NEXTracker completes 69.5 MW Chile installation for SunEdison
Tracker specialists finalize commissioning for the Javiera Solar project in Chile using state-of-the-art single axis PV trackers to take advantage of the region’s excellent solar insolation.
Vivint Solar to partner on Obama solar jobs initiative
The residential solar installer will act as recruiting partner on the Solar Ready Vets program, which aims to train 75,000 former U.S. military personnel in the solar industry by 2020.
Solar for Gaza
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiative is helping to bring solar power to electricity starved schools, hospitals and water facilities in Palestine’s Gaza Strip.
Final module installed at Nevada's 250 MW Copper Mountain solar plant
Cupertino Electric fits last of more than one million solar modules at the Nevada PV plant, which has been developed by Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development.
Germany, Japan partner on PV grid integration, power-to-gas tech
The collaboration between Japan’s Gifu University and Germany’s ZSW is expected to create better conditions for the “efficient transfer of research results into the marketplace.”
UK: No CfD-backed large-scale solar for next fiscal year
The two solar PV projects that secured a strike price of 50 pounds per MWh under the first Contracts for Difference tender for 2015/16 will not go ahead, administrators have revealed.
Australia: Module dumping causes negligible injury
The Australian Government has found that a number of Chinese PV suppliers are guilty of having dumped modules in the market. However, it has recommended no action be taken due to the relatively small dumping margins and negligible injury or hindrance to the Australian PV industry.
Texas microgrid to integrate nine DG sources with storage
Three U.S. companies have combined efforts to deliver a microgrid capable of integrating nine different distributed generation (DG) sources to optimize renewable generation and storage utilization and deliver reliable power. S&C Electric Company, Schneider Electric and transmission and distribution company Oncor have partnered to deliver the project.
China dispatch: Violent sand storms hit PV projects in northwest China
Violent sand storms have hit northwest China this week, affecting several PV projects currently under construction. The worst of the sand storm activity took place on Tuesday.
Meteocontrol solar eclipse analysis reveals German grid durability
Data from the solar power forecast analysis company shows Germany’s grid coped admirably with the solar eclipse on March 20.
