North Carolina PV developer pitches 78.5 MW project, plans to go public
PV power plant developer Innovative Solar Systems this week announced that its proposed 78.5 MW solar farm in Hope Mills, North Carolina, is fully permitted, underpinned by a 15-year power purchase agreement and ready to break ground.
SunEdison unveils plans for $4bn Indian solar fab
The US solar company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Adani Group to develop India’s largest solar panel factory in the state of Gujarat.
Nautilus Solar secures $39m funding for Ontario DG project
Financing from Rabobank to be steered towards the development of 8 MW of distributed generation solar power plants in the Canadian province.
Greece applies generous net-metering
The Greek government has introduced legislation to facilitate net metering for solar PV arrays. To reward the PV sector for the delay in the policy, Greece has designed a generous net-metering scheme allowing installations up to 500 KW. Is the new law able to kick-start the idle Greek PV sector?
DNV GL to provide grid storage testing to ARPA-E
Renewable energy and sustainability advisory DNV GL has signed a four-year deal to supply performance testing for U.S. government agency ARPA-E. The testing will validate the performance, reliability and safety of grid-tied storage technologies for which Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is providing funding.
Chile: new 80 MW merchant solar project announced
The PV plant is to be constructed by Pacific Solar SA and Greenwood Energy, and will become one of the largest merchant solar plants in the world.
Hanwha Q Cells to evaluate SoLayTec InPassion technology
Dutch research spinoff SoLayTec has announced that Hanwha Q Cells has begun evaluating its atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology. The InPassion ALD can be deployed for PERC upgrades and n-type cell production.
Deal on solar-for-water units signed in Zimbabwe
A deal to push solar energy in Zimbabwe has been reached between oursun Energy and local agricultural equipment manufacturer William Bain Holdings.
JLM Energys second Californian solar-wind-battery off grid residence approved
The second solar-wind battery powered residence in California has been given state approval.
Japan's METI to roll out energy efficiency and storage subsidy
Distributed battery installations are set to receive a boost in Japan, with the country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry set to roll out a $779 million incentive scheme. The scheme will also target energy efficient technologies.
