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Suntech supplies solar giant
Aug 20, 2015 | Jewocity
By Henry Reed
“After recently completing a 9.3 MW project with Adani Power in Gujarat, India, we’re excited to be continuing our partnership withAdani Power, who has proven to be an important and strong partner to have in developing the solar industry in the region and in India”, said Haibo Xiong, president of Suntech. -
Adani, Suntech team up to build world's largest solar power plant
Aug 20, 2015 | domain-b
Adani Power is again teaming up with Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech, this time to build a 200 MW solar power plant in Tamil Nadu, which could be the largest single solar power plant in the world. Earlier Suntech, had collaborated with Adani in setting up a small 9.3 MW solar power plant in Mundra, Gujarat. -
El Salvador to hold an auction for 150 MW of renewable energy
Aug 20, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Christian Roselund
This will be the nation's second auction for renewables in only a few years. When the projects approved are built, solar is expected to play a much larger role in the nation's energy mix. El Salvador offers excellent natural solar potential. On Wednesday, El Salvador's National Energy Council (CNE) announced that it will hold an auction with... -
EU excludes fourth Chinese panel maker from fair-trade deal
Aug 21, 2015 | Recharge
By Bernd Radowitz
A fourth Chinese PV panel maker, Znshine, has been expelled from the EU's anti-dumping compromise for breaching the minimum price agreement. Znshine will follow Canadian Solar, Rene Solar and ET Solar in having anti-dumping tariffs imposed on its products after falling out of the so-called undertaking agreement... -
4.7 GW of rooftop potential in NYC
Aug 21, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Max Hall
New solar rooftop mapping tool has assessed more than one million rooftops in the five boroughs. Mapdwell system offers community funding model and link to nearby installers. The producer of a U.S. solar rooftop mapping tool says there is 4.7 GW of potential generating capacity across more than a million buildings it evaluated in the... -
Indonesia Plans Incentives To Boost Renewable Energy
Aug 21, 2015 | Clean Technica
By Smiti Mittal
Indonesia is planning to introduce incentives aimed at attracting investment in its renewable energy sector. The country’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources recently announced that the government is mulling several incentives to bring large investments into its renewable energy sector, one of which could reduce the import... -
Calif. Forms Alliance To Promote Zero-Emission Cars
Aug 20, 2015 | E&E News PM
By Anne C. Mulkern
California, the Netherlands and Quebec will cooperate to promote cars with zero tailpipe emissions, they said today. California EPA announced the launch of the International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance. The three partners said they also want to recruit other countries and sub-national jurisdictions to join the effort. -
JinkoSolar increases 2015 module shipment guidance to as high as 4.5GW
Aug 20, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Mark Osborne
Tier-one PV manufacturer JinkoSolar has raised its module shipment guidance for the full-year. The company expects shipments to be in the range of 4.0GW to 4.5GW, up from previous guidance of 3.3GW to 3.8GW. The increased guidance could catapult the company from being ranked fourth globally, based on shipments in 2014, to being...
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Aug 20, 2015 | Jewocity
By Henry Reed
“After recently completing a 9.3 MW project with Adani Power in Gujarat, India, we’re excited to be continuing our partnership withAdani Power, who has proven to be an important and strong partner to have in developing the solar industry in the region and in India”, said Haibo Xiong, president of Suntech.
In May, the group had projected solar generation capacity addition at 2,500 MW for this year.
Under the policy, solar power generators (SPGs), installed and commissioned during the operative period (till 2020), shall become eligible for benefits and incentives for a period of 25 years from their date of commissioning.
In its quarterly update on the Indian solar market, Mercom has observed that the solar installations year-to-date are approximately 1,400 MW and the cumulative solar installations in India have crossed 4.5 GW (4500 MW). Solar Energy Corporation of India last week issued final guidelines for 2,000 MW in viability gap funding. “The Indian solar market is finally on target to be one of the Top 5 markets in the world over the next five years”.
The state will facilitate de-centralised and off-grid solar applications to meet various energy requirements for domestic objective, according to an official release.
