Installations

As the PV market matures with the growing installed base, a range of auxiliary services and business opportunities have appeared. One of which is the provision of O&M services, in particular maintenance services including cleaning. Jay A. Welsh, the General Manager of Solar Maid spotted this trend and has see demand for “janitorial” O&M services grow.

Opportunity labeled Solar Powering America by Recognizing Communities designed to establish technical assistance program for local governments to drive greater PV deployment.

The Taiwanese solar cell manufacturer may merge its operation or seek to relocate as the company aims to stay competitive in face of stinging US tariffs.

Despite announcing goal to be greenest government ever, UK coalition found to have invested 300 times more on fossil fuels than renewable energy over course of tenure.

A staged plan to build what would be the largest solar PV plant in Australia, and possibly the largest yet proposed in the world, has been granted planning approval in the northeast state of Queensland.

The 550 MW project, which uses First Solar’s thin-film modules, was inaugurated yesterday during gathering of 150 federal, state and local officials.

Report by energy research company Wood Mackenzie points to solar as the one technology with the capacity to transform energy markets in same way shale did.

The U.S. renewable energy developer will begin work on the installation towards the end of this year having been awarded the contract by Scatec Solar.

This month, ABB will roll out its PRO-33 string inverter globally, in what it says is an important indication of Power-One’s successful integration into the global company.

The US tracker company announces funding benchmark on back of growth that saw manufacturing capacity double.