Nautilus Solar secures $39m funding for Ontario DG project
Financing from Rabobank to be steered towards the development of 8 MW of distributed generation solar power plants in the Canadian province.
Greece applies generous net-metering
The Greek government has introduced legislation to facilitate net metering for solar PV arrays. To reward the PV sector for the delay in the policy, Greece has designed a generous net-metering scheme allowing installations up to 500 KW. Is the new law able to kick-start the idle Greek PV sector?
Leggett go: environmental campaigner steps down as Solarcentury chairman
Jeremy Leggett will continue as board member but hopes to focus more effort on campaigning. Philip Comberg appointed as new non-executive chairman.
DNV GL to provide grid storage testing to ARPA-E
Renewable energy and sustainability advisory DNV GL has signed a four-year deal to supply performance testing for U.S. government agency ARPA-E. The testing will validate the performance, reliability and safety of grid-tied storage technologies for which Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is providing funding.
Chile: new 80 MW merchant solar project announced
The PV plant is to be constructed by Pacific Solar SA and Greenwood Energy, and will become one of the largest merchant solar plants in the world.
Australia falls behind Honduras, Myanmar in clean energy investment
Australian investment in clean energy plunged in 2014 falling below that of small third world economies such as Honduras and Myanmar underlying the catastrophic impact of the federal governments war on renewable energy. RenewEconomy reports.
Hanwha Q Cells to evaluate SoLayTec InPassion technology
Dutch research spinoff SoLayTec has announced that Hanwha Q Cells has begun evaluating its atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology. The InPassion ALD can be deployed for PERC upgrades and n-type cell production.
Deal on solar-for-water units signed in Zimbabwe
A deal to push solar energy in Zimbabwe has been reached between oursun Energy and local agricultural equipment manufacturer William Bain Holdings.
Report: U.S. can affordably triple RE to 27% by 2030
The U.S. can increase its share of renewable energy penetration to 27% by 2030 both technically and cost-effectively. This is the key message of a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
JLM Energys second Californian solar-wind-battery off grid residence approved
The second solar-wind battery powered residence in California has been given state approval.
