Polysilicon:
Polysilicon prices have gone down further throughout the week. The mainstream concluded price for mono recharge polysilicon is RMB 47/KG, while mono dense polysilicon is priced at RMB 45/KG and N-type polysilicon is c...  more
solar PV
MNRE releases draft guidelines for residential rooftop solar subsidy scheme |
published 2024 年 04 月 18 日 17:22 |
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released the draft guidelines for PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana which is aimed at installing rooftop solar (RTS) plants in one crore (10 million) households with subsidy (central fin...  more
German renewables PPA market volume quadrupled in 2023 |
published 2024 年 04 月 18 日 17:11 |
The German Energy Agency (dena) reported that the market volumes for renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Germany nearly quadrupled in 2023, marking a 323% increase over 2022. The combined capacity for offtake between dif...  more
23 EU Member Nations Sign & Commit To European Solar Charter |
published 2024 年 04 月 17 日 17:30 |
Energy ministers from 23 European Union (EU) nations have pledged their support to boosting domestic solar PV manufacturing capacity with the signing of the European Solar Charter. It is also signed by around 100 solar sector repr...  more
Maryland’s Residential & Commercial-Scale Solar Projects to Get A Boost With US State’s Senate Bill 783 |
published 2024 年 04 月 17 日 17:27 |
The Maryland General Assembly in the US has given its seal of approval to the solar-friendly Senate Bill 783, also known as the Brighter Tomorrow Act, and has sent it to Governor Wes Moore’s desk to be signed into law. The State o...  more
Japan: Significant solar and wind energy curtailment by FY2023 |
published 2024 年 04 月 16 日 16:51 |
Japan's wind and solar energy cuts have risen sharply over the past 12 months, from 0.57 TWh in FY2022 and 0.53 TWh in FY2023 to 1.76 TWh, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
The J...  more
95% of the U.S. interconnection queues are driven by solar, storage, and wind, while the backlog continues to increase. |
published 2024 年 04 月 16 日 16:28 |
In the U.S., there are nearly 12,000 power projects waiting in interconnection queues, with the majority being based on renewable sources. These projects represent a combined capacity of 1,570 GW for power generation and 1,030 GW ...  more
India Added 15 GW New Solar PV Capacity in FY 2023-24 |
published 2024 年 04 月 16 日 15:47 |
By the end of March 2024, India's solar capacity had surpassed 81 GW. A PepsiCo franchisee has pledged to invest in solar energy, while the BJP has committed to continuing the expansion of solar energy in its election manifesto. A...  more
Australia Joins Global Green Energy Subsidy Race, Backs Solar, Hydrogen Industries |
published 2024 年 04 月 15 日 15:14 |
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the "Future Manufacturing Act" during a speech in Queensland on Thursday, April 11. The act includes subsidies and incentives similar to those in Europe and the United States to...  more
Curtailment Increases Across Japan: Economic Dispatch and Negative Prices Are Key Solutions |
published 2024 年 04 月 12 日 16:58 |
Curtailment is a failure to consume or store close to zero marginal cost decarbonized electricity from solar & wind power. Therefore, it should be minimized on economic and environmental grounds. In Japan in fiscal year 2023, ...  more