Press Releases

Solar Steel, division of Gonvarri Steel Services is supplying 500 MW of its RackSmarT fixed tilt structure to the PV Project named Nuñez de Balboa, which will become the largest PV plant installed to date in Europe.

At 1,305 meters above sea level in the car-free Swiss village of Stoos, the future is underway. All eyes were on the village when the world’s steepest funicular was opened there in December 2017, and now it is the venue of another small world premiere with great potential, as the Swiss tech firm ecovolta celebrates the first Aebi Transporter fitted with a fully electric drive. The Transporter was electrified in cooperation with Aebi. Aebi Schmidt is a globally leading provider of vehicles and services for the maintenance of green spaces on challenging terrain. This is the first time that an Aebi machine has used the standardized Li-ion traction battery developed by ecovolta.

SolarPanelStock, the worldwide B2B solar panel search engine, now also contains a supplier directory. Suppliers (producers, distributors, resellers, etc.) can now register of solar panels can try the website for free until 2020. After that a very small fee is required.

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a reputable solar module manufacturer in the world, today announced that it has supplied 100MWof high efficient solar modules for the Srepok 1 and Quang Minh Solar Power Plant Complex, one of the Vietnam’s largest solar power projects.

On Friday 19 April, Orano and the Urbasolar group finalized the sale of part of the Miramas former industrial site. The transaction covers the 15.5-hectare western half of the site, which by 2020 will be home to a photovoltaic solar power plant with a maximum power of almost 13 MW.

Solar power plants in Africa promote economic development – Effective from 4 April 2019, KGAL New Frontiers GmbH (KNF) has acquired a 22% share of SunErgy AS, a Norwegian company delivering innovative solar power infrastructure in emerging markets. This investment aims to test new business fields.

At ESA’s Annual Energy Storage Conference & Expo April 16-18, Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, premiered its fully Integrated ESS (Energy Storage System) Solution and DC Coupled PV & Storage System Solutions. As the Energy Storage (ESS) market continues to grow in the United States, Sungrow leads the industry as it pushes towards a new wave of industry innovations, again demonstrating the strength of the Company’s brand and vanguard R&D platform.

Technique Solaire, advised by financial advisor Finergreen, reached financial close in April 2019 for a long-term financing totalling 54 M€ which will go towards the construction of it’s 47 MWp solar portfolio comprising assets which were awarded a tariff mechanism under the government’s so-called “CRE4.2” & “CRE 4.4” tenders.

International Green Energy Expo Korea 2019, which shed light on technology and products in the solar sector, drew to a successful conclusion.

Mexico celebrates the installation of the first of 550,000 bifacial panels that will make up the 220-MW Magdalena II plant. Another step forward to achieving Mexico’s ambitious sustainability targets.