PV

SolarWindow Receives $25 Million in Equity Financing

Wednesday, 28 November 2018 REM SolarWindow Technologies, developer of transparent coatings that turn ordinary glass into electricity-generating windows, has received $25 million in equity financing. Kalen Capital Corporation (KCC), ...

JinkoSolar Posts Robust Growth in the Third Quarter of 2018

Tuesday, 27 November 2018 REM JinkoSolar has published its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2018. Total solar module shipments hit record high of 2,953 MW, an increase of 5.7 percent sequentially ...

New 40MW Solar Hybrid Power Plant for Syama Gold Mine in Africa

Monday, 26 November 2018 Dan McCue Australia’s Resolute Mining has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Ignite Energy Projects for the development of a new 40 MW independent solar hybrid power plant at the company’s Syama Gold ...

Solar power should not be provided for free says UK Energy Minister

Wednesday, 21 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Claire Perry, Minster for Energy and Clean Growth, clarified the UK Government’s position on solar power yesterday (Tuesday 20th November), responding to questions in the House of Commons by stating ...

MIT Analysis Pinpoints Reasons for the Plummeting Cost of Solar Power

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Dan McCue A new analysis by MIT researchers has pinpointed why the cost of PV modules has fallen 99 percent over the last 40 years. The report discusses factors, such as policies and technology changes, that have ...

ACWA Power and AlGihaz Close on Financing for PV Project

Friday, 16 November 2018 REM Saudi-based ACWA Power, leading a consortium with AlGihaz Holding Company, announced the successful financial closure of the $319.9 million Sakaka solar project, the first ever utility scale renewable ...

EDF Renewables and Shell Energy Sign 15-Year Power Purchase Agreement

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Dan McCue EDF Renewables North America and Shell Energy North America have signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for the energy and renewable attributes related to a 100 MWac/132 MWp tranche of the Palen ...

Solaria Corporation launch Solaria PowerXT in Europe

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Solar panel manufacturer Solaria Corporation has announced it is making its PowerXT high performance panels available in Europe under its TSC brand, opening an office in Northern Italy in order to meet ...

Metz Solar Farm Signs PPA with Snowy Hydro

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Dan McCue Clenergy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Snowy Hydro Limited for the 143.5MW Metz Solar Farm in New South Wales. The Metz Solar Farm will have a generation capacity of 115 MWAC(143.5 MWDC), ...

Nigeria

Unity Bank and Daystar Power agree on cooperation to move branch network to solar power

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

Unity Bank has agreed to work with Daystar Power to transform the power supply of Unity Bank branches across Nigeria from diesel generation to cleaner and more efficient solar powered solutions.