No-fly zone: California solar thermal farm proves fatal to birds
Concerns over the Ivanpah solar thermal power project’s potential dangers to wildlife appear to be growing and could lead to greater support for photovoltaic technology.
Duke Energy issues 300 MW solar energy request in North Carolina
The company’s Request for Proposals (RFP) is intended to assist its efforts in meeting the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards.
Green Party policy to fund New Zealand household solar
Households would be able to borrow up to NZ$15,000 from public funds to pay for household solar systems. The opposition Labor Party has voiced interest in the idea.
China Solar faces fresh Changzhou problems
The former solar giant is facing an attempt to liquidate its controversial Changzhou subsidiary. The company has been unable to fully rebutt all the allegations levelled against its jailed chairman Yeung Ngo.
Opposition to UK solar farms is a perception problem
A chief advisor to the NFU says the majority of UK solar developers follow agreed best practice guidelines. A rising number of solar farms are being called in, and rejected, by the secretary of state for communities of the coalition government.
BELECTRIC completes four Californian solar facilities totaling 7.8 MW
The solar EPC contractor completed the projects at the end of 2013 under the California Renewable Energy Small Tariff FIT program.
Fraunhofer ISE signs renewable energy MoU with Fukushima
This Memorandum of Understanding is intended to help the Japanese Prefecture become the country’s new hub for renewable energy research.
S.A.G. Solarstrom to open insolvency proceeedings
The German developer has announced it will open general insolvency proceedings on March 1 after a brief flirtation with self-administered proceedings. The crisis started after problems in the UK and Italy.
Pipeline of PV projects in Pakistan reaches 772 MW
The country currently has 22 individual solar PV projects under different stages of development, according to Pakistan’s Alternative Energy Development Board.
SMA and E.ON develop world's first modular large-scale battery
The 5 MW M5BAT storage system is located in Aachen, Germany, and has been backed by a 6.5 million grant from the German government’s Energy Storage Funding Initiative.
