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California: New group formed to defend net metering
A coalition of solar companies and physicians has been formed in California, to push back against utility company attempts to wind back net metering for solar customers.
SolarReserve awarded $737 million DOE loan guarantee
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded SolarReserve a $737 million conditional commitment loan guarantee for its 110 megawatt (MW) Crescent Dunes solar energy project to be built in Tonopah, Nevada.
PV Legal: Positive PV progress made in legal and administrative barriers
The results of PV Legal’s two year project have found that, overall, "real progress" has been made in removing both legal and administrative photovoltaic barriers. There are still a number of hurdles in place though.
Scheuten supplys solar panels to Netherlands BIPV project
Scheuten Solar has announced it will provide over 3,000 solar panels to Rotterdam’s central train station in the Netherlands. The integrated glass-glass panels will reportedly constitute the country’s largest building-integrated...
4 MW PV system part of US’s biggest Zero Net Energy development
As part of the largest planned Zero Net Energy development in the U.S., SunPower is designing and building a four megawatt photovoltaic installation. The project will comprise both rooftop systems and parking canopies.
Solon to build large scale UK PV park
Solon has started construction on a 408 kilowatt photovoltaic park in the UK. It is expected to be one of the few large-scale solar parks built before the proposed feed-in tariff changes come into play in August.
Work begins on 11 MWp German PV park
IBC Solar has officially begun construction on an over 11 megawatt peak (MWp) photovoltaics park in the German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Scheduled for completion in August, it is expected to be one of the largest...
SDG&E and Soitec sign CPV contracts worth 125 MW
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and subsidiaries of Soitec Solar Development, LLC have signed two 25-year solar contracts worth a total of 125 megawatts (MW) to be generated in the utility’s service territory.
Canada: Schmid sells 60 MW PV module line to Magnum Pv
Marking its entry into the North American market, Schmid has sold a 60 megawatt photovoltaic module line to Ontario-based Magnum Pv.
Hundreds protest against Australian solar tariff reductions
Angry solar panel owners in Australia have protested across the state of New South Wales today after the new coalition government decided to alter the funding for solar installations, including dropping the feed-in tariff from 60...
Suntech expands Arizona PV facility
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has introduced a third production shift at its photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The expansion has created an additional 30 jobs.
GCL-Poly begins construction on 5 MW San Diego project
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited has begun construction on a five megawatt photovoltaics project, located in the U.S.’s San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD).
Ecuador adopts FITs
The electricity authority of Ecuador has adopted a system of feed-in tariffs for the development of renewable energy. The regulations cover both continental Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.
Enfinity competes French PV systems worth 18.2 MW
Enfinity has completed two photovoltaic projects in France totalling 18.2 megawatts (MW). The systems represent the renewable energy company’s largest ground-based arrays in the country.
REC completes 1.8 MW PV system for Ikea
REC Solar has completed a 1.8 megawatt photovoltaic system for Ikea in California. It is said to be the second-largest commercial system of its kind in the state, and the sixth largest in the U.S.
Constellation Energy undertakes 5.38 MW Toys“R”Us PV project
Constellation Energy is currently developing a 5.38 megawatt photovoltaics installation for Toys“R”Us at the retailer’s distribution center in Flanders, New Jersey.
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