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3 August 2020
Covid-19 may provide an opportunity for economic stimulus and recovery efforts to boost clean energy transition in India, says GlobalData
Covid-19 has given birth to some solid challenges across the Indian power and transport value chain in the form of liquidity limitations, logistics, supply-demand challenges and shifts in consumer demand...
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3 August 2020
US utility-scale solar PV installation improves even as Covid-19 may dampen 2020 installation outlook, says GlobalData
The Covid-19 outbreak has disrupted the value chains and impacted power industries worldwide. The US solar industry is no different from the situation with the Q1 witnessing record installations in...
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3 August 2020
Solar PV short-term outlook to remain unchanged as the industry expects stimulus measures in Covid-19 recovery packages, says GlobalData
Covid-19 has disrupted the global supply chain, making it difficult for solar PV developers to pursue project development activities, and impacted the annual installed solar capacity this year. However, the...
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31 July 2020
Firms shortlisted for UAE waste-to-energy package
Three firms are understood to have been shortlisted for the transaction advisory contract for the two planned waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in Abu Dhabi and Al-Ain in the UAE. The firms are: Sumitomo...
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21 July 2020
The government should rescue India’s power sector suffering from reduced demand due to Covid-19
Amid the Covid-19-induced countrywide lockdown, electricity consumption in India plummeted considerably. The electricity consumption in April 2020 was 18.1% and 15.1% lower than what it was in February and March...
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17 July 2020
Safe harbour timeframe extension to provide some respite to Covid-19-affected US renewable developer
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused major supply chain disruptions in the US, leading to halts in renewables development. As the developers faced difficulty in meeting the deadline to start operations...
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17 July 2020
Solar sector to reap benefits as solar irradiance improves due to Covid-19 lockdown
With the lockdowns being implemented during April, the Indian electricity load patterns shifted significantly. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), in comparison to 2019, the generation from the solar...
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17 July 2020
Argentina’s renewable electricity generation on track for 2025 target despite Covid-19 disruptions
Argentina’s attempts to continue expanding renewable energy capacity addition is not expected to be disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. By 2025, the renewable electricity generation is anticipated to be in...
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17 July 2020
India’s power generation still far away from normal, says GlobalData
Due to the country-wide Covid-19 lockdown during April and May 2020 in India, electricity generation witnessed a reduction owing to reduced electricity demand. Subsequently, the year-on-year generation saw a reduction...
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17 July 2020
Japan takes Covid-19 opportunity to undergo green shift and cut down on carbon emissions
During the Covid-19 pandemic utilities turned their attention from coal-based generation to renewables. Japan is using the opportunity provided by the pandemic where the government over a decade plans to...