PV

North Dakota's First Solar Farm Opens on Standing Rock Tribal Land

Tuesday, 20 August 2019 Dan McCue It all started with a fight. In 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was engaged in a pitched battle to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was set to stretch across their ancestral lands. ...

Solar Module Imports Into US Partially Recover After Tariffs

Tuesday, 20 August 2019 Dan McCue Imports of PV solar modules are beginning to recover in the wake of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. The White House imposed tariffs on ...

Scatec Solar Reaches Commercial Operation of Fourth Power Plant in Egypt

Tuesday, 20 August 2019 REM Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected and reached commercial operation for another 65 MW of the 390 MW Benban project in Egypt. Scatec Solar now has 260 MW in operation in Egypt and expects to ...

EBRD Finances Private-to-Private Solar Project in Jordan

Monday, 19 August 2019 REM The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development together with its partners is supporting a pioneering energy project in Jordan with a financial package of up to $35 million. The project will enable ...

Sungrow Supplies Argentina's Largest Solar Plant with 1500Vdc Central Inverter Solutions

Friday, 16 August 2019 REM Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced that a 100.1 MWp solar plant utilizing the its 1500Vdc central inverter solutions has come online in Cafayate, Salta Province, Argentina. ...

Sonnedix Begins Construction of Atacama Solar

Friday, 16 August 2019 REM

Sonnedix has begun construction of Sonnedix Atacama Solar, a 171 MWp solar PV plant located in the Pica district in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Suntech Supplies PV Modules for Floating Solar Power Plant in Germany

Thursday, 15 August 2019 REM China’s Suntech has supplied all the PV modules for the largest floating solar power plant in Germany. The PV plant has been built on an artificial lake, the Baggersee Maiwald, in the municipality of ...

Soltec to Supply 220 MW of SF7 Bifacial Trackers in Mexico

Tuesday, 13 August 2019 REM

Spanish company, Soltec, is supplying and installing its Soltec SF7 Bifacial trackers at a 220 MW project that the Enel Group’s renewable company Enel Green Power is building in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Thailand

Cleantech Solar & Bosch agree long-term PPA for SMART factory in Thailand

Tuesday, 13 August 2019 Robin Whitlock Renewable energy provider Cleantech Solar has announced a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Bosch Automotive Technologies (Thailand) for a 1 MW solar PV system that will be built on-site at ...

Envision Solar receives order for delivery of two additional EV ARC units to Los Angeles County

Friday, 09 August 2019 Robin Whitlock

Developer of solar powered EV charging units Envision Solar International has announced the order and delivery of two additional EV ARC units to a Southern California City in Los Angeles County.