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1. voda 25 juli 2015 15:32

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   SunEdison partners TATA Power to step up solar power supply in Delhi
   
   SunEdison has signed a longterm power purchase agreement with TATA Power Delhi Distribution Limited to provide 180 MW per year of utility-scale solar power to consumers in the Capital.
   
   Power will be supplied to the distribution company at two rates INR 5.93 a unit and INR 5.97 a unit.
   
   Mr Pashupathy Gopalan, President (Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa), SunEdison, said that “The final tariff, after factoring in other expenses, will work out to INR 6.49 per unit and INR 6.52 a unit.”
   
   The agreement to supply solar power is for a period of 20 years once the projects in Madhya Pradesh to service Delhi are commissioned, the company said. He added that given the long duration of the PPA, prices will be competitive over the next few years assuming there is no fluctuation in fuel rates.
   
   The solar power plants being built in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, are projected to generate 375,000 MW hours annually and eliminate the emission of approximately 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.
   
   The plants are expected to be operational over the next year-and-a-half while the company aims to achieve financial closure of the project in 6 to 9 months.
   
   He added that given the long duration of the PPA, prices will be competitive over the next few years assuming there is no fluctuation in fuel rates.
   
   Maintenance of the plants will be carried out by SunEdison Services. A company statement said that the agreement was the largest signed by SunEdison under the open access solar framework, which allows renewable energy providers to sell energy directly through the national grid to end customers.
   
   SunEdison, which has its headquarters in the US, operates about 250 MW of wind and solar projects in India and has plans to build or acquire 1,000 MW more.
   
   Source : Business Line
   
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   SunEdison signs a pact to supply solar power to TPDDL for 20 yrs
   
   US-based Solar SunEdison said that it has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with TATA Power Delhi Distribution Limited to provide 180 MW solar power for latter's consumers in New Delhi.
   
   Mr Pashupathy Gopalan, SunEdison's president of Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa, said at a press conference that "SunEdison has signed a long-term PPA with TPDDL to provide 180 MW of utility-scale solar power for the people of New Delhi."
   
   Mr Gopalan said that the agreement to supply solar power will be for a period of 20 years after commissioning of the projects located in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh.
   
   He said that the solar power projects for the PPA are expected to be operational in next one and half year and the company is about 6-9 months away from the financial closure of the projects.
   
   On the tariff under PPA, he said that the company will supply power at two rates INR 5.93 per unit and INR 5.97 per unit.
   
   The final tariff or landing cost of power after factoring in various other expenses will be INR 6.49 per unit and INR 6.52 per unit.
   
   Source : PTI
   
3. voda 27 juli 2015 20:04

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   City Corporation all set to tap solar power - Report
   
   The New Indian Express reported that the plan to tap solar energy for the office of City Corporation is getting materialised a year after it was proposed. Now, the installation process is fast progressing on the rooftop of the main office and annexe. Once the work is over, the project will be capable of providing power for the functioning of the two buildings on the premises.
   
   The INR 1.51 crore project is funded by the Plan Fund of the Corporation. It is expected to turn fully functional next month. The work is taken up by Keltron.
   
   Mr V S Padmakumar, works panel chairman, said that “Solar panels get operational with electricity and not with battery. They are connected to the grid to channellise sufficient amount of electricity to function as well as to release the excess power back to the Kerala State Electricity Board. For the energy intake of the panels and release of electricity, separate meter readings will taken. For the amount of electricity we give back, reduction in tariff will be made by KSEB.”
   
   The panels are coming up on a massive area of 10,681 sq ft. Besides the main office and its annexe, there is also an idea to extend the supply to the building proposed to come up adjacent to the Indian Coffee House building now used as a parking space. The panels have the capacity to generate 140 KW of electricity per day.
   
   Source : The New Indian Express
   

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4. voda 27 juli 2015 20:05

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   MCR invests EGP 500 mln to construct solar powered compound
   
   A total of EGP 500 million in investments will be injected by the Modern Company of Real Estate Investment into an integral compound operated by solar power.
   
   The compound will be located in Shorouk City and will be spread over a space of 10,000 feddans, with the project involving 50 villas and seven buildings.
   
   Mr Mohamed Abd Elmohsen, the company’s Chairman, said in an official statement that “It will need a 1 MW solar station for the project to operate, depending on solar power.”
   
   MCR will run a global tender to choose the company that will be responsible for implementing the 1 MW solar power plant.
   
