PV

New report finds that US community solar could grow up to 80 times its current size by 2030

Friday, 27 July 2018 Robin Whitlock A new study from GTM Research has found that the US community solar market could grow up to 50-80 times its current size by 2030 to 57-84 GW, representing nearly nine million new solar customers including ...

Schletter Group Wins Order for Largest Solar Park in Vietnam

Thursday, 26 July 2018 Dan McCue The Schletter Group will supply the mounting systems for the largest solar power plant in Vietnam. The plant in the South Vietnamese province of