Swinerton selected for 250 MW K Road Moapa project
Swinterton Renewable Energy has announced that it has been awarded the EPC contract for the K Road Moapa solar plant. The company claims it is the first large-scale solar project on tribal land. It will have a capacity of 250 MW.
SolarWorld puts a third of its staff on short-time work
According to media reports, the photovoltaics company will put 350 of its 1,330 staff at its Freiberg, Germany location on short-time work. The reason is the poor orders situation.
Bangladesh: Grameen Shakti celebrates one-millionth installation
In what has been claimed to be the largest offgrid electrification program in the world, Grameen Shakti has announced its millionth installation in Bangladesh. The company says the program demonstrates that the falling cost of solar photovoltaics is facilitating wider application in countries like Bangladesh.
Portuguese PV grows steadily
A report published by the Portuguese energy regulator, the DGGE (Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia), on Thursday January 10, says cumulative solar power capacity in Portugal at the end of October 2012 reached 193.3 MW.
PV to grow in 2013 and stocks to bounce
While most photovoltaic manufacturers continue to record losses and some market outlooks remain bleak, new Deutsche Bank analysis has predicted that the solar market is set to grow by 22 percent to 33.4 GW in 2013.
New York State looks to the sun after a year of severe weather
In his 2013 State of the State Address delivered on January 9, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo outlined a comprehensive plan to make the region “the leader in the clean tech economy”, including expansion of the NY-Sun Initiative, a dynamic public-private partnership designed to drive solar industry growth and to make solar installations more affordable for all New Yorkers.
REC reduces poly production at US facility
The polysilicon pricing woes that have beset Norwegian manufacturer Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) for the past few years have prompted the company to reduce production at one if its two U.S. facilities.
Brokers take a shine to Chinese solar manufacturers
With news of the global polysilicon market full of doom and gloom for the past couple of years, the turn of 2013 has seen stock market investors starting to take a shine to Chinese solar firms.
Huge consolidation in upstream solar predicted for 2013
Market research consultant IHS iSuppli has offered a characteristically brutal prediction of the consolidation it expects in the global upstream solar market this year.
Arizona's Mesquite Solar complex goes online
The 150 MW first phase of Sempra Generation’s Mesquite Solar 1 project in Arizona has gone online to supply enough solar energy to power around 30,000 homes.