   The project is expected to be delivered by March 2018, or in three years, whereby constructing and maintenance company Dar-Elemara will be responsible for executing the project.
   
   According to Mr Abd Elmohsen, construction costs are expected to increase by 20% to 25% due to the high costs of solar energy, although the company will endeavour to offer competitive prices to its customers.
   
   He added that clients will be offered the possibility to pay in instalments, to start with a 15% down-payment and the remainder to be paid over five years.
   
   Concerning future expansions, MCR plans to establish a mega project spread over an area of 50,000 feddans, to be located in the Fifth Settlement. Investments for the project are expected to reach EGP 1.2 billion, with the company planning to start it by the Q1 of 2016.
   
   Another project, located in the 6th of October City, is expected to be implemented in the near future, along with a new tourist project in the North Coast.
   
   MCR was founded in 2008 in the UAE, working in the contracting and brokerage fields. The company’s founder then came to Egypt in 2010, transforming the company into an Egyptian joint stock company with capital worth EGP 50 million.
   
   Amongst the projects that have been established by MCR are Elite and Al-Yasmine compounds located in New Cairo.
   
   The world is heading towards solar and renewable-energy generated power, which if applied in Egypt, would save 72% of the electricity consumption.
   
   Using solar power solutions in various types of projects is a trend that a number of leading companies have started to carry out, or are planning to in the near future.
   
   Mr Ahmed Kafouri, company’s deputy business development director, said that private sector construction company Hassam Allam Holding will start constructing its first solar energy project, expected to cost USD 80 million, in Q1 of 2016.
   
   Source : Daily News Egypt
   
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   HP to power Texas data centers with renewable energy
   
   Clean Technica reported that one of the largest information and communication technology companies in the US will soon power its five Texas data centers with 100% renewable energy. Hewlett-Packard recently announced a 12-year contract to buy 112 MW of wind power from a SunEdison wind farm in Texas.
   
   The purchase means HP will reach its 2020 operational greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal five years ahead of schedule. It also is an excellent example of the progress promoted by the Business Renewables Center, an RMI-convened and member-led platform that accelerates corporate procurement of off-site renewable energy by bringing together corporate buyers, project developers, and service providers.
   
   Just this week HP joined Facebook, Walmart, Dow Chemical, and Microsoft in purchasing wind power from Texas. HP has approximately 1.5 million square feet of data center operations in the state. Its purchase of 112 MW of wind power from SunEdison will provide 100% of the power necessary to run those centers, and is the equivalent of powering 42,600 homes each year. It also brings the amount of Texas wind bought through corporate power purchase agreements in the past three years up to 1 GW.
   
   Both HP and SunEdison are founding members of RMI’s Business Renewables Center. HP’s purchase will allow SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable energy development company, to begin construction on the 300 MW South Plains II wind farm. Texas leads the country in wind power nameplate generating capacity, having a total installed capacity of over 14 GW, 21% of the 66 GW installed in the US Besides having good wind resources and relatively cheap land, the boom in Texas wind power is partly due to the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone transmission lines completed in 2014.
   
   The new 345 KV transmission lines include 186 projects across Texas that help get energy from the ideal wind farm sites to the areas that need energy most. They’ll increase Texas’s wind capacity an estimated 50%.
   
   Source : Clean Technica
   
6. voda 27 juli 2015 20:11

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   Solar power firms in China failing to receive govt subsidies
   
   It is reported that China's solar power industry depends on subsidies from the government but the money available from the income derived from coal-fired power generation is dropping as coal prices fall.
   
   Mr Wang Bohua, executive president of the country's solar power association, said that “The government owes CNY 10 billion to 15 solar energy companies. The sector will be stunted if payments continue to be delayed.”
   
   Mr Wang said that the renewable energy industry only received CNY 40 billion from the government last year when it should have received CNY 70 billion. Of that 40 billion yuan, wind power was given 80% of the money. Some companies have not received their subsidies for two years in a row, said Lian Rui, a marketing manager from KongSun holdings, which invests in solar energy.
   
   If solar power companies are unable to get money from the government, they will not be able to repay their debts to equipment suppliers. These suppliers in turn need to pay for the raw materials used to manufacture their products, thus the entire supply chain is placed in jeopardy.
   
