KfW Development Bank to fund two floating solar projects in India
The German-based development bank has agreed to build the projects as part of a study to assess the potential of floating parks within India, and to show the technical practicality of large-scale solar.
20 MW under construction in Senegal; 600 MW more in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020
Global private equity firm Denham Capital and African renewable energy investment company GreenWish announced a partnership to develop, build and finance a portfolio of 600 MW of renewable energy projects across sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.
IDB finances 54 MW merchant solar project in Chile
Solairedirects project is one of the few merchant solar projects to be built to date.
IBC Solar and Dhybrid enter cooperation for hybrid systems
The two German companies signed the cooperation agreement in a bid to become one of the worlds leading providers of diesel-PV hybrid systems.
Wacker Chemie partners with 1366 Technologies
The worlds second-largest polysilicon maker will provide the kerfless wafer startup with a $15 million equity investment, a supply of polysilicon and technical assistance.
Coveme: Pushing boundaries on bifacial modules
pv magazine’s Jonathan Gifford caught up with Coveme Division Manager Photovoltaic, Alessandro Anderlini, at Intersolar Europe to get an update on the Italian company’s latest innovations and to get his perspectives on the current PV market.
SEIA: Texas will become the 2nd-largest U.S. solar market in the next five years
GTM Research and the U.S. solar trade group forecast that Texas will install 4.6 GW of solar PV over the next five years, nearly all of which will be utility-scale.
Masdar selected by DEWA to lead consortium on 800 MW solar PV project in Dubai
The Abu Dhabi clean energy firm to partner with Spain’s GranSolar and Saudi-owned Fotowatio Renewable Ventures to develop phase three of the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum PV plant.
Asia Clean Capital and Canadian Solar joining forces for 200 MW pipeline in China
Hong Kong developer Asia Clean Capital and Chinese solar company Canadian Solar will co-develop the projects on Mainland China, as the market for both utility-scale PV and rooftop PV heats up.
IBC Solar to expand in Japan with EPC license
The German company has now been granted the EPC license in the country, which it expects to receive in July, and will allow IBC Solar to build large-scale PV projects through its own corporation.
