German gas provider Gasag to deploy 40 MW of PV in eastern Germany
The PV plants will be located in the region of Brandenburg, and will require an investment of €32 million.
Hanwha Q-Cells to inaugurate Turkey panel factory in November
The winning consortium of Turkey’s tender for a 1 GW solar PV plant in Konya has announced its plan to also inaugurate a panel factory in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, in November. pv magazine provides an update on the 1 GW PV plant and the solar panel factory.
Puerto Rico plans to add 240 MW of solar by June 2019
The new PV capacity will be part of a plan to add 1.5 GW of new generation capacity and to address the state of emergency of the country’s electricity system.
World Bank finances Niger’s off-grid solar initiative with $50 million
The funds, provided by the International Development Association (IDA), will finance a project aimed at increasing access to electricity in rural and semi-urban areas of the Republic of Niger.
Energyra to build solar module factory in the Netherlands
The manufacturing facility will have an initial capacity of 100 MW and will produce both mono and polycrystalline modules.
Quercus buys 18.4 MW of solar plants in southern Italy
Including these new plants, the company owns now around 100 MW of PV assets in Italy.
BECE forecasts sharply higher H1 profit
Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy (BECE) expects its consolidated net profit to soar by 700% to 800% year on year in the first half of 2017, based on a preliminary review of its unaudited results.
U.S. legislators pressure ITC to reject trade petition
A bipartisan group of congressmen cite the possibility of devastating job losses as a reason to reject the Suniva/SolarWorld Section 201 trade case, one day before the commission hears testimony.
Panasonic’s Q1 profit widens to $445 million
Panasonic reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of ¥48.8 billion ($445.1 million) in the first quarter of the current fiscal year — up sharply from ¥29.2 billion a year earlier — despite a decline in sales of its solar panels.
SolarWorld resumes activities with 700 MW and 515 employees
The German manufacturer will focus on the production of PERC solar cells and bifacial glass-glass modules in the future.