   Mr Lin Boqiang, director of the energy economics research center of Xiamen University, said that “Meanwhile, as the government states its goals to give renewables a greater share of the country's energy mix, the falling price of coal is making it harder to do so economically. Compenstion for solar power comes mainly from the income of coal-fired power generation. The only way to solve the problem is to increase the price of electricity generated from coal so subsidies to the solar power industry can be met.”
   
   Mr Wang said that from the energy ministry to the financial ministry, the government needs at least one year and a half to review the subsidy program in order to distribute the money equally.
   
   Source : Want China Times
   
7. voda 27 juli 2015 20:13

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   Britain plans to close solar power subsidy scheme a year early
   
   Ms Amber Rudd, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said that the measures will provide better control over spending and ensure bill payers get the best possible deal as we continue to move to a low-carbon economy.
   
   Mr Jim Watson, director of the UK Energy Research Centre, said that the cuts could stall solar’s march towards parity with fossil fuels.
   
   He said that “If Mr David Cameron wants to have any credibility ahead of this year’s crucial climate talks, he must end his support for dirty fossil fuels, such as fracking, and stop his government destroying the UK’s burgeoning renewable sector.”
   
   The overspending is largely due to the large uptake of Solar Roof Panels, showing that demand is there and it is unlikely that this demand will fall too much even if the subsidy is less generous.
   
   Renewable technologies are financially supported primarily by subsidies, which are funded through consumer energy bills.
   
   Ms Rudd said that the changes were protecting existing investment.
   
   Ms Leonie Greene from the STA said that “The removal of the ability to pre-accredit a project and lock in at a set level of support, will make it harder to do both commercial rooftop and community solar schemes.”
   
   Over the past few months the Treasury has cut onshore wind subsidies; large-scale solar subsidy; the energy efficiency budget; small-scale solar subsidy; the obligation for new homes to be zero carbon; the escalating tax on polluting industry; and low vehicle excise duty on energy efficient cars.
   
   The report said solar has to be “an inherent part” of the expansion strategies of local independent power producers’ (IPPs) as renewable energy obligations become more enforced and as the price of producing power from coal rises. In the Domestic sphere, only a quarter of applications were in regards to using biomass boilers but this still exceeded the number of applications for Solar Thermal. which only accounted for 18%.
   
   Ms Rudd on Tuesday however cast doubt on whether there would be another auction of CfD renewable support by telling a parliamentary committee she could not confirm it would take place.
   
   The government plans also include reducing subsidies for power stations which convert to biomass, and proposals to review feed-in-tariff schemes.
   
   The solar subsidies add around GBP 3 to bills, she said that “It all adds up doesn’t it?” Ind-Ra sees a limited possibility of support by way of VGF, greater focus on infrastructure creation for the evacuation of solar power and higher possibility of distribution companies meeting their renewable purchase obligation.
   
   It insists that support for solar is one of the cheapest ways that the government can meet its climate change targets.
   
   Source : Press Examiner
   
8. voda 27 juli 2015 20:14

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   Deutsche Bank sees solar winning coal in India by 2019-20
   
   A recent report of Deutsche Bank said that investments in India’s solar industry will exceed those in coal by the year 2019-20. Also, solar power generation will result in reducing coal consumption by 70 million tonnes, saving USD 17 billion.
   
   Mr Abhishek Puri, Research Analyst at the German bank, said that “Global majors have committed USD 35 billion to the Indian solar sector. By 2020, annual solar power capacity additions and investments could surpass those in coal power projects.”
   
   The bank expects solar power capacity in India to touch 34 GW by 2020. This is on the back of strong commissioning, even stronger pipeline, under construction about 5.1 GW and new projects 15 GW.
   
   By 2020, renewables could account for a significant 20% of power capacities in India. Private sector interest is decisively moving towards solar from coal power, and we foresee numerous opportunities of fund-raising, yieldco structuring and M&A activity.
   
   The report estimates that solar project will yield a 19% return on equity over the lifetime of the project. It said that “We caution however that data/financials from operators/developers are limited. Nonetheless, data from the first round of solar installations are encouraging and provide around 20% plant load factors.”
   
   Given the momentum in solar power capacity addition and slowing new coal project additions, the bank expects solar capex to overtake that of coal by 2019-20 and capacity addition to overtake coal in 2020-21, if not earlier.
   
   The report notes that the domestic players are unlikely to see much benefit as the majority of PV cells are likely to be imported, given the small scale of domestic PV manufacturers and therefore, lack of cost competitiveness.
   
