Photovoltaics Bullettin
- 19 June 2018 Global PV market to grow by another 621.7 GW by 2022 Global newly installed capacity for 2018 is forecast to reach 102.6 GW, of which “only” 39 GW are expected to come from China. Fourteen countries are expected to cross the GW threshold this year.
- 6 June 2018 China releases new provisions for PV development in 2018 A notification released yesterday by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Finance, and National Energy Administration (NEA) provides new regulatory measures for PV installations in 2018. Further details are as follows.
- 31 May 2018 El Salvador launches auction for PV projects up to 2 MW in size The central American nation will select 28 MW of renewable energy projects with PV schemes up to 2 MW and biogas up to 1 MW entitled to participate.
- 10 May 2018 Turkey’s solar could pass 20 GW by 2026 In the most bullish scenario provided in a report published by Turkey’s Shura Energy Transition Center, solar is predicted to reach 30 GW of installed capacity by the halfway point of the next decade. The report’s most conservative scenario envisages around 6 GW.
- 8 May 2018 100 MW months emerges as new normal for small-scale PV installs in Down Under Green Energy Markets’ small-scale solar figures for April reveal that above 100 MW is emerging as the new normal for the segment in 2018. While the month was below the record-setting 127 MW in March, April’s 109 MW indicates that installations north of 100 MW is new normal for the Australian residential and small commercial sector.
- 7 May 2018 Hungary unexpectedly terminates FIT for PV projects ranging from 50 to 500 kW The Hungarian government has amended its recently issued support scheme METAR, in order to introduce a tight deadline for residential and commercial PV, which will, in reality, mean the end of most of projects in this segment. The METAR scheme had been approved by the European Commission last summer.
- 3 May 2018 Germany covered 12.1% of its power demand with solar in April Eon announced that, for the first time, more than 10 billion kWh of solar power were generated in Germany between January and April. Bruno Burger of Energy Charts has also determined that the last week of April was the best week for renewable energies in the current year, with a share of 53.2% in electricity generation across the country’s grid.
- 2 May 2018 Tunisia preliminarily approves 10 solar projects selected in 70 MW tender The solar PV parks, which will range in size from 1 MW to 10 MW, will sell power to the country’s state-owned utility, Société Tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG) under a long-term PPA.
- 26 April 2018 Middle East to add 8 GW of PV in 2018 Most of this capacity is expected to come from large-scale solar projects, as distributed generation still suffers from the high subsidies granted to residential and commercial electricity customers.
- 22 March 2018 Europe to add 11 GW of solar in 2018, IHS Markit says The analysts forecast further solar growth for this year, with the Spanish market expected to become Europe’s fifth-largest in 2018.