generated from renewable sources reached 64% in June, with photovoltaics alone accounting for 29% of the electricity...
29
Jun 2023
Austria Reaches 1GW Of Installed Solar Capacity in A Year
PV Austria said that a total of 1,009 MW of photovoltaic systems were installed in Austria last year, with solar energy meeting around 6.6 per cent of total electricity demand. Austria exceeds 1 GW...
