UK: Brexit clean energy turmoil continues
The annual event of the U.K.’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Renewable and Sustainable Energy (PRASEG) that took place this week in London depicted the turbulent phase the U.K. economy in general and the British clean energy sectors specifically have entered. Innovative business models are the first to suffer, the event suggested.
RES to build 102 MW solar project in Texas
New project owner Southern Power will keep RES on as the construction contractor for the project in West Texas, which is expected to begin construction this month.
The largest solar rooftop system in the US installed on the Mandalay Bay Convention Center
A giant 8.3 MW solar rooftop system has been installed by NRG Energy on MGM Resorts Internationals famous Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, making it the largest in the U.S.
SunPower wins large majority of France's solar+storage island tender
The U.S. solar solutions company was awarded 76% of Frances ZNI solar tender, amounting to a total of 39.1 MW of PV and energy storage technology that will be provided to the French West Indies and Corsica.
Brazil: Enel initiates work on 292 MW solar plant
The Nova Olinda PV plant will require an investment of $300 million and will provide electricity under a 20-year PPA, with operations expected to commence in 2017.
ABB sees a future market for 1000v and 1500v inverters
pv magazines Ian Clover was joined by ABB Head of Product Management Jyrki Leppänen and ABB product manager Marko Harju, to discuss the companys latest inverter, the PVS980 central inverter.
Meyer Burger confident of H1 2016 sales upturn
The Swiss tooling specialists expect a first half order volume of approximately $267 million, with EBITDA to be slightly above breakeven as the company returns to the black.
South Korea planning heavy investments in renewable energies
The South Korean government has made a pledge to invest 42 trillion won (USD36.6 billion) into renewable energies by 2020, while relaxing regulations over the sale of solar energy generated by distributed systems.
IHS inverter scorecard praises leading suppliers' tenacity and ambition
The analyst’s holistic review of the inverter landscape finds SMA, SolarEdge, Schneider Electric, Sungrow, Huawei and ABB each boast certain strengths that enable them to serve various markets.
Mercom: Total corporate funding for solar falls to lowest level in three years
Both private equity and debt funding were down significantly in Q2 and public market financing remains weak, but distributed solar project funds continue to boom