   Source : Business Line
   
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   NSE koopt Duitse solarparken
   
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   BORCULO (AFN) - New Sources Energy (NSE) heeft een overeenkomst gesloten voor de overname van twee solarparken in Duitsland. Dat maakte het beursgenoteerde energiebedrijf dinsdag bekend.
   
   NSE legt 7,2 miljoen euro op tafel voor de solarparken Kleinschwabhausen en Altentreptow. Volgens het bedrijf leveren beide parken de komende zestien jaar naar verwachting gezamenlijk een netto bijdrage 450.000 euro per jaar.
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    How solar power transforming India's energy market
    
    Clean Technica reported that there is great cause for being optimistic about the transformative power of India’s solar market. In the first part of this series, I outlined the drivers that currently propel the market into an entirely new dimension: real growth on the ground, highly competitive tariffs, and enormous investor interest. However, the optimism remains tapered as real challenges remain.
    
    Here are my main concerns:
    
    Margins: It remains difficult to earn money on solar projects in India. There is strong competitive pressure on tariffs and that percolates down through the entire value chain, leaving bare-bone equity returns of around 15%, if at all. Many of the larger Indian corporates, by comparison, would not enter a business that does not offer an equity return of at least 20%. In many other Indian markets, such margins are attainable. Under Bridge To India’s technical and financial assumptions, for instance, SkyPower’s record low bid of INR 5 per kWh yields a return of 12%. That seems hardly worth the trouble.
    
    Why is investor interest so high, then?
    
    Leaving aside a group of players who are overoptimistic, take undue risk, or lack market information and a (relatively small) group of players who muscle into the market with strategic pricing, there is a widespread assumption that building a portfolio of projects generates value above the returns of individual projects and that there will be attractive ways of refinancing later.
    
    Weak grids, weaker discoms: The Indian electricity grid suffers from high losses, frequent technical failures, and a lack of monitoring and maintenance. It is quite far from being a “smart grid”. In order to absorb much more infirm renewable power, the grid has to be bolstered significantly. The trouble is, the utilities are in very bad financial shape. Their cumulative losses are around USD 50 billion, with annual losses of around USD 10 billion. This financial situation makes utilities reluctant grid investors and non-bankable PPA counterparts.
    
    To its credit, the government recognises the problem and has some good ideas of how to deal with it. One such idea is to unbundle the Indian utilities in order to separate the sale of power from grid infrastructure services. If that happens, the grid could become a functioning economic entity with sufficient funds to invest into improvements and expansion. The trouble is, utilities are owned by India’s states. Some will likely move ahead fast, while others will lag behind.
    
    Power pricing: This is a key immediate concern. Different tariff groups in India pay different rates for power. Industrial and commercial customers pay most and cross-subsidise agricultural customers, whose tariffs range between USD 0 cents and USD 3 cents per kWh. Since the cross-subsidy amount is insufficient, there is a deficit.
    
    Utilities often prefer to load-shed, rather than supply power to agricultural customers at a loss. A part if India’s power deficit is, therefore, by design. This limits utilities’ interest in buying any new power at all, whether coal, solar, or other, and is a serious roadblock for the growth of India’s power sector as a whole. The rationalisation of power tariffs is thus a key task to enable not only the Indian solar market to grow, but to ensure a healthy overall electricity sector and the provision of reliable power to consumers.
    
    Source : Clean Technica
    
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    Rolta Power and Zhenfa New Energy targets 2 GW solar projects in India
    
    PV Tech reported that India-based module manufacturer Rolta Power and China-based Zhenfa New Energy Science and Technology Company have signed a MoU to develop 2 GW of solar projects in India.
    
    Mr Aditya K Singh, MD of Rolta Power, said that the companies expect to generate USD 2 billion of revenue by 2020.
    
    The projects are also expected to create 2,000 jobs over this period.
    
    Rolta Power said that the firms will look at both joint EPC and project development opportunities in the wake of the Indian government’s 'unwavering policy' regarding solar and its 100 GW by 2022 deployment target.
    
    Mr Singh said that “As per the MoU, the partnership enables us to share our revenue with Zhenfa, a win-win scenario for both the companies. With our 2020 vision, we believe that through this partnership we can together install at least 2 GW by the year 2020.”
    
