Small PV project developers in India to benefit from carbon credits
Climate change firm Emergent Ventures International (EVI) has launched an initiative to aggregate solar power projects to help developers in India earn carbon credits from the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which aims to reduce emissions through the deployment of clean technologies.
Conergy inaugurates northern Germanys largest solar park
Together with representatives from politics and industry, Conergy officially inaugurated the six-megawatt solar power plant in northern Germany in Tarp, near Flensburg on Wednesday.
Kyocera and REC install 1.1 MW solar system in California, the US
Kyocera Solar, Inc. and REC Solar, Inc. have announced the completion of a 1.134-megawatt (MW) solar energy system installation at Castle Rock Vineyards, located in the heart of California’s Central Valley, in the U.S.
US: SunPower to build 10 MW Delaware solar park
SunPower Corp. has been selected to build the ten-megawatt (MW) Dover SUN Park in Delaware, the U.S. for LS Power Group subsidiary, White Oak Solar Energy, L.P.
Solargiga and Liaoning form joint venture company to construct 500 MW solar wafer project
China-based Solargiga Energy Holdings Limited has entered into a cooperation agreement with Liaoning Oxiranchem, Inc. to manufacture 500 megawatts (MW) of multicrystalline silicon solar ingots and wafers.
CEC approves 370 MW solar thermal project in Mojave Desert
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved the construction of the 370-megawatt (MW) Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System project in the Mojave Desert.
Study: Decentralized development of renewable energies creates billions in value output
In what has been termed the first systematic and comparative analysis of the effects of regenerative energy technologies on the output of value, the German Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW) has concluded that photovoltaics (PV) contributed 36 percent to Germanys sum total last year.
Sharp to take over Recurrent Energy for up to USD$305 million
Stepping up its photovoltaics (PV) activity, Sharp has announced it is to take over Recurrent Energy, a U.S.-based solar project developer and generating company for a cash sum of around USD$305 million.
Around 300 jobs to go as REC discontinues PV module operations in Sweden
The Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has announced it will discontinue operations at its 150-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) module plant in Glava, Sweden, due to unsatisfactory financial performance and weak future prospects. Around 300 employees will be affected.
Haitis economic recovery to be supported with USD$1 million solar initiative
NRG Energy, Inc. and Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) have announced a commitment through the Clinton Global Initiative to greatly expand the use of solar power to meet electricity needs for the Haitian Central Plateau commune of Boucan Carre, through the use of a USD$1 million fund.