Raj Prabhu, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercom Capital Group, in a statement said, “After a long wait, the solar market in India is finally taking off. Year-to-date installations of 1.4 GW already make it the best year for solar in India”.
Clean energy cess is being levied on domestic as well as imported coal and these funds are to be used for clean energy development. Mercom estimates that nearly 60 percent of collected Clean Energy Cess has not been transferred to the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF). “Harvesting solar energy through rooftop installation not only enables flexibility but also reduces dependence on diesel-based captive and back-up generation units for industrial and commercial consumers”, said M. Maheshwar Rao, MD, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited.
Now, the Government wants to further scale up the production as Gujarat has potential to achieve more than 10,000 MW of solar generation capacity, said the new policy.
Link: http://www.jewocity.com/blog/suntech-supplies-solar-giant/33382
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Adani, Suntech team up to build world's largest solar power plant
Aug 20, 2015 | domain-b
Adani Power is again teaming up with Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech, this time to build a 200 MW solar power plant in Tamil Nadu, which could be the largest single solar power plant in the world.
Earlier Suntech, had collaborated with Adani in setting up a small 9.3 MW solar power plant in Mundra, Gujarat.
It has now contracted to supply approximately 200 MW of solar panels for the Tamil Nadu project.
The project will be developed, designed, built, and operated by Adani Power.
Once the project becomes operational by 2016 as planned, the project would be the biggest individual solar project in the world, Adani said in a statement.
The 200 MW project will employ Suntech's Vem PV series modules, which produce high-energy yields for running utility-scale power plants.
The solar panels together will generate approximately 330 gigawatt-hours of electricity, which will power approximately 367,000 households and offset approximately 281,700 tons of carbon emissions annually, the statement said.
''After recently completing a 9.3 MW project with Adani Power in Gujarat, India, we're excited to be continuing our partnership with Adani Power, who has proven to be an important and strong partner to have in developing the solar industry in the region and in India,'' said Haibo Xiong, president of Suntech.
Suntech said the solar power modules have undergone a series of testing at the company's manufacturing facility and testing lab in Wuxi, China, in April.
''We expect that this 200 MW project is the breaking point for Suntech's presence in India as we continue to collaborate with Adani Power,'' Xiong added.
''The Indian government has provided positive incentive policies for solar development as it looks to accelerate its 2020 100 GW solar mission. We believe this landmark project will help showcase solar energy's capabilities in providing India with clean and sustainable energy,'' Eric Luo, CEO of Shunfeng International Clean Energy, Suntech's parent company, added.
Suntech's solar panel for Adani's 9.3 MW solar power plant in Mundra is expected to generate 13,000 MWh of electricity per year and power approximately 32,000 households in the Gujarat port city.
Suntech supplied a total of 36,470 modules to the power plant that has been developed by Adani Power Ltd.
Adani power is currently India's the largest private power producer.
Link: http://www.domain-b.com/companies/companies_a/Adani_group/20150820_solar_power.html
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El Salvador to hold an auction for 150 MW of renewable energy
Aug 20, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Christian Roselund
This will be the nation's second auction for renewables in only a few years. When the projects approved are built, solar is expected to play a much larger role in the nation's energy mix. El Salvador offers excellent natural solar potential.
On Wednesday, El Salvador's National Energy Council (CNE) announced that it will hold an auction with the aim of bringing online 150 MW of “non-conventional” renewable energy during 2018. These projects will compete in the wholesale market, with further details to be released by the end of the year.
This will make El Salvador's second auction for renewable energy, following an auction for 100 MW in 2014. Solar PV swept that auction with 94 MW awarded, however there have been long delays and it is unclear how many of these projects have begun construction.
GTM Research Senior Solar Analyst Adam James says that El Salvador is an attractive market for PV development, despite some counterparty risk. "The real question is whether the auction will be structured in a way to secure projects that are likely to actually come online," explains James. "For example, will bond requirements filter out speculative bids?"
