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Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar power than they use

Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar power than they use

Canada needs more clean power to meet growing demand, while aiming for net-zero emissions to fight climate change. Many Canadians want to install rooftop solar panels to help. But while that can lower their electricity bills, they can’t actually get paid for it — because many jurisdictions limit the power generation of a rooftop solar […]

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GameChange Solar to supply trackers for 750 MWp solar plant in India

GameChange Solar to supply trackers for 750 MWp solar plant in India

GameChange Solar says it has agreed to supply its Genius Tracker solutions to Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy for a 750 MWp solar project in the Indian state of Gujarat. August 29, 2024 Uma Gupta Image: GameChange Solar From pv magazine India GameChange Solar, a global supplier of solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted PV plants,

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End of load shedding tests South Africa’s solar industry

End of load shedding tests South Africa’s solar industry

It’s been 151 days since South Africa experienced load shedding, a deliberate rationing of electricity supply to prevent failure of the entire system. The turnaround for struggling Eskom is excellent news for South African homes, but it has cast a pall over renewable energy startups that grew quickly as the power situation worsened. “Startups whose

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Vena Energy moves ahead with 550 MW of solar in the Philippines

Vena Energy moves ahead with 550 MW of solar in the Philippines

Singapore’s Vena Energy and MGen Renewable Energy, the renewables unit of Manila-based Meralco PowerGen Corp., have signed an investment agreement for 550 MW of solar in the Philippines. Construction is due to start later this year. August 22, 2024 Patrick Jowett Image: Vena Energy Vena Energy has signed an investment agreement with MGen Renewable Energy

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Israeli developer secures €110 million for solar plants in Romania

Israeli developer secures €110 million for solar plants in Romania

Nofar Energy has obtained €110 million ($122.5 million) in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Raiffeisen Bank International to build two solar projects in Romania with a combined capacity of 300 MW. August 22, 2024 Patrick Jowett Image: Jadon Kelly, Unsplash Israeli renewables company Nofar Energy has secured €110 million

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Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore

Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore

Latest A model of the solar panels initially planned to be built for the Sun Cable project. Credit: Sun Cable Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector. In a statement made today (21 August), Sun Cable said the project

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US manufacturers seek retroactive tariffs on SEA solar import ‘surge’

US manufacturers seek retroactive tariffs on SEA solar import ‘surge’

It claims that cell imports have increased 39% and 17% from Vietnam and Thailand, respectively, since April, when the Alliance issued an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition for Southeast Asian (SEA) solar cells to the DOC. This sought to impose steep tariffs on products coming from the two countries, as well as Malaysia and

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D. E. Shaw starts work at 130MW New Mexico solar-plus-storage project

D. E. Shaw starts work at 130MW New Mexico solar-plus-storage project

Latest DESRI is building the Carne Solar and Storage project in Luna County, and expects to commission the project next year.Image: DESRI. D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), the renewable power arm of US investor D. E. Shaw, has started construction on a 130MW solar, 260MWh battery storage facility in the US state of New

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Maharashtra: First solar village to provide zero electricity bills and free power to farmers

Maharashtra: First solar village to provide zero electricity bills and free power to farmers

Story highlights The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) has committed to providing up to 100 per cent solar-powered electricity to two villages in each district. Following the success of Manyachiwadi, over 70 other villages across Maharashtra will join this project.  Ahead of assembly polls this year, the Maharashtra Government is going all out to

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