Weekly Solar News Roundup: July 19-21, 2021

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WEEK 3, JULY 2021

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July 19, 2021
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/19/spotsylvania-solar-project-begins-partial-operation/
The first 259 MW of the behemoth and much-maligned 485 MW
Spotsylvania solar project, developed by AES, have reached
commercial operation.

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July 19, 2021
https://www.energetica-india.net/news/tyler-technologies-signs-agreement-with-nrel-to-help-expand-access-to-residential-solar
SolarAPP+, developed by NREL, is designed to streamline the review
and inspection process for the installation of rooftop solar panels.
Integrating this app into EnerGov will help accelerate and support
the availability and expansion of renewable energy across USA.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/ferc-eyes-transmission-reform-to-ease-us-connection-process/
FERC issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR)
which seeks comment on the potential reforms or revisions, the
first time an ANOPR has been issued in more than a decade.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/baywa-r-e-commissions-largest-two-floating-solar-projects-outside-asia/
The company, together with its Dutch subsidiary GroenLeven, has
commissioned its largest floating PV project to date, the
41.1MWp Sellingen park, as well as the 29.8MWp Uivermeertjes
project.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/investors-pivoting-to-renewables-as-cost-of-energy-drops-and-climate-targets-loom/
Total renewable energy installations hit 260GW last year despite
COVID-19 pressures, which is 50% more than 2019. In contrast, total
fossil fuel capacity dropped to 60GW in 2020 from 64GW in 2019.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/19/china-added-13-gw-of-solar-to-the-end-of-june/
China’s National Energy Administration has announced solar
power generation capacity in the nation hit 268 GW at the end
of last month, marking a 23.7% rise from the volume deployed
at the same point last year.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/ppas-driving-ground-mounted-solar-deployment-in-spain-as-2020-installs-reach-2-8gwp/
In terms of self-consumption projects, 596MW was deployed in
Spain last year, the highest ever amount in the country and up
30% on 2019.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/tokyo-2020-hydrogen-shows-promises-of-a-carbon-free-future/
Olympic cauldron powered with hydrogen,
Home to thousands of athletes for several weeks, the Olympic Village is
one demonstration of how this technology can be used in practice. Built
as a miniature hydrogen city, it shows the potential of a first full-scale
hydrogen infrastructure.
The hydrogen will also fuel athlete buses and heat water in the
cafeterias, dormitories, and training facilities. After the Games,
underground pipes will take hydrogen from a production station to
residential blocks. Organisers hope the Olympic Village, as Japan’s first
full-scale hydrogen infrastructure, will leave an impression on future
generations.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 19, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/u-s-seeks-to-speed-rooftop-solar-growth-with-instant-permits/
The Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+) platform,
developed by DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, will
be an optional portal for local governments to process permit
applications automatically.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/britain-eyes-new-body-to-run-its-energy-systems-and-meet-climate-targets/
Britain in 2019 became the first member of the G7 group of
rich countries to set a net zero target for 2050, which will
require a huge increase in renewable electricity and weaning
homes off fossil fuels for heating.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/mainstream-renewable-power-to-develop-new-platform-in-chile/
Humboldt, the first portfolio, will provide 255MW of energy via
the Tata Inti solar farm and the Entre Ríos wind farm, with
construction expected to begin in mid-2022. Mainstream has
signed a long-term bilateral private power purchase agreement
(PPA) with a “strategic partner” for the sites.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/us-solar-sector-urged-to-take-action-to-mitigate-wildfire-risk/
Wildfires are said to have cost the solar industry tens of
millions of dollars in losses over the course of the last decade,
and the risk of further damage is increasing as wildfires grow in
size and severity across the US west.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2021/07/20/aiib-approves-us50-million-for-enel-greens-300-mw-solar-project/
Enel, through its subsidiary EGP India, is setting up the plant in
the Indian State of Rajasthan to supply the power contracted
under a 2 GW solar auction by Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI).