"If speculative bids and/or an oversubscribed auction drive down PPA rates, these projects may not be viable," James warns. He notes that if bids are too low, financing may be hard to come by.Expectations for solar in the nation are high. USAID, which is supporting the auction, has forecast that a total of 170 MW of solar PV will come online this year and the next. GTM Research expects 206 MW-DC to come online from 2016 through 2018.
With USAID and other organizations, El Salvador is also studying how much wind and solar its grid can accommodate without excessive curtailment or deploying storage. In 2014 a mix of hydroelectricity, geothermal and biomass supplied 59% of El Salvador's electricity, with the rest coming from fossil fuels.
Along with 11 MW already commissioned, El Salvador expects to reach 204 MW of solar PV in 2014. According to a study by CNE, this would meet 5.2% of the nation's annual electricity demand.
With another 40 MW of wind anticipated, wind and solar would capacity would be equivalent to 21% of peak demand, which is still a fraction of the levels being integrated in Denmark, Germany and other European nations.
However, even more renewables are expected to be deployed across Central America, with electricity being traded in a regional common market. CNE anticipates that 4.2 GW of wind and solar will be deployed in 2018, equivalent 49% of the region's peak demand.
With hydro, geothermal and biomass already representing more than half of installed capacity and annual generation, this will push the region to a grid dominated by renewable energy, with a limited role for fossil fuels.
Link: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/el-salvador-to-hold-an-auction-for-150-mw-of-renewable-energy_100020694/#axzz3jMLBv0Km
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EU excludes fourth Chinese panel maker from fair-trade deal
Aug 21, 2015 | Recharge
By Bernd Radowitz
A fourth Chinese PV panel maker, Znshine, has been expelled from the EU's anti-dumping compromise for breaching the minimum price agreement.
Znshine will follow Canadian Solar, Rene Solar and ET Solar in having anti-dumping tariffs imposed on its products after falling out of the so-called undertaking agreement – a minimum pricing and quota system reached by the EU and China in 2013 to avoid a full-scale imposition of tariffs. In June the European Commission (EC) slapped duties of up to 43.1% on the trio of manufacturers.
The EU's minimum import price (MIP) is adapted quarterly and currently stands at €0.56 ($0.63) per watt in an attempt to ensure Chinese manufacturers don't sell their products below production prices.
The EC says in its official journal that "Znshine breached the undertaking terms" by shipping its modules "declared to be of non-Chinese origin, hence not subject to the measures" via a third country into Europe, customs authorities in two EU member states found out.
Znshine told the EC that the below-price shipments had been made by one of its customers it could not control, but the commission rejected that argument, saying the company did not submit any evidence supporting these claims.
The company was also found to have provided misleading information concerning the date of a significant number of commercial invoices.
EU ProSun, a lobbying group pushing for sanctions against what it perceives to be illegal Chinese trade practices, welcomed the ruling and warned importers in Europe not to buy panels below the minimum price.
"It's another example of a company massively violating the undertaking agreement between the EU and Chinese manufacturers," EU ProSun president Milan Nitzschke tells Recharge.
"Importers and customers have to be aware that they take huge risks if they buy from Chinese manufacturers below the MIP or via third countries. The applicable tariff at the end will be paid by the importer."
Nitzschke is also vice-president of German PV maker SolarWorld, which has been the driving force behind the push for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures by the EU and the US.
Solar Power Europe (SPE), the EU's largest solar lobbying group, which turned against anti-dumping measures earlier this year, says it will never condone any illegal measures.
Link: http://www.rechargenews.com/solar/1409315/eu-excludes-fourth-chinese-panel-maker-from-fair-trade-deal
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4.7 GW of rooftop potential in NYC
Aug 21, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Max Hall
New solar rooftop mapping tool has assessed more than one million rooftops in the five boroughs. Mapdwell system offers community funding model and link to nearby installers.
The producer of a U.S. solar rooftop mapping tool says there is 4.7 GW of potential generating capacity across more than a million buildings it evaluated in the five boroughs of New York City.
