Solar Impulse begins penultimate leg of round-the-world flight
Trip to Cairo in Egypt expected to take 50 hours and 30 minutes and is 16th leg of the global circumnavigation, with just the final leg to Abu Dhabi, UAE, remaining.
Sungrow supplies inverters for 50 MW, 1500 volt solar plant in China
The Chinese inverter specialist supplied its SG3000HV-MV inverters for the solar plant in Datong, Shangxi province. Installation becomes Chinas largest 1500 volt array.
African Development Bank leads on $1.34bn loan for South Africa's electricity future
The funds, with the bulk drawn from nine commercial banks, will be steered towards utility Eskom to augment its electricity infrastructure, support renewable policies, and boost generation to neighboring countries.
Chinese wind firm Goldwind to build 20 MW solar plant in Australia
Chinese wind power group Goldwind has secured approval to develop a 20MW (AC) solar project in Australia.
Solar Frontier Americas breaks ground on 107 MW of solar projects
The U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese CIS solar specialist has seen construction begin on two large-scale U.S. solar projects in California’s Imperial County.
Solar becoming irreversible mainstream energy source, says Frost & Sullivan
The analysts point to technological efficiency improvements, cost reduction and leading nations’ readiness to adopt solar as reasons behind irreversible surge to the mainstream.
D.E. Shaw offers $80m for SunEdison's stake in 150 MW Californian solar plant
The hedge fund has confirmed the offer to purchase a controlling interest in the Mt. Signal 2 project, which is part-owned by bankrupt U.S. renewable energy developer SunEdison.
Germany: First 15 MW Steag storage system complete
Located in Lünen, the first of six large-scale storage projects has now been installed and has begun its test run. The project aims to install 90 MW of lithium-ion storage capacity across Germany by next year.
Bank of China raises $3bn in green bonds for clean energy
Bank of China has raised approximately $3.03bn via a multi-currency green bond issuance that wrapped up earlier this week, in a transaction the lender says will provide financing to PV projects throughout the world.
DNV GL PV monitoring base grows to 5 GW with GreenPowerMonitor acquisition
Independent energy consultancy firm acquires the Spanish monitoring and control platform to pool more than 5 GW of global solar PV under their collective monitoring umbrella.
