250 kW power to gas plant enters operation
The Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) has inaugurated a 250 kW power to gas research plant with a possible methane production of up to 300 cubic meters per day. This makes it the largest plant of its kind in the world.
Ghana: UK developer plans Africa's largest PV project
British renewables developer Blue Energy has today announced plans to build one of the world’s largest photovoltaic plants in Ghana.
Kaco and OCI Solar announce partnership
Kaco new energy and OCI Solar Power have finalized a partnership to develop a 400 MW solar project in San Antonio, Texas. This project will power about 70,000 households.
Phono Solar introduces Japanese natural disaster cover
Chinese solar module manufacturer Phono Solar has launched what it claims is Japan’s first natural disaster insurance cover for solar installations.
Toshiba to continue to sell SunPower modules in Japan
Since 2010, Toshiba has sold 150 MW of SunPower modules to the Japanese residential market. In an agreement announced today the partnership will continue until 2018.
Qatar: Gulf state plans 200 MW solar project
With commentators questioning the appropriateness of staging the latest UN Climate Change Conference in the capital of Qatar a country with one of the world’s highest levels of GHG emissions per capita plans have been unveiled for the country’s first solar power plant.
Energy supply transformation needed
A lot that needs to be done to enable the transition towards larger shares of renewables in the power mix. The 5th International Conference on Integration of Renewable Energy and Distributed Energy Resources, which opened today in Berlin, Germany, brought together global participants from the energy sector to discuss the transformation of the power system, the challenges that lie ahead and the solutions.
SunPower signs joint venture agreement in China
SunPower has signed a joint venture agreement with Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor (TZS), Inner Mongolia Power Group (IMP) and Hohhot Jinqiao City Development Company (HJCD) for the manufacturing and deployment of the company’s proprietary SunPower C7 Tracker (C7) concentrator technology in the Chinese market.
Stop-start Ontario solar rush will soon restart maybe
The huge backlog of planned solar power projects in Canada that was prompted by an over-generous FIT regime could be solved when the provincial government’s new FIT program starts either this month, or in January 2013.
US: $120 million to establish new batteries and storage hub
A team led by Argonne National Lab has been selected for an award of up to US$120 million to establish a new Batteries and Energy Storage Hub over five years.
