ABB picks up substation contract for DEWA solar expansion
SwitzerlandÂ’s ABB has landed at US$20 million order from the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to extend a substation, to facilitate solar park expansion plans. ABB will conduct works that will allow the phase II of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park from 100 MW to 200 MW.
Leading German solar players call for end to minimum price
Wacker, Baywa r.e. and MVV, three major German companies in the energy sector, have called for an end to the minimum price regime applied to Chinese modules. The companies claim the minimum price regulation is standing in the way of German market growth.
Yingli partners with Longi on mono products
Chinese companies Yingli and LongiCompanies to cooperate across full monocrystalline value chain, from ingot production to panel assembly.
juwi Group's Asian footprint climbs past 400 MW
Indian subsidiary of the German renewables company begins construction on a 39 MW PV plant in Southern India, which will increase its Asian solar portfolio to more than 400 MW.
Ontario: Nautilus Solar completes 14 rooftop solar projects
Nautilus Solar Energy LLC has completed 14 solar PV rooftop projects in Ontario, Canada. It plans to expand its portfolio to 24 MW, with a further 7.2 MW scheduled to come online this year.
SunShare unveils community solar program for Minnesota
The residential community scheme aims to bring solar power to 5,000 homes by December, and is one of the largest such programs in the U.S.
300 MW Californian solar project receives grid connection go ahead
Centauri Energy, LLC has secured permission to grid connect its 300 MW Beltran Solar PV project in California, the U.S. The project will be built across three phases and take up to two years to complete.
PV exceeds 2020 EU renewable energy target
Solar PV technology has already exceeded its deployment goals under the European Commission’s renewable energy targets. Overall, the EU is on track to meet its 2020 targets, with renewables accounting for a projected 15.3% of overall European energy consumption in 2014.
The big 55 GW: Solar to run hot this year, says GTM Research
Analysts forecast global growth of 36% on last year, with Asia accounting for more than half of an expected 55 GW deployed, Europe to begin an upswing.
Japan: Canadian Solar supplies 42.9 MW PV plant
Canadian Solar Inc. has supplied modules to a 42.9 MW solar PV plant in Japan. Commercial operation on the plant is expected to start this August.
