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China issues slight FIT cut for solar in 2016
Dec 28, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Ian Clover
As solar production and construction costs are set to continue to fall in 2016, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that it will cut the feed-in tariff (FIT) offered to solar power and wind developers next year to reflect the new market conditions. -
Morocco delays inauguration of world's largest solar plant
Dec 28, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Ian Clover
Morocco’s solar energy agency Masen has called-off the inauguration ceremony for the Noor-1 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant – due to be held this Sunday – with no reason given for the postponement. According to AFP, the communications agency acting on behalf of Masen was unable to explain... -
ET Solar wraps up 2.2 MWp in Turkey
Dec 28, 2015 | See News Renewables
By Tsvetomira Tsanova
Chinese solar products maker ET Solar Energy Corp said today it has connected to the grid two 1.1-MWp solar plants in Turkey’s Antalya region. The two plants use ET Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules rated at 305W. The company was in charge of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) through...
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China issues slight FIT cut for solar in 2016
Dec 28, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Ian Clover
As solar production and construction costs are set to continue to fall in 2016, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that it will cut the feed-in tariff (FIT) offered to solar power and wind developers next year to reflect the new market conditions.
A statement posted on the NDRC website confirmed that FIT reductions for new solar power projects could be as much as 11%, falling by between 0.02 to 0.10 yuan/kWh for on-grid solar farms.
Solar farms located in the drier, hotter and less populated western regions of China are set to face the higher cuts, but even at this higher rate, experts believe that the cuts are not severe enough to harm the bottom lines of many Chinese solar companies.
Rosie Pidcock, senior business development manager at UGE International, told Reuters that the cuts are actually positive for China’s rooftop solar sector, adding that utility-scale developers that have built large solar farms in the west are likely to be hardest hit.
Having fallen short of hitting its solar installation target for 2014, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) set a bold goal of adding more than 17 GW of new solar PV capacity in 2015, although by the end of Q3 the country was still off the pace somewhat.
An overreliance of coal – which powers more than 70% of China – and worsening smog and pollution in China’s largest cities has prompted the government to step up its clean energy efforts, with a November power sector reform now giving renewable energy producers preferential treatment in proposed electricity tenders.
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Morocco delays inauguration of world's largest solar plant
Dec 28, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Ian Clover
Morocco’s solar energy agency Masen has called-off the inauguration ceremony for the Noor-1 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant – due to be held this Sunday – with no reason given for the postponement.
According to AFP, the communications agency acting on behalf of Masen was unable to explain why the hotly anticipated inauguration had been canceled.
The first phase of the Noor-1 CSP plant is 160 MW in capacity, but the entire complex – once completed – will be 580 MW in size, making it the world’s largest solar power production project.
Situated across 11.6 square miles in the desert near Ouarzazate in Morocco, the solar plant aims to create 2 GW of solar generation capacity by 2020, meeting 38% of Morocco’s annual electricity needs, and cutting the country’s carbon emissions by 240,000 tons per year.
Phases two and three – Noor-2 and Noor-3 – are scheduled to be completed in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and there is already a call open for tenders for Noor-4. However. This unexpected setback may heap further delays on to the project.
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ET Solar wraps up 2.2 MWp in Turkey
Dec 28, 2015 | See News Renewables
By Tsvetomira Tsanova
Chinese solar products maker ET Solar Energy Corp said today it has connected to the grid two 1.1-MWp solar plants in Turkey’s Antalya region.
The two plants use ET Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules rated at 305W. The company was in charge of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) through its local subsidiary ET Solutions Istanbul. The contract also includes two years of operations and maintenance (O&M).
The grid connection took place at end November. The unnamed owners of the two parks plan to work with ET Solutions Istanbul on more than 10 similar projects in Antalya, the firm noted.
“[..] Turkey is a very promising emerging market for solar energy. We are well established, with strong local partnerships, and are in a position to create more and more clean, renewable energy for Turkey,” said Dennis She, ET Solar president and CEO.
In August, on announcing the set up of a subsidiary in Turkey, ET Solar said it expects to initiate as much as 50 MWp of projects there in 2015. The two projects in Antalya are its first in the country.
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