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/us-solar-employers-expect-to-bounce-back-from-workforce-loss-this-year-doe-report-says/
The positive outlook comes after solar PV firms saw the greatest
decline in jobs within the US power generation sector last year,
shedding a net 25,700 workers – a decline of 8.1%.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/new-pv-manufacturing-bases-outside-china-necessary-to-reduce-supply-disruption-india-minister-says/
The module, which is produced at the company’s 1.35 GW factory
in Eumseong County, in South Korea’s North Chungcheong
province, is called AquaMax and is a half-cut monocrystalline PERC
panel built with 156 cells with a size of 166x83mm each.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/generate-capital-secures-us2bn-to-invest-in-sustainable-infrastructure/
The San Francisco-based company builds, owns, operates and
finances sustainable infrastructure, and in the last seven years
has accumulated a portfolio of about US$2 billion of assets
across the energy, waste, water and transport markets.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/20/storage-curtailment-could-support-130-gw-of-pv-in-italy-by-2060/
A mix of storage and curtailment could be strategically key to
achieving 92% penetration of variable renewables at minimal cost in
Italy by 2060, according to a new paper by a group of six researchers.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 20, 2021
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/20/sunrise-brief-longroad-brings-200-mw-of-solar-online-for-microsoft/
Sun Streams 2 enters service with Microsoft as long-term
offtaker. The 200 project is one of four Arizona projects that
Longroad acquired from First Solar.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/sunseap-to-build-2-2gwp-floating-solar-project-on-indonesian-reservoir/
Sunseap signed an agreement with local development authority
BP Batam for construction of the plant, which is expected to span
1,600 hectares and generate more than 2,600GWh of electricity
per year.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/21/go-big-and-go-home-the-case-for-solarizing-30-million-homes/
For context, consider that, as of the end of the first quarter the
U.S. solar industry has installed 102.8 GW of capacity, enough to
power roughly 18.6 million homes. Over the next five years, the
country is expected to install an additional 160 GW.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/21/calpine-and-ge-bring-an-energy-storage-project-online-in-southern-california/
The project contains a 20MW/80MWh (4 hour) standalone
battery energy storage system using GE’s Reservoir energy storage
technology. The system is supported by a 20-year Resource
Adequacy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/solars-unstoppable-growth-puts-sector-on-track-for-terawatt-scale-in-2022-spe/
That installation figure is lower than BloombergNEF‘s 2020 solar
deployment number of 141GW but higher than the 135GW put
forward by the International Energy Agency

