Argentine municipality of Nonogasta to welcome 42 MWdc solar plant
The solar venture will be created via a $40 million investment and will employ more than 150 people during its construction phase, the Argentinian province of Nueva Rioja has confirmed.
Photon Energy is developing a 316 MW PV power plant in Australia
The 590-ha-project is currently undergoing several studies and procedures. Yet it is not clear when construction of the power plant will begin nor whether Photon Energy oversees installation of the panels.
Hevel Group doubles solar module output to 160 MW following heterojunction embrace
The Russian solar firm has begun manufacturing heterojunction solar modules at its PV plant in Novocheboksarsk in the Chuvash Republic, thereby doubling its output capacity to 160 MW.
Morocco secures $25 million loan for a NOOR hybrid solar project
As part of the NOOR multi-site and multi-technology solar power project, a hybrid CSP-PV system, whose total capacity is expected to reach 600-800 MW, has secured $25 million in funding from the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund.
PV’s popularity higher than ever as UK celebrates 4th Solar Independence Day
The event organized by the Solar Trade Association offers reminder that solar PV has been a transformative energy source in the past few years, and is backed by 86% of the population.
Vattenfall creates solar+storage business unit
The Swedish power utility has ramped up its renewable energy activity in recent weeks, spinning out a new Photovoltaics & Battery Business Unit from its Business Area Wind.
GCL New, CEE sign $62.3 million deal for 100 MW
A unit of Beijing-based China Energy Engineering (CEE) has agreed to build a 100 MW solar project for GCL New Energy in eastern China.
Solkiss to build world’s largest rotating solar plant in South Korea
The South Korean solar developer will install a 2.67 MW floating solar farm on the Deoku Reservoir that will rotate to track the sun’s rays throughout the day, delivering a 22% increase in harvest, the company claims.
India: new record-low solar tariff in Tamil Nadu
Price of INR 3.47 ($0.053)/kWh set at the 1.5 GW TANGEDCO solar tender by developer Raasi Green Earth Energy, which will develop 100 MW of solar PV at that tariff.
US could suffer recession-era economic losses if climate change remains unchecked, study finds
Inequality will widen with many poorer parts of the US on course to see their income reduced by 20% if climate change continues to accelerate.
