India installed 9.9 GW of PV in 2019, a decline of 8% y/y and 23% from its peak in 2017. – Large-scale projects accounted for 85% of 2019 installs and 88% of cumulative PV installations. – Mercom attributes the difficulties in the largescale PV market to come from: contracting and Read more…
From 2010 to 2019, the efficiency of modules installed in the United States increased significantly: – 14.4% to 19.4% for mono c-Si – 13.7% to 17.4% for multi c-Si – 11.0% to 17.4% for CdTe. • Based on preliminary data for Q1 2020, the average efficiency of mono c-Si and Read more…
From 2010 to 2019, shipments from the top 10 PV manufacturers grew from 11 GW to 78 GW, with some companies shipping more than 10 GW annually. • Only four of the leading companies in 2010 remain in the top 10 in 2019, and all in the bottom half. • Read more…
Global module and module-component prices continued their price declines in the first five months of 2020, with BNEF reporting mono c-Si modules down 8% to 0.21/W, multi c-Si modules down 11% to $0.19/W, cells down 24% to $0.10/W, and polysilicon down 18% to $6.5/kg. • PVInsights reported average module prices Read more…
Solar leases and solar PPA are financial setups wherein the homeowner does not own solar energy installation on their roof, it is owned by the lease or PPA company. Let us look at the difference between the two to understand which is the best fit model for your personal needs. Read more…
The Wind and Solar plant developers had entered into a tariff war by quoting low rates which have now become an impediment to them. Little did they realize that, while willingly quoting such low rates in open auction will challenge the viability of these projects. Our country at the same Read more…
The attempt to renegotiate solar projects tariff by states such as Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Uttar Pradesh and Telangana is not a healthy sign for the investors in Renewable Energy Projects. During last decade we have witnessed that solar tariff have come down almost 80% of the tariffs at which PPAs Read more…
China’s imports have come recently into the spotlight because of the Indo Chinese geopolitics and conflict on the Doklam Valley. While Indian government has already imposed safeguard duty of the order of 20% on solar PV modules and cells. Be safeguard duties ending by end of July 2020 and as Read more…
As a global leading provider for PV module and smart energy solution, Trina Solar delivers PV products, applications and services to promote global sustainable development. Through constant innovation, we continue to push the PV industry forward by creating greater grid parity of PV power and popularizing renewable energy. Our mission Read more…
Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Focusing on carbon-neutral green energy, the Odisha government has set a target to enhance solar power production capacity to 1500MW by 2022 in the state. In a high-level meeting on Monday, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy reviewed the progress made so far, and directed, Green Energy Development Corporation ( GEDCOL) to work out Read more…