Boston-based start-up Mapdwell launched its Solar System New York online mapping system today (Friday) with information about solar rooftop potential for more than eight million New Yorkers.
In a launch announcement run by Globenewswire.com, Mapdwell CEO Eduardo Berlin claimed the rooftop potential of the city added up to $18 billion of local business.
The company's Solar System tool, developed by its team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and already rolled out in Cambridge, Boston and Wellfleet in its home state as well as Washington DC; Boulder, Colorado; and Washington County, Oregon, offers homeowners a cost-benefit analysis for their rooftop as well as a crowdsourcing funding model for community solar schemes.
The tool also connects homeowners with nearby installers, allowing shared access of the rooftop analysis.
Link: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/47-gw-of-rooftop-potential-in-nyc_100020700/#axzz3jMLBv0Km
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Indonesia Plans Incentives To Boost Renewable Energy
Aug 21, 2015 | Clean Technica
By Smiti Mittal
Indonesia is planning to introduce incentives aimed at attracting investment in its renewable energy sector.
The country’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources recently announced that the government is mulling several incentives to bring large investments into its renewable energy sector, one of which could reduce the import duty on equipment used in the development of renewable energy projects. The planned incentives would play a critical role in Indonesia’s endeavour to boost the share of renewable energy sources in the total energy mix to 19% by 2019 and to 25% by 2025, up from its current share of renewable energy sources of between 5% and 6%.
Renewable energy potential (PDF) in Indonesia remains largely untapped, and investment from national and international companies is critical to turning this situation around. According to Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the government-owned electricity distribution company in Indonesia, the country has 75 GW of hydro power potential, 27.5 GW of geothermal energy potential, 50 GW of biomass energy potential, and 9 GW of wind energy potential.
However, over 90% of the potential in almost all renewable energy technologies remained untapped.
The government is nevertheless taking significant measures to make the renewable energy sector more attractive for investors, indicating that the budget for renewable energy development could be increased five-fold next year to around $800 million. Policy guidance by the government is slowly reaping results. Construction of the country’s first large-scale wind energy project has already started, with the 50 MW project being constructed by a joint venture between an Indonesian and American company, and is expected to be commissioned in 2019. The government was also reported to be working to have 4 to 5 GW of geothermal capacity operational by the end of this year.
Link: http://cleantechnica.com/2015/08/21/indonesia-plans-incentives-boost-renewable-energy/
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Calif. Forms Alliance To Promote Zero-Emission Cars
Aug 20, 2015 | E&E News PM
By Anne C. Mulkern
California, the Netherlands and Quebec will cooperate to promote cars with zero tailpipe emissions, they said today.
California EPA announced the launch of the International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance. The three partners said they also want to recruit other countries and sub-national jurisdictions to join the effort.
As members in the ZEV Alliance, the countries and sub-nationals will promote innovation and investment and raise international awareness of expanding ZEV markets and opportunities, California EPA said. They will make greater deployment possible through exchanging information and jointly encouraging adoption of policies that boost the number of ZEVs on the roads.
"We will only achieve our long-term climate objectives with a change to cleaner, more energy-efficient vehicles," said Matt Rodriquez, California secretary for environmental protection. "We're pleased to expand our partnerships with the Netherlands and Quebec and encourage other countries, states and provinces to work with us to put more and more drivers from all income levels at the wheel of zero-emission vehicles."
About one in every six ZEVs sold in the world is in California. The state has a goal of putting 1.5 million ZEVs on the road by 2025.
Last year, the Golden State joined Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont in rolling out their Multi-State ZEV Action Plan. Actions in it included encouraging fleets to acquire ZEVs, planning and investing in ZEV infrastructure such as charging stations, and tracking progress toward a goal of a combined 3.3 million ZEVs on U.S. highways by 2025.
In the Netherlands, ZEVs are approaching 5 percent of the share of new cars sold, California EPA said. The Netherlands has the world's largest network of public electric vehicle charging stations.
