Canada: Mecasolar opens tracker manufacturing centre in Ontario
Spain-based Mecasolar has opened a new solar tracker manufacturing facility in the Canadian city of Wallaceburg, in Ontario.
AEG and Electrotherm to install 100 MW of solar in India
AEG Power Solutions and Electrotherm have signed an agreement to install a “minimum” of 100 megawatts (MW) of solar power in India, over the next three years.
Germany: 13 percent FIT degression expected
Based on recently released figures for newly installed photovoltaics (PV) capacity for June to August, Germanys Federal Network Agency expects that the degression in feed-in tariffs will reach its maximum limit of 13 percent by the start of next year.?
Research: Joint project between QSTP and Fraunhofer to focus on developing solar cracking reactor
Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Germany-based Fraunhofer have officially signed an agreement to undertake a joint research project focusing on the development of a solar cracking reactor.
India: IFC to install 5 MW pilot solar project in Gujarat state
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is to design a distributed five-megawatt (MW) pilot rooftop solar power project in India.
Krannich Solar opens UK subsidiary
Germany-based Krannich Solar GmbH, which operates in a number of worldwide photovoltaics (PV) markets, has opened a UK subsidiary, in order to obtain the “financial benefits” of the countrys feed-in tariffs.
NREL installs 1.6 MW PV system on roof of new US research facility
The U.S. Department of Energys National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently installing a 1.6-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) system on the roof of its new Research Support Facility in Golden, Colorado.
US: CEC approves a further 959 MW of solar thermal power in California desert
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved the installation of nearly another one gigawatt (GW) of solar thermal power in Southern California, the U.S.
APS and Solon to install 18 MW PV project in Arizona, US
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has announced it will, along with project developer Solon Corporation, be installing an 18-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) project 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona, the U.S.
China: centrotherm commissioned for further major polysilicon production facility
centrotherm SiTec GmbH, subsidiary of Germany-based centrotherm photovoltaics AG, has said it is to establish a further major polysilicon production facility, with an annual production capacity of 2,500 tons, in China.
