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IKEA’s charity arm powers Indian hospital with solar energy

The IKEA Foundation, the charity created by the retail giant, has helped to provide an Indian hospital with solar energy. This forms part of a $2.3...

Germany’s solar industry could implode this summer

Germany’s solar industry is in deep crisis and may implode in the summer. Solutions have been around for a long time, but internal power...

Coronavirus lockdown speeds India’s shift from coal to solar power

Travel restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus are speeding the switch from coal to renewable energy in India. The world’s second largest coal consumer has seen...

18 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and counting: Britain hits a new record for coal-free electricity generation

A new record has been set for coal-free electricity generation in Great Britain, with a combination of factors — including coronavirus related lockdown measures...

U.S. renewable energy additions completely overwhelm those by natural gas in first months of 2020

A review of FERC data by the SUN DAY Campaign has found that solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% of new U.S. electrical generating...

Coronavirus Impact Cuts 23GW From WoodMac’s 2020 Global Solar Outlook

Wood Mackenzie slashed more than 20 gigawatts off its forecast for global solar deployments in 2020, as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic comes...

‘Europe’s largest’ solar power facility comes online as the industry faces coronavirus challenges

A 500 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant, described by Spanish utility Iberdrola as “Europe’s largest,” sent its first megawatt hour of energy to the grid earlier this...

Solar power growth was strong before coronavirus hit. Now demand is plummeting

When the coronavirus hit China late last year, America’s solar industry immediately started worrying about manufacturing. Asia is the main source of panels and...

Sungevity Lays Off 400 Workers Amid Job Warnings for US Solar Industry

Residential solar company Sungevity quietly laid off hundreds of employees last week, eliminating much of its workforce as the U.S. solar industry grapples with...

How coronavirus became a crisis for solar power

The novel coronavirus has presented the solar industry with an unsavory smorgasbord of problems all at the same time. Many it shares with other...

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South Africa’s Eskom Invites Bids to Offtake 291 MW of Solar Power

South Africa’s power distribution company, Eskom Holdings, has invited bids to offtake 291 MW of power from its solar projects. The tender is a...

SJVN Green Floats EPC Tender for 500 MW Solar Projects in Rajasthan

SJVN Green Energy (SGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN, has invited bids for engineering procurement and construction (EPC) of 500 MW solar projects...

Masdar Closes Financing for 2 GW Saudi Solar Project

UAE’s Masdar, alongside its consortium partners GD Power and Korea Electric Power, reached the financial close for the 2 GW Al Sadawi solar project...

Seychelles’ ‘first utility-scale’ floating solar project secures financing

French renewable energy company Qair has secured a $5.7 million (approximately € 4.8 million) senior debt facility from the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI),...