Sri Lanka seeks bids for 60 MW of large-scale PV
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board has issued a tender for the construction of 60 PV power plants with a capacity of 1 MW each. Bids must be submitted by April 26.
Residential battery firm Moixa receives equity investment from Japan’s TEPCO
The developer of home batteries has attracted half a million pounds’ worth of equity investment from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings to aid its market expansion.
Solargiga posts $34.7 million net loss in 2016
The Chinese PV manufacturer fell from a 2015 net profit of 16.4 million yuan ($2.4 million) to a net loss of 239.1 million yuan in the year to the end of December 2016.
Four leading Taiwanese cell makers plan module JV – reports
The DigiTimes has reported that four solar cell manufacturers from Taiwan are planning to set up a 1.5 GWp module production facility in the country, led by Motech.
GCL-Poly investing $826m in construction of 60,000 MT polysilicon plant in China
The clean energy company is spending RMB 5.68 billion on the creation of the poly plant, which will comprise 40,000 tonnes of new production capacity and 20,000 tonnes of relocated capacity from the firm’s existing facility in Xuzhou.
SolarWorld wants issue of China trade practices raised during Trump-Xi talks
One of the pillars of Donald Trump’s election campaign was his pledge to protect the U.S. manufacturers from unfair competition. While it is still unclear whether he will follow through with his threats to increase import taxes on Chinese goods, SolarWorld has taken the opportunity of the historic meeting between President Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to harangue China’s solar manufacturers and call for the issue of solar dumping to be raised.
Dynavolt opens 6 GWh lithium battery production plant in China
The China-headquartered developer of batteries has inaugurated its new €400 million factory in the southern Chinese Province of Fujian that will specialize in the production of lithium-based batteries for C&I applications and electric vehicles.
Sumitomo installs 125 kW redox flow battery in Taiwan
The Japanese electrical equipment supplier provided the battery to Taiwan Power Research Institute, which will pair the system with variable renewables such as solar in a pilot project.
Fortum switches on 70 MW PV plant in India
The Finnish power utility has completed its third large-scale PV plant in India. The 70 MW Bhadla solar park is located in the state of Rajasthan.
Tata Solar plans 100 MW PV project in Vietnam
The Indian solar company is planning to deploy 100 MW of PV capacity in Vietnam’s southern region of Binh Phuoc.
