New government decree to accelerate the Indonesian solar market

The solar market of Southeast Asia’s largest energy consumer has been relatively underdeveloped until now. A new decree from the energy ministry is set to change the situation and open ...

22 July Markets

Opportunities for Solar in Africa

Solar PV is playing a key role in expanding electricity access throughout Africa, as momentum increases to develop large-scale projects and mini-grid systems, in line with the proliferation of off-grid ...

22 June Markets

Italy leads solar’s conquest of Iran

Little-known Italian firms have stolen a lead on other PV developers in breaking into the Middle East’s newest solar market, Iran.

08 June Markets

Clarity on Iranian FiTs but not on FiT winners

Despite a flurry of announcements it is still unclear which developers have been awarded projects under Iran’s newly launched FiT scheme.

08 June Markets

El Niño to spark solar demand in hydro-dependent nations

A record-breaking El Niño weather phenomenon could force Latin American countries to diversify away from hydro and towards PV.

24 May Markets

Distributed-generation takes the lead in Japan’s new power capacity development

Distributed-generation solar could account for more than half of all new capacity additions in Japan this year, as industry momentum continues to shift in favour of smaller, decentralized installations.

18 May Markets

Why the Dutch construction sector should take PV seriously

Renewable energy integration is a new byword for construction in the Netherlands as the country aims to meet decarbonisation targets.

11 May Markets

Indian Solar Handbook: Indian solar market in full bloom but financing poses a key challenge

India is all set to become the fourth largest solar market globally in 2016behind only China, USA and Japan with 5.4 GW of expected capacity addition in the year. The ...

10 May Markets

Floating PV provides a solid foundation for solar growth

Land-use constraints are forcing developers to look at floating PV. Proponents say the concept makes good economic sense.

09 May Markets

State of the Dutch Solar Market

Learn more about the Dutch market through this comprehensive infographic.

06 May Markets

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