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/21/south-africa-installed-1-3-gw-of-pv-last-year/
The country's cumulative capacity reached 4,172 MW at the
end of December and of this capacity, 2,372 MW is represented
by large scale PV.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/bnef-net-zero-could-require-455gw-of-new-solar-capacity-each-year-by-2030-with-20tw-installed-by-2050/
The research and consultancy firm has published the 2021 edition of
its New Energy Outlook, which maps the world’s transition to net zero
status in three specific trajectories labelled ‘Green’, ‘Red’ and ‘Gray’.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/japan-boosts-renewable-energy-target-for-2030-energy-mix/
The industry ministry’s policy draft released on Wednesday says
renewables should account for 36-38% of power supplies in 2030,
double the level of 18% in the financial year to March 2020. The
earlier target was for renewables to contribute 22-24% of
electricity in 2030.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 21, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/21/sahel-wide-group-buying-program-could-drive-solar-home-system-supply/
A study into the challenges facing the roll-out of off-grid solar
power in Africa has recommended a Sahel-wide group buying
program for solar home systems in nations designated ‘fragile'
by the World Bank.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://mercomindia.com/south-korea-allocates-solar-projects/
According to the agency, solar projects with a capacity between
100 kW and 500 kW secured the largest allocation of 639.05
MW, with an average tariff of KRW 138.21 (~$0.120)/kWh.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/analysis-helpless-bystander-siemens-energys-5-9-billion-wind-power-problem/
Siemens Energy holds 67% in Spanish-listed Siemens Gamesa, the
world’s largest maker of offshore wind turbines, a stake it was
handed by former parent Siemens as part of a spin-off last year.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/daqo-new-energys-subsidiary-xinjiang-daqo-completes-its-ipo-process-and-starts-trading-on-the-shanghai-stock-
exchange/
Xinjiang Daqo has issued 300,000,000 shares representing
approximately 15.58% of the total 1,925,000,000 shares
outstanding after the IPO. The shares were issued at a public
offering price of RMB 21.49 per share and the total gross
proceeds of the IPO are approximately RMB 6.45 billion.
losed at RMB 61.11 per share, up 184.4% as compared to the IPO
price.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/ge-renewable-bags-multiple-orders-from-pgcil/
The substations will be evacuating 8.1 gigawatt (GW) of green power
from the state’s solar energy zones. company will provide 13 units of
765 kV transformers and 32 units of 765 kV reactors for the new
substations to be set up by PGCIL in Rajasthan.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/22/heat-pumps-bankable-as-incentive-free-solutions-in-many-applications/
Two Italian experts on heat pumps and PV systems recently spoke
about economies of scale, the European market, and the maturity
of heating tech. The Eurac researchers said currently available heat
pumps can run at -20 C and efficiently provide hot water up to 65 C.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/renewable-energy-could-provide-33-50-of-us-electricity-by-2030-but-unlikely-to-hit-biden-80-target/
The EIA’s Electric Power Monthly report revealed that
renewable energy provided 22.5% of US electricity in the first
four months of 2021. In 2011, the figure was 13.75%

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/duke-energy-to-develop-four-solar-projects-totalling-300mw-in-florida/
With a combined capacity of 300MW, each of the four 74.9MW
facilities will feature single-axis trackers and between 216,000 and
220,000 bifacial modules. Construction is expected to begin in
early 2022 & will take between 9 months & 1 year to complete.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/rec-silicon-progressing-towards-2023-moses-lake-restart-as-biden-policy-agenda-adds-weight-to-business-
case/
Discussing the Norway-headquartered firm’s Q2 2021 results, CEO
Tore Torvund said the company is exploring opportunities created by
the president’s renewables agenda which could add further weight
to a restart of REC Silicon’s fluidised bed reactor (FBR) technology

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/22/polysilicon-shortage-will-continue-through-2021/
That was one of many predictions made by the European solar
industry body – many of them more upbeat – in its flagship Global
Market Outlook For Solar Power 2021-2025 report,

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 22, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/us-infrastructure-bill-at-an-impasse-but-hopes-persist-deadlock-is-short-lived/
US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has failed in a bid to
fast-track the US’ US$1.2 trillion infrastructure investment bill
through the Senate.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 23, 2021
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/23/work-begins-on-115-mw-solar-park-in-the-philippines/
“We aim to transition to cleaner fuel sources by obtaining 1,500
MW of our power requirements from renewable energy in the
next five years,” said Meralco CEO, Ray C. Espinosa.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 23, 2021
https://www.eqmagpro.com/latham-advises-on-453-mln-thailand-india-power-deal/
Latham & Watkins has advised Thailand’s Global Renewable Synergy
Company (GRSC) on its $453 million acquisition of a stake in Indian solar
power company Avaada Energy.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 23, 2021
https://www.pv-tech.org/baywa-r-e-rebrands-enable-energy-as-baywa-r-e-power-solutions/
BayWa r.e. Power Solutions has installed over 100MW of solar,
175MWh of storage (both standalone & solar-plus-storage
installations) and has a project pipeline of 600MW as well as
1GWh of storage.

WWW.SOLAROCTA.COM
July 23, 2021
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/23/nrel-develops-interoperable-scada-protocols-for-pv-inverters/
The new prototype, which the scientists described as deployable in
simple embedded controllers, was developed with two different
protocols: the Distributed Network Protocol 3, which is an open and
optimized protocol developed for Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) systems used by energy utilities to request data
from substations using pre-defined control function command

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