First A credit rating for an Indian solar plant
Rajasthan project receives A rating by CRISIL, a division of S&P’s McGraw Hill Corp.
Indonesia: Auctions to award solar projects
Indonesia has decided to embark on using the auction system to award solar power projects. 172.5 MW of capacity are in the pipelines to be auctioned.
Lower revenue for Aleo Solar in the first half of 2013
Module manufacturer Aleo Solar AG has reported that it expects a plunge in revenue. The profound decline in demand in Europe and the price erosion have been quoted as reasons.
Conergy files for insolvency
German solutions provider Conergy filed for insolvency on Friday at the Hamburg District Court. Subsidiaries Mountain Systems and Conergy SolarModule also opened insolvency proceedings. Conergy’s management board expects German employees will recevie state-funded “insolvency wages” for the next three months.
Juwi commissions solar plants in France and Japan
Juwi installs 10.5 MW plant in southern France. Company claims the development was nothing to do with the government call-for-tender system, launched in 2011.
Chile's energy and mining ministers inaugurate 2.3 MW plant
Solar park in the northern Chilean region of Arica y Parinacota will provide energy to mining company Quiborax. New PV plant inaugurated yesterday by government ministers is the country’s largest to date.
Romania installs 175.5 MW of new PV in six months
Romania reaches 203.5 MW of installed PV capacity of which 175.5 MW has been electrified in the first half of 2013. Country’s PV pipeline amounts to 2.7 GW in coming years.
EU trade case: Short-term compromise becomes evident
The tendency is mounting towards a possible short-term agreement in the ongoing trade dispute between the EU and China. According to the EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht’s spokesperson, the EU is doing everything in its power to negotiate a solution in the short-term. Nevertheless the EU has not officially reacted to the compromise proposal from China for a minimum export price for modules amounting to 0.50/Watt (US$0.65) as well as an annual export volume cap of 10 GW.
Apple plans new solar array in Reno
Technology giant Apple will be developing a new solar array in Reno, Nevada in the U.S. The goal is to power the company’s data center in Reno completely with renewable energy. Apple will work together with the local utility NV Energy Inc.
Gehrlicher Solar erects 9 MWp projects in Romania
Gehrlicher Solar has finished construction on three ground-mounted systems in Romania with a total capacity of 9 MWp and is currently building additional projects of 5 MWp. It will soon have a total of 23 MWp of installed capacity in the country.
