Construction to begin on first ever solar power plant in Colombia
Electricity company Celsia will begin work on a 9.9 MW project in March, and grid connection is expected later in 2017.
VC funding for green energy reached record high in 2016, finds BNEF
Data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reveals total of $834 million steered towards the global clean energy industry last year, marking the third consecutive annual increase.
New projects connected in Jordan
Spanish project developers Energoya announced completion of construction on a 23 MW power plant in the town Ma’an, while 3G-ERES connected 3 commercial installations totalling 11.1 MW to boast the first solar powered 5 star hotels in the world.
First Solar to supply modules for 140 MW project in Australia
The U.S. developer today announced it will supply its advanced thin film PV modules to the 140 MW Sun Metals Solar Farm. The project will supply electricity to the Sun Metals zinc refinery, owned by the Korea Zinc Group.
Spain’s GES completes 28 MW Jamaican solar plant
Solar farm is island’s first utility-scale PV plant and augments GES’ renewables portfolio.
Confirmed: European Commission to propose shorter AD tariff on Chinese solar firms
European Commission VP Frans Timmermans says new 18 month tariff period proposal will be put to the 28 EU Member States later this month. SolarPower Europe says move goes in right direction, but could go further.
Lowest price in Germany’s PV bidding €0.06/kWh
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has awarded 38 bids in the first PV tender under the EEG 2017. The average bid price fell lower than the pilot tenders, reaching €0.0658 per kWh.
Dyesol receives AU$2.5 million grant for perovskite technology development
The Australian company will lead a research project focused on the commercialization of perovskite solar cell technology. The grant is being awarded under the Cooperative Research Centre Projects programme, administered by the Australian Department of Industry.
Polysilicon import surge suggests Chinese H1 solar boom, says Bernreuter Research
Sharp uptick in polysilicon imports into China between October and November last year point to repeat of 2016’s first-half solar surge, suggests analysis by Bernreuter Research.
M10 Industries Kubus tabber stringer passes Emmvee Solar stress tests
The first two high performance tabber stringers made by the Freiburg based equipment manufacturer have successfully passed a 72 hour site acceptance test at Emmvee Solar’s production facility in Bangalore, India.
