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 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 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 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 Read more
In 2019, global PV shipments were approximately 123 GW—an increase of 39% from 2018. • In 2019, 62% of PV shipments were mono c-Si technology—a level not seen since the early 1980s. • In 2019, revenue from PV deployment was Read more
In 2019, India awarded a record 19.2 GWAC of PV capacity at a record low weighted-average price of 2.67 rupees/kWh. In 2019, Not all 2019 auctions in India were fully subscribed as some developers did not participate in ones viewed Read more
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 Read more
At the end of 2019, global PV installations reached 627 GWDC, an annual increase of 115 GWDC from 2018. – In 2019, the leading markets in terms of annual deployment were China (30 GWDC), the United States (13 GWDC), and Read more
The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to float India’s largest solar tender of 10GW primarily to meet the farmers’ demand for electricity. Currently in A.P. 5.2 GW of planned solar and wind energy projects are kept in hold as these Read more
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