pv magazine's weekly news round-up
Here we are again, everything you could possibly need to know about this week in solar shoe-horned into one handy email. Those of you old enough can think of it as a sun-drenched That Was The Week That Was.
Spanish summer not bad for solar PV
Although the proportion of electricity generated from solar PV in Spain declined a little this summer, CSP’s share of the mix grew. The country’s PV sector is still dealing with the fallout from last year’s abolition of FIT payments.
IRENA: PV prices have declined 80% since 2008
In a recently published report, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) traces the development of solar photovoltaic and its dramatic decline in costs.
Sanderink buys Wagner Solar
The Dutch group has taken over the insolvent German PV group, which will continue to operate under the Wagner Solar brand and retain 80 employees at its two sites in Hesse.
JinkoSolar connects 100 MW of PV project in China's Jiangsu Province
The company says the Xiangshui project is a landmark ground-mounted solar project that uses land efficiently and combines fish farming and solar power generation.
Hawaii: Distributed storage project launched to stabilize grid
A 1 MW distributed storage project has been launched, that will see 1 MW of distributed storage added behind the meter in Oahu, Hawaii. The storage and control systems will be supplied by Stem.
Solar farms increasingly popular with UK farmers
More and more farmers are combining sheep and chickens with rows of PV panels and producing a double output of food and clean, home-grown power, according to a new report, says the BRE National Solar Centre.
Google provides $145 million for SunEdison solar project on former oilfield
Google’s latest investment in renewable energy is also the largest PV project that SunEdison has begun construction on to date in North America at 82 MW-AC, and its location provides powerful symbolism.
Eltek to supply 300 solar-powered base stations in gulf region.
The Norwegian power solutions group will provide autonomous power systems for mobile telecommunications in the Arab gulf region. Eltek has provided solar powered telecom installations across Africa.
Hanwha SolarOne signs 50 MW module deal with Baotou Shansheng
In its second supply agreement with the Chinese group, Hanwha SolarOne continues to develop solar PV in northern China with total module shipments of 100 MW.
