SunPower partners on 3 GW of projects in China
The California-based company is expanding its reach in China with a second joint venture. It’s partnering with TZS, Sichuan Development, Leshan Electric Power and Tianjin Tsinlien; Plans to Utilize Leading LCPV Technology
pv magazine: Week in review
Energy storage garnered the spotlight at SPI in Las Vegas while in the U.S., renewables continued to account for new capacity. In the Middle East, Saudis are looking increasingly at solar as the key to their future while Israel is testing its local industry with ever lower FITs. And SunEdison continued its global project hot streak. Without further ado, here is pv magazine’s week in review.
Greek PV market remains idle, defined by paradox
While government cuts slashed the internal rate of return for Greek PV plants, they still remain significantly higher than in other European countries and offer foreign investors a potentially attractive investment as Greece’s economy slowly recovers.
Conergy connects RWE's first UK solar farm
Conergy has erected and connected a 37 MW PV installation near British Prime Minister David Cameron’s parliamentary constituency of West Oxforshire for a limited 24-year period.
JinkoSolar to supply 19 MW of solar modules for PV project in Chile
JinkoSolar has signed more than 160 MW of contracts in Chile this year, making it one of the leading suppliers in the country.
Kyocera sees sales, profit rise in first half of fiscal year
An absence of revenue from large-scale solar projects for the public and commercial sectors resulted in declining sales and profit for the Japanes congolomerate’s Applied Ceramic Products division. Japan remains the group’s main market.
115 MW of utility-scale solar plants planned for western New South Wales
French renewable energy developer Neoen is planning a series of large-scale solar PV plants around key towns in western New South Wales, Australia, that would amount to a total 115 MW and would be one of the biggest commercial solar projects to date.
1366 achieves 18% efficiency with PERC technology
The kerfless wafer maker has announced both efficiency improvements and operational milestones in advance of the launch of its first mass production facility.
SunEdison wins 150 MW of PV projects in Karnataka, India
The U.S. solar company is expanding its footprint in India, where it has made a successful bid for 150 MW of projects in the state of Karnataka. The news follows SunEdison’s recently announced plans to develop 5 GW of solar in Rajasthan.
SolarWorld to add PERC PV cell, new module capacity in Oregon
A few months after its preliminary victories in a second round of trade cases against Chinese and Taiwanese PV imports, SolarWorld is expanding its PV manufacturing capacities in the United States.