California and the Netherlands have collaborated since October 2013, when Wilma Mansveld, the Dutch environment minister, and Rodriquez signed a letter of intent to cooperate on policies in climate, energy and sustainable transportation. This led to the signing of a memorandum of cooperation regarding the initiation of the ZEV Alliance.
Quebec has the largest ZEV fleet in Canada. It accounts for close to half the country's market, California EPA said. Quebec and the Golden State were partners in developing the Western Climate Initiative Inc. carbon market starting in 2008. They linked their carbon emissions cap-and-trade programs last year, creating the largest carbon market in North America.
"Deployment of ZEVs is one of Quebec's main strategies to reduce its carbon footprint in the transportation sector," David Heurtel, Quebec's minister for sustainable development, the environment and the fight against climate change, said in a statement. "It also represents interesting opportunities for Quebec businesses which have a solid expertise on EV batteries, electric motorization, charging stations and other components of ZEVs."
Link: http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2015/08/20/stories/1060023735
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JinkoSolar increases 2015 module shipment guidance to as high as 4.5GW
Aug 20, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Mark Osborne
Tier-one PV manufacturer JinkoSolar has raised its module shipment guidance for the full-year. The company expects shipments to be in the range of 4.0GW to 4.5GW, up from previous guidance of 3.3GW to 3.8GW.
The increased guidance could catapult the company from being ranked fourth globally, based on shipments in 2014, to being ranked second behind Trina Solar, should it meet the high end of the revised guidance.
Rankings positions (based on 2014 shipments) 2 to 5 (Yingli Green, Canadian Solar, JinkoSolar and JA Solar) are converging towards the 4GW-plus range, setting the scene for further rankings shuffle later in the year.
Canadian Solar had recently reiterated full-year guidance of 4.0GW to 4.3GW, while Trina Solar further separated itself from the pack by recently increasing shipment guidance for 2015 to 4.9GW to 5.1GW. JA Solar also reiterated full-year guidance of 3.6GW to 4GW, while Yingli Green has yet to release second-quarter results or update previous shipment guidance of 3.6GW to 3.9GW given in the first quarter of 2015. Q2 financials
JinkoSolar reported second quarter revenue of US$516.2 million, an increase of 16.4% from the previous quarter and 2015 a 31.6% increase from the second quarter of 2014.
Gross margin was 20.7%, compared with 20.3% in the first quarter of 2015 and 22.6% in the second quarter of 2014. Income from operations was US$38.2 million, while gross profit was US$107.0 million.
Total solar module shipments in the second quarter were 913.4MW, which included 90.4MW for its downstream projects. Solar product shipments to third parties amounted to 915MW, consisting of 823MW of solar modules, 59.5MW of silicon wafers and 32.5MW of solar cells, representing an increase of 15.9% from 789.2MW in the first quarter of 2015.
Kangping Chen, JinkoSolar's chief executive, said: "Global solar demand remains robust, allowing us to build upon our leadership position in a number of key and new emerging markets. We are well positioned in China as the market leader to benefit from the expected strong demand during the second half of 2015. We also made substantial progress in the US where shipments increased by 115% sequentially, In the Asia-Pacific region, we increased our market share substantially in Thailand. Shipments to Japan and the UK returned to normal levels following the year-end rush last quarter but still remain very active and show promising signs of growth.” Production update
JinkoSolar added 500MW of solar cell capacity in the second quarter of 2015, taking cell nameplate capacity to 2.5GW. The company also added 500MW of module capacity in the quarter, taking nameplate capacity to 4GW.
In the second quarter the company started production at its new plant in Malaysia, which is planned to have a nameplate solar cell capacity of 500MW and a module nameplate capacity of 400MW.
By the end of 2015, JinkoSolar is expecting total module nameplate capacity to reach 4.3GW, while cell capacity will remain at 2.5GW, achieved in the second quarter.
Link: http://www.pv-tech.org/news/jinkosolar_increases_2015_module_shipment_guidance_to_as_high_as_4.5gw
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