Solar for Gaza
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiative is helping to bring solar power to electricity starved schools, hospitals and water facilities in Palestine’s Gaza Strip.
Final module installed at Nevada's 250 MW Copper Mountain solar plant
Cupertino Electric fits last of more than one million solar modules at the Nevada PV plant, which has been developed by Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development.
Germany, Japan partner on PV grid integration, power-to-gas tech
The collaboration between Japan’s Gifu University and Germany’s ZSW is expected to create better conditions for the “efficient transfer of research results into the marketplace.”
UK: No CfD-backed large-scale solar for next fiscal year
The two solar PV projects that secured a strike price of 50 pounds per MWh under the first Contracts for Difference tender for 2015/16 will not go ahead, administrators have revealed.
Texas microgrid to integrate nine DG sources with storage
Three U.S. companies have combined efforts to deliver a microgrid capable of integrating nine different distributed generation (DG) sources to optimize renewable generation and storage utilization and deliver reliable power. S&C Electric Company, Schneider Electric and transmission and distribution company Oncor have partnered to deliver the project.
China dispatch: Violent sand storms hit PV projects in northwest China
Violent sand storms have hit northwest China this week, affecting several PV projects currently under construction. The worst of the sand storm activity took place on Tuesday.
GE Energy Financial invests in 96.2 MW solar plant in Japan
Energy financing arm of General Electric to partner with Japanese power plant developer Pacifico Energy on construction of the plant, in the prefecture of Miyazaki.
BayWa r.e. brings 85 MW of UK solar online in time for ROC
The German renewable energy company has successfully connected four large-scale solar PV projects in England, securing the renewable obligation certificate at a rate of 1.4 for all plants.
Solar Frontier's 150 MW Tohoku fab complete, ramp-up phase begins
Japanese thin film manufacturer to use ramp-up phase to test and verify its new CIS line technology as the company seeks larger share of global thin film market.
China's first PV-biomass power plant now in operation
Combined solar PV and biomass power generation plant is the first of its kind in China. 1.44 MW solar element due to come online later this month.
