E.ON completes inaugural Californian solar farm
German energy company has completed its 20 MW Alamo Solar farm in California, its first such development in the sun-rich state as it seeks further U.S. expansion.
SMA secures 34 MW O&M contract for UK solar farm
German inverter specialist supplied inverters to the Glebe/Odell Solar Farms, and has now commenced full technical operational management of both installations.
DAS Energy lays its foundation in Austria
DAS Energy, a new Austrian PV company, has laid the foundation for its new PV plant in Wiener Neustadt. The company seeks to produce panels that combine architectural aesthetics with renewable energy.
Eguana wishes Sonnenbatterie well as collaboration ends
Eguana Technologies and German storage developer Sonnenbatterie have decided to part ways. Both companies previously collaborated on selling integrated Sonnenbatterie systems for residential applications globally.
Jordan’s net metering expands into rural areas
Jordan has designed an effective net metering scheme that is now about to expand into rural areas. Net metering installations are projected to double at the end of 2015.
SolarCity to support small businesses with new solar package
New solar energy service launched today designed to enable small and medium-sized business to pay less for solar electricity than they currently pay their local utility.
SunEdison begins construction on 110 MW Chile solar plant
Company breaks ground on latest large-scale solar project in Chile, secures $160 million in financing with CorpBanca and DNB.
JinkoSolar seals $485 million in solar financing
RMB3 billion line of credit agreed with China’s Ping An Bank to be used to support JinkoSolar ongoing PV project development across China.
China idled 9% of its solar capacity in H1 2015, NEA reports
National Energy Administration says congestion on grid caused by higher share of solar energy forced 9% of installed PV capacity to sit idle for first six months of year, figures show 7.7 GW of PV added in H1.
Hillary Clinton's half a billion solar panel pledge
Democratic presidential candidate for 2016 promises installation of 500 million solar panels nationwide within four years of taking office if she wins.
