Statoil acquires 40% of Scatec’s 162 MW solar project in Brazil
The Norwegian oil company has also formed a 50/50 joint venture with the fellow solar developer to build and operate large-scale PV plants in Brazil.
GCL-SI secures 62 MW module order from Brazil
The Chinese module maker will provide local engineering company WEG with its GCL-P6/72 325W panels.
Saudi Arabia’s 300 MW solar tender may conclude with lowest bid ever
A consortium formed by UAE-based Masdar and French energy giant EDF has offered to deploy all the tendered capacity at a LCOE of 0.06697 SAR ($0.0178) per kWh. In addition, seven of the eight bids were under $0.03 per kWh. The tender’s bidders will be announced by the end of January 2018.
Armenia announces commissioning of first PV plant under special regime for solar of up to 1 MW
The Armenian government introduced a special tariff for PV projects up to 1 MW in late 2016.
Chile’s installed PV capacity tops 1,748 MW
Developers connected around 700 MW of solar to the Chilean grid In the first eight months of this year.
Hareon, ReNew commission 172 MW in India
The Dichpally solar plant in the state of Telangana, commissioned ahead of schedule, is the largest joint-venture project between Hareon Solar Technology and ReNew Power Ventures in India.
EU PVSEC: New polyolefin-based backsheet challenges traditional PET-based backsheet
Two companies presented the performance of polyolefin-based backsheet at EU PVSEC 2017 in Amsterdam last week, with claims of superiority over polyester-core layer-based backsheet.
SPI Energy buys 7.4 MW of solar in northern Greece
SP Orange Power, a subsidiary of the Chinese SPI Energy, has entered an agreement to purchase 100% of three different solar companies in Greece that own 7.4 MW of PV capacity.
Black silicon could exploit potential of multicrystalline technology
In recent times there has been a shift from multi to monocrystalline solar cells and modules. One reason for this is the difficulty of using diamond wire saws on multi wafers in production. Black silicon has the potential to change this and to increase the efficiency of multi, Bill Rever, Co-founder and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Advanced Silicon Group, said at EU PVSEC.
EU greenlights French support for commercial rooftop, large-scale PV
The European Commission has established that two schemes that France has proposed comply with EU state aid rules.
