PV

Cape Town’s Largest PVT Installation Now Operational

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Dan McCue

The Solarus solar system on the roof of Marriott’s 15 on Orange Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, is now fully operational.

Desert Solar Initiative to Make Africa a Renewable Energy Powerhouse

Monday, 10 December 2018 Dan McCue Solar projects stretching across the Sahel region in Africa are expected to connect 250 million people with electricity by tapping into the region’s abundant solar resource. The details of the “Desert ...

National CORE and Everyday Energy Partner to Provide 5,000 Low Income Residents with Solar

Thursday, 06 December 2018 REM National Community Renaissance (National CORE), one of the largest nonprofit community builders in the US, will develop and construct 2.3 MW of solar energy in several affordable housing properties in ...

Captona Commissions Four New Solar Farms in Rhode Island

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 REM Captona Partners has begun commercial operation of four of its solar assets located in Rhode Island under the state’s Renewable Energy Growth (REG) program, further expanding the company’s North American ...

Trillium Installs its First Solar System at Love’s Travel Stop in California

Tuesday, 04 December 2018 REM Trillium, a provider of alternative fuels systems and renewable fuels and member of the Love’s Family of Companies, has installed an on-site solar system at the Love’s Travel Stop in Santa Nella, ...

Recurrent Energy Signs PPA with California’s Stanford University

Monday, 03 December 2018 Dan McCue

Stanford University in California has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Recurrent Energy for the 63 MWac/88 MWp Stanford Solar Generating Station #2.

Daelim Acquires 12 Solar Plants in Chile from Grenergy

Monday, 03 December 2018 REM Korean company, Daelim Energy, acting through its renewables subsidiary DE Energía SpA, and Spain’s Grenergy Renovables have signed a framework agreement for Daelim’s acquisition of Grenergy’s 12 ...

Brazil

Scatec Solar’s first solar plant in Brazil in commercial operation

Monday, 03 December 2018 Robin Whitlock

Scatec Solar, with partners Equinor and Apodi Par, pleased to announce that the 162 MW Apodi Solar plant is now grid connected and in commercial operation.

STA expresses concern over Ofgem’s approach to residual charging review

Friday, 30 November 2018 Robin Whitlock The Solar Trade Association (STA) has expressed concern at the Targeted Charging Review undertaken by energy regulator the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) to reform network charging, which ...

Vietnam

Pöyry awarded owner's engineer services assignment for 257MW solar PV power plant in Vietnam

Thursday, 29 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company has awarded Pöyry with an owner's engineer services assignment for the 257 MWdc Hoa Hoi solar PV power plant project in Phu Yen province, Vietnam.