    Mr Zhenfa Zha, chairman of Zhenfa, said that “We have been exploring the Indian market for some time and are happy to have found the right and able partner like Rolta Power for our India interests. We will bring our extensive EPC skills and advanced technologies to construct utility-scale solar stations, supplying electricity to millions of consumers in India and play an essential and responsible role to help alleviate the severe shortage of power supply and improve the ecology.”
    
    Source : PV Tech
    

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    Japan plans to fund solar power parks in India
    
    Clean Techinca reported that the Japanese International Cooperation Agency has finalised plans to fund solar power parks in various states of India.
    
    According to the recent announcement, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency plans to invest USD 500 million into the Indian solar parks. Other multilateral institutions like the World Bank, KfW, the European Investment Bank, and the Asian Development Bank also plan to provide low-cost debt financing for large-scale and rooftops solar power projects.
    
    The Indian government plans to set up 25 of these solar parks across the various states. Out of total 100GW solar power installation by 2022, about 20 GW is expected to come from solar parks.
    
    Over the years, the Indian solar power market has attracted significant foreign investment. The Indian government expects a total investment of USD 160 billion in the country’s renewable energy sector over the next 5 years. A large portion of this is expected to come from international private project developers and development banks, although Indian banks have started raising funds through green bonds as well.
    
    The government may also consider launching tax-free green infrastructure bonds to attract domestic long-term investments. In February, Indian banks and foreign investors pledged to provide funding worth USD 57 billion for renewable energy capacity addition in the country.
    
    According to earlier reports, the Indian government was in talks with various international development banks to raise USD 3 billion for the National Solar Mission. The government has already signed agreements with the US Trade and Development Agency and the US Export-Import Bank for a total debt funding of USD 3 billion. Currently India’s solar installed capacity is approximately 4 GW, meaning that it has to add 96 GW over the next 7 years.
    
    Source : Clean Techinca
    
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    Renewable energy powers up rural India - Report
    
    The Wall Street Journal reported that a small field of solar panels on the outskirts of this rural district was built to generate energy for a cellphone tower. Now it also supplies electricity to local residents who have suffered from chronic power shortages for decades.
    
    Hoping to ride India’s cellphone revolution, some small Indian startups are trying to bring more reliable power to the country’s rural regions using mini electricity plants, powered by renewable alternative-energy sources such as solar, wind and biogas.
    
    But reaching out to the subcontinent’s backwaters can be expensive and risky, so Gurgaon-based Omnigrid Micropower Company has developed a business model where it sets up its small solar-power plants near cellular towers to guarantee reliable income from telecommunications companies before it starts serving villagers.
    
    Mr Kamlesh Kumar, 34 years old, who has a small general store in Hardoi, has seen sales soar as the affordable and reliable power now lets him stay open at night. He said that “When it used to become dark in the evening, we would just shut shop early. Now we close late.”
    
    Omnigrid is part of a growing network of small renewable-power companies trying to light up India’s hard-to-reach rural regions. Roughly 40 companies already serve remote villages and businesses with small plants that use renewable energy, according to a report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc and the Climate Group, a UK-based environmental organization. They help bring power to approximately 100,000 households, a number that is expected to grow to reach millions.
    
    The companies want to use solar energy to replicate the success of the cellular-phone-service industry. Despite decades of government spending on phone lines, it wasn’t until private-sector cellular companies came along that hundreds of millions of Indians got their first phones. This became possible because the companies were able to use cellular technology to untangle themselves from costly and hard-to-build networks of wires.
    
    Renewable energy could offer a similar solution for remote areas, because it is created and consumed in the same region and doesn’t require massive power plants and hundreds of kilometers of power lines.
    
    Source : The Wall Street Journal
    
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    SolarCity plans to bring solar power to small and midsize firms
    
    SolarCity Corporation wants to deck the rooftops of small and midsize businesses with solar panels by offering a new financing strategy to a market that the company says has largely gone untapped.
    
    Mr Lyndon Rive, CEO of SolarCity, who plans to announce the San Mateo, said that “Companies that lease the solar panels from SolarCity would be able to save 5% to 25% compared with their current electric bills.”
    
    Businesses with potential for solar arrays of less than 500 kilowatts made up less than 40% of commercial solar installations in the first quarter of 2015. Solar arrays under 100 kilowatts were less than 10% of commercial installations.
    
    SolarCity's target is businesses that would use small solar arrays ranging from 30-kilowatt systems that a mom-and-pop store would use to a 500-kilowatt system designed for a warehouse or storage facility. The company plans to make the leasing plan available to businesses first in California and then expand in the next year.
    
