Emiliano Bellini
NPC Incorporated posts 346% revenue growth in first nine months of fiscal year ending 8/2017
The Japanese equipment provider also reported a profit of JPY 446 million ($4.0 million) for the first three quarters of the current fiscal year.
France’s 500 MW tender for large-scale solar concludes with average price of €55.5 /MWh
Overall, the French government allocated 507.6 MW in the tender, which was open to ground-mounted PV systems between 500 kW and 17 MW in size.
Recom resumes manufacturing activities at French factory
The German-headquartered solar manufacturer, which acquired the manufacturing facility from insolvent French module maker Sillia in June, said the factory has already orders totaling 20 MW.
Solaria Energía buys 10.9 MW solar plant in southern Spain
The Spanish company acquired the solar park, located in the region of Extremadura, for €61.5 million.
Iran sees number of solar parks under construction or coming online increase
Another 20 MW solar plant was connected to the grid in the Iranian southeastern province of Kerman, where at the same time construction started on a 100 MW PV facility.
Mexico’s PV capacity reached 389 MW at the end of 2016
The newly installed PV power for 2016 was approximately 219 MW, according to new data released by the government.
ABB bags 102 MW inverter order from Jordan
The company’s devices will be used for the Mafraq I and Mafraq II projects, which are being developed by Fotowatio.
Two more 2 MW PV project proposals submitted to Albanian authorities
Overall, 11 similar proposals for PV and hydropower projects of up to 2 MW have been filed to date by the Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry.
Spanish government provides auction’s official numbers: allocated solar capacity reaches 3.9 GW
Around 3,909 MW of solar was assigned in yesterday’s auction. This is 400 MW more than what Spanish solar association UNEF had estimated in its provisional forecast.
Spain’s auction allocates 3.5 GW of PV capacity
Solar had the largest share in Spain’s renewable energy auction, leaving wind power, which won all the allocated capacity in the previous auction, with just 720 MW.
