Germany deployed around 411.9 MW of new PV capacity in October, according to the latest figures from federal network agency the Bundesnetzagentur. The country’s cumulative installed solar PV capacity has now reached 56.9 GW. This compares to 406.4 MW in September this year, and 421 MW in October 2020. In the first ten months of 2021, developers connected over 4.4 GW of solar to the grid, compared to 3.92 GW in the same period a year earlier. The country's cumulative solar capacity topped 56.9 GW at the end of September. The German PV market keeps being driven by the segments for installations not exceeding 750 kW in size, which last month achieved a newly-installed PV capacity of 304 MW. Of this capacity, around 292 MW comes from rooftop PV arrays while the remaining share is represented by small-sized solar parks. The Bundesnetzagentur also published new feed-in tariffs which will begin this month. The monthly decrease of solar subsidies remains at 1.4% while fixed feed-in tariffs for rooftop systems will range between €0.07693/kWh and €0.0527/kWh, depending on system size. Source from: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/11/30/germany-deployed-4-42-gw-of-pv-in-first-ten-months-of-2021/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=linkedin

On Nov 29th, 2021, Chinese solar racking supplier, Antaisolar has signed an agreement to provide up to 100MW solar racking for distributed solar projects in China. The deal with DINGJING COMBINE, a company that covers the development, construction and operation of solar projects in China, and is said to has developed over 300MW rooftop solar projects. Antaisolar and DINGJING COMBINE will jointly explore the possibility of rooftop power project development in the countries of mutual interest, as well as exchange knowledge and technical expertise. CEO of Antaisolar, Jasmine Huang expressed optimism about its collaboration with DINGJING COMBINE and mentioned it will further increase our competitiveness in the domestic markets. “ Antaisolar’s innovative and efficient product R&D concept and mature service are highly compatible with our concept of “building a photovoltaic power station with better quality, shorter construction period, and lower construction cost. With their tailor-made advantage for complicated solar project and high quality products, we will be able to explore more low-carbon energy cooperation opportunities in China, ” said by CEO at DINGJING COMBINE.

According to South Korea's renewable energy plan 3020, South Korea is aiming to increase the share of renewable energy to 20 percent by 2030. Its main target is to develop the new capacity from photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy in the country to increase the use of clean energy. Antaisolar has provided MW scale projects to South Korea in partnership with local EPC and developers. Recently, several solar parks has completed construction and added to the grid. This was made possible thanks to strong project development capability and efficient solar mounting system. Both solar park utilized elevated solar racking in order to get maximum solar power generation at site. Aluminum structure with highly pre-assembled supporting beam and pre-installed components before shipment largely quick the installation time and save labor costs. Besides rooftop solar park, ground-mounted and Agri-PV solar projects are also fully operational deploying Antaisolar mounting structure in South Korea. These current and future projects follow South Korea’s pledge to take the country carbon neutral by 2050.

A ground-breaking political declaration among South Africa, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the EU, was made in the ongoing COP26 conference in Glasgow to support South Africa with an accelerated “just energy transition”. The declaration on this new ambitious, long-term Just Energy Transition Partnership will support South Africa’s decarbonization efforts by providing financial aid of USD 8.5 billion, with an aim to achieve the target presented in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions goals. The initial commitment of the amount can be available over the next 3-5 years through various mechanisms including multilateral and bilateral grants, concessional loans, investments, including mobilizing the private sector. On this occasion, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, “South Africa welcomes the commitment made in the Political Declaration to supporting the implementation of our revised Nationally Determined Contribution, which represents our country’s ambitious effort to support the global battle against climate change. “We look forward to a long-term partnership that can serve as an appropriate model of support for climate action from developed to developing countries, recognizing the importance of a just transition to a low carbon, climate-resilient society that promotes employment and livelihoods.” The partnership looks forward to preventing up to 1-1.5 gigatonnes of emissions over the next 20 years duration and assisting South Africa to move away from coal and accelerate its transition towards a clean, climate-resilient economy. The financial support will help it to accelerate investment in renewable energy and the development of new sectors like electric vehicles and green hydrogen, and ensure Eskom acquires funds to re-purpose its coal-fired power stations due to be decommissioned in the next 15 years. It is also required to use the fund to ensure communities dependent on coal mining or coal power stations for jobs have greener alternatives to make a living as part of that process. Source from: https://solarquarter.com/

Recently, Antaisolar announced that one 26MW utility scale solar plant in Cambodia is scheduled to be grid connected at the end of 2021. The solar farm is located in located in Bavet, a special economic zone on the border gate between Cambodia and Vietnam, about 150 kilometers from the capital, Phnom Penh. In consideration of economic and reliability, Antaisolar engineers work on to provide steel solar structure with concrete foundation. In order to guarantee the smooth process of the entire work, Antaisolar technical supporting team came on site to provide installation guidance for nearly three weeks, which largely make it easier and faster for whole installation. The client spoke highly of Antaisolar’s service to meet the special needs of grounding and bonding of solar plant and quick response throughout the entire installation. At present, the development of solar energy in Cambodia is in its infancy. In 2020, solar power generation only account for 3.4% of the total domestic power supply, there exists great untapped potential for solar power. The local area has suffered from power shortages. In an effort to meet the growing demand for electricity and improve the reliability of Cambodia’s power supply, Antaisolar will continue to provide efficient solar racking solution with localization service and contribute to the development of local solar energy.