    Mr Rive said that "No solar company has successfully addressed this market on a large scale. Why don't these companies have solar on those roofs? There's no product available to them."
    
    He said that “The trouble is that it generally has cost too much to develop and install a solar array on the roofs of small businesses. The solar companies had to spend time customizing the system, which created design costs and legal fees. And with installation of the panels farmed out to subcontractors, the deal never made economic sense.”
    
    Mr Rive said that "It's the same work to get a 1,000-kilowatt system as a 50-kilowatt system. The work proportional to the profit doesn't make sense."
    
    Mr Sean Gallagher, VP for state affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Assn, said that small businesses have had difficulty obtaining financing for solar projects because their creditworthiness can be difficult to assess. And when the state cuts incentives, small businesses often lack the resources to pursue solar.
    
    He said that "Companies that solve these issues effectively face a large and growing demand, which has often been stymied to date and is poised to take off."
    
    Including solar in new home construction would be the most cost effective. I see new construction all over my city and many or most of them are three story home/business combinations with a patio deck on the roof. No place for solar and bad planning.
    
    SolarCity expects to keep costs down by using the company's own installers and employing a simple panel design that has reduced installation to as little as two days from two to three weeks. SolarCity also will tap Property Assessed Clean Energy financing programs, which attach the solar lease agreement to the property where the panels are installed and allow repayment of upfront costs over 20 years as part of the property tax bill.
    
    Source : LA Times
    
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    Hallo zonnepanelen (en zonne- energie) fans.
    
    Enige tijd geleden meldde ik al dat ik 10 panelen (260wP), dus in totaal 2.6 kWp gekocht had. De paar dagen in maart tel ik even niet mee.
    
    Opbrengst in april 343 kWh. (Dit was een extreem zonnige maand)
    Opbrengst in mei 381 kWh. (Een erg koele maand (wel goed voor de opbrengst))
    Opbrengst in juni 2015 389 kWh. (dit had de top-maand moeten worden, een vooral koude zonnemaand met relatief weinig zon.)
    En de juli maand 364 kWh. (Laatste week viel erg tegen, zwaar weer, weer record met de juli storm, veel regen).
    
    Totaal vanaf start nu 1,501 kWh (in totaal 131 dagen)
    
    
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    Saudi solar power project built on USD 49 per MWh contract
    
    PV Tech is reporting that Saudi Electric Company has agreed to build a 50 MW solar PV power project under a power purchase agreement paying a rate of 0.1875 Ruyals per kilowatt-hour or USD 49 per MW-hour (MWh) without any additional subsidy.
    
    The project will be built by Taqnia Energy and co-developed by Saudi Electric Company and the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology. These two companies are already co-operating on another 40 MW solar project as part of a desalination plant.
    
    The projects forms part of a broader USD 145 billion push by the Saudi Government to invest in solar power to free-up more oil for the more lucrative export market instead of domestic power generation.
    
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    Ms Clinton plans to power US homes with renewable energy in 10 year
    
    Computer World reported that democratic presidential candidate Ms Hillary Clinton last week spelled out her renewable energy policy plans: Have more than half a billion solar panels installed throughout the nation in her first term and generate enough renewable energy to power every home in America.
    
    While those goals may sound overly ambitious, experts said they're not.
    
    Ms Clinton's plan would boost wind, solar, and other renewables so that they'd provide 33% of America's electricity by 2027. The proposal includes increasing US installed solar capacity from 21 GW to 140GW by the end of 2020, a seven-fold increase.
    
    She said that "Over the next few months I'll lay out a comprehensive agenda to meet the climate challenge and make America the clean energy superpower. We're on the cusp of a new era."
    
    Mr Shayle Kann, senior vice president at GTM Research, wrote in a response after Ms Clinton's announcement that "In short, yes, but with a few caveats."
    
    Ms Clinton's target can be reached if the US solar market grows at an annual rate of 32% from 2017 to 2020. But that will happen only do that if current tax incentives remains in place, they're currently scheduled to expire and if other programs set in place by the Obama administration continue without being cut.
    
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    DJB to use solar energy to power its installations
    
    Indian Express reported that taking a step towards reducing its expenditure on electricity, the Delhi Jal Board announced that it was considering solar energy as an alternate source of power for running its installations.
    
