RenewEconomy. Retail parity – known as socket parity – for rooftop solar is a reality in many countries, including Australia. What has been a bigger challenge for the solar industry is to attain wholesale parity – where the cost of solar farms can compete with the prevailing wholesale price of … [continued]
SunEdison has announced that it has signed an agreement with Antofagasta Minerals S.A. to set up 69.5 MW solar power project at a copper mine in Chile.
Time for some more solar news. Enjoy! The solar-powered water wheel pictured above can collect 50,000 pounds of trash per day. (Solar Love) If you want a rundown of the politics of solar energy, this article by Carter Lavin is it. He covers 5 things we should all know about solar … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. One of the world’s biggest solar manufacturers and project developers, the US-based First Solar, has predicted that utility-scale solar costs in Australia will halve over the next five years, becoming cheaper than wind energy by 2020. First Solar says this should mean that large-scale solar takes … [continued]
The Spain-based renewable energy developer Acciona Energia will soon be entering the Chilean market — with its debut being the development of the 7.2 MW first phase of a 300 MW “mega-project” being built in the country’s extremely sunny Atacama Desert. Image Credit: Flag via Flickr CC Acciona Energia will … [continued]
Latin America is one of the world’s hottest solar markets, but unique market dynamics challenge new projects. Here are three lessons learned to help developers succeed.
The giant Atacama Desert cradling solar panels is a beautiful image. Find the middle of Chile’s Atacama Desert and take a look — the largest solar PV plant in Latin America has come online. SunEdison has established the 100MW Amanecer solar power plant in this vast desert of Chili. The plant … [continued]
Construction has now begun on the 60 MW Lalackama solar PV power plant and the 40 MW Chañares solar PV power plant in northern Chile, according to recent reports. The projects — budgeted at $180 million — are being constructed by Italy-based Enel Green Power. Once completed, they will generate … [continued]
One of the biggest names in the whole of the solar PV industry, JinkoSolar, recently announced that it has signed on to supply the PV modules for two large projects in Chile. In total, about 100 MW worth of modules will be supplied for the two projects. The two new … [continued]
We’ve been writing “grid parity is coming,” “grid parity is coming,” “grid parity is coming,” for so long that it’s sometimes surprising when new regions cross over to grid parity. Some of the latest additions to the grid parity pie are the commercial sectors in Italy, Spain, & Germany. Check out the … [continued]
