Australia’s Darwin airport goes solar It is expected to meet up to 100% of the airport’s peak energy demand in the middle of the day and to generate 25% of the airport’s overall energy needs. Flickr: Ken Hodge Darwin international Airport has started to use power from a 4MW solar PV solar array developed by Northern Territory-based firm CAT projects. The first stage of the array will provide a sig...

India has now surpassed 8GW of installed solar PV capacity, according to figures from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). Only last week, the ministry said the capacity was around 7.8GW at the end of June, but the country has now hit 8,062MW as of the end of July, an increase of 257MW in a month. The states with more than 200MW are: Rajasthan – 1,295MW Tamil Nadu – 1,267MW Gujarat – 1...

Amtech’s solar revenues provide benchmark for PV cell capex trends into 2017 If Amtech’s share of PV cell capex remains close to 2016 levels (circa 4%), then a decline in solar revenues would be expected, given the forecast for PV cell capex to decline to 2015 levels. Image: Amtech Systems During the period 2006 to 2011, equipment spending for solar manufacturing was a really big deal for capital ...