    In this financial year, the DJB has planned to harness solar energy amounting to 20KW by setting up solar photovoltaic systems at various places. A senior official said that “We will install grid connected rooftop solar PV systems at different installations and use the electricity generated for running them.”
    
    According to DJB officials, the project is aimed at generating energy with low maintenance costs.
    
    The DJB official said that “Once the PV panels have been installed and are working at maximum efficiency, there is only a small amount of maintenance required each year to ensure that the panels are in working order.”
    
    With the project being undertaken in three phases, the first step would involve the installation of grid connecting rooftop solar power at booster pumping stations and water treatment plants in Haiderpur, Sonia Vihar, Bawana and Bhagirathi.
    
    Elaborating on the second phase of the project, the official said that “Phase-II of the implementation will extend the project and includes 25 years of comprehensive operation and maintenance at various sewage treatment plants and booster pumping stations.” The third phase would involve setting up solar power systems in unused open spaces owned by the DJB.
    
    Officials said that while the project is expected to generate 2.1 crore units, the measure is expected to result in an annual saving of INR 3 crore.
    
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    India's biggest solar power auction brings further drop in costs
    
    Sydney Morning Herald reported that India's biggest auction for solar energy yet brought a further reduction in prices, with companies such as SkyPower of Canada and SunEdison of the US competing with local firms.
    
    Acme Cleantech Solutions and Mytrah Energy emerged as the top winners in bids to build 2,000 MW of solar farms in the southern state of Telangana. Together, they reaped 763 MW of contracts.
    
    The result showed progress in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal to install 100 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022 in order to expand India's electricity production while limiting pollution. The country currently has 4 gigawatts of solar capacity, or 4,000 MW. A gigawatt is about is as much as a nuclear reactor produces.
    
    Mr Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said that "This year's weighted average bid price is likely to fall below INR 6 a KWh, which would be about 15% lower than the 2014 average."
    
    Mr Dilip Kumar, superintendent engineer at Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana, said that “SkyPower, which is based in Toronto, submitted the lowest bid, quoting a tariff of INR 5.17 per KWh, which won it a contract to develop a 200 MW solar farm.”
    
    Overseas developers entering the Indian market are reducing the cost of solar farms, forcing local companies to lower the rates they're seeking. The full breakdown of winners from this auction will take a few more days to finalise.
    
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21. voda 5 augustus 2015 20:27

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    First Solar defends plans to make cheaper and better Solar Panels
    
    Forbes reported that First Solar executives discussed their Q2 earnings on Tuesday and analysts were keen to know if the company can execute a plan to produce more efficient and cheaper solar panels while still meeting demand during what will be a busy year of solar power project construction before a key tax credit is set to end.
    
    Mr Mark Widmar, CFO, said during the earnings call that “The Arizona solar panel maker and project developer has been fine-tuning a new manufacturing recipe on a production line, and now it plans to roll out those changes to the rest of its factories in the United States and Malaysia by the end of 2015. That production line with the new tech can produce solar panels that convert 16.2% of sunlight to electricity, compared with the 15.4% average for the rest of the production lines. The goal is to get to that 16.2% for all production lines by the end of this year.”
    
    The technology change is part of a larger plan by First Solar to stay competitive against a sea of low-cost solar panel makers. The company announced in June that it was able to create a prototype cadmium-telluride solar panel with over 18% efficiency, which it pointed out as being more efficient than the world record-holding multicrystalline silicon solar panel. The implication is that First Solar is narrowing in on its chief rivals, the silicon solar panel makers, who control over 80% of the global market.
    
    The technology improvement is good news. But analysts wanted to know if First Solar could also beat its competitors on price. The skepticism prompted a strong reaction from the company executives.
    
    Mr Jim Hughes, CEO, said that “On the technology road map, there’s been some recent commentary that it’s almost like a déjà vu. I feel like I’ve been magically transported back to 2012 in reading about fading cost advantage. I have absolutely no idea where that comment is coming from. The modules we are producing today are higher efficiency, higher quality and lower cost than anything we’ve ever produced.”
    
    Mr Widmar followed up by saying that the company has demonstrated its ability to boost performance, from the sunlight-to-electricity conversion rate to the ability of its panels to withstand hot and humid weather, as well as to lower production costs over the last few years.
    
    He said that “Our efficiency road map is in such a way that we are able to drive to higher efficiency and scale the cost down. It’s hard for me to get my head around on how that could all translate into a disadvantage.”
    
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