Sonnen reports record solar storage sales for August
The German provider sold 1,000 storage systems in August alone.
Netherlands’ first floating PV plant is under construction
The pilot floating PV system is being installed at De Slufter, the depot for contaminated dredging spoil on the western edge of Rotterdam’s port area.
Argentina grants fiscal incentives to two solar module factory projects
The two production facilities will be located in the northern province of Mendoza and will provide the modules for PV projects developed under the Renovar program.
Brazil’s energy regulator approves grid-connection of two solar projects totaling 60 MW
The two projects have a capacity of 30 MW each and are located in the state of Piauí, in Brazil’s Northeast Region.
Jordan: Sahara Forest Project using solar to turn desert into vegetated spaces
Project funded in part by EU and Norwegian government allows project to thrive using a smart mixture of solar power, salt water, irrigation and smart technologies.
8minutenergy starts building next phase of 100 MW California cluster
The solar developer completed financing and tax equity for the 26 MW Redwood 4 Solar Farm, the next phase of a group of solar farms near Bakersfield, California.
Sunpreme bags deal to supply 150 MW of heterojunction solar modules to TGCM
The deal with the asset management firm is one of the largest supply agreements for heterojunction modules reported to date, and the Section 201 case may play a role.
Solar Systems LLC switches on 15 MW PV facility in south-western Russia
The Zavodskaya SPS solar project was built with 56,626 modules manufactured by Solar Systems at its production plant in Yelabuga municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Ingeteam to supply 1.17 GW of inverters to Abu Dhabi’s Sweihan PV project
The agreement will see the Spanish central inverter specialist ship its 1,000 Vdc Ingecon Sun PowerMax B series inverters to Sterling and Wilson, the EPC overseeing the construction of the Sweihan solar plant, which will be the world’s largest single-site solar park once complete.
Costa Rica to issue new law on distributed generation in 2018
The new law is expected to improve the current regulation and to ensure the legal certainty of future investments in solar distributed generation.
