Japan
New REC solar plant goes on-grid in Japan
Monday, 08 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe new 1.7MW solar facility will provide green electricity to 510 Japanese households
SunEdison, Thermax, Azure to install rooftop solar in four Indian cities
Friday, 05 April 2013 REM Three companies — SunEdison, Thermax and Azure — have won the bidding for the right to install rooftop solar power projects in four Indian cities—Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon, the Hindu...
Report: Japan poised to become world's second biggest solar market
Friday, 05 April 2013 REMJapan is poised become the largest solar market in the world after China this year, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Fluor awarded Operations & Maintenance contract for Arizona solar power facility
Friday, 05 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe company has been handed a five-year O&M contract by Arlington Valley Solar Energy II
South Africa
ARTsolar establishes the first panel manufacturing plant in KwaZulu-Natal
Thursday, 04 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe first photovoltaic (PV) solar panel manufacturing plant in KwaZulu-Natal has recently been established in the town of New Germany.
SunPower launches X-series panels with 21.5 percent efficiency
Thursday, 04 April 2013 Robin WhitlockAccording to SunPower the new solar panel series offers more energy, higher reliability and superior aesthetics
Bentley Motors installs Britain’s largest rooftop solar PV system
Wednesday, 03 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe system will be owned and operated by Lightsource with electricity supplied under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
IDB to finance three private-sector PV projects in Chile
Tuesday, 02 April 2013 REM The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan package for $41.4 million to private sector firms for the construction, operation, and maintenance of three photovoltaic solar power plants in...
New York commits $46 million to create expand solar capacity in state
Tuesday, 02 April 2013 REMNew York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced $46 million has been awarded under his NY-Sun initiative for large-scale solar energy projects that will add 52 MW to the US state’s solar capacity.
Dutch electricity market experiences a solar revolution
Tuesday, 02 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe growth of solar energy within the Dutch electricity market has been much bigger than expected
First wind turbine installed at Gwynt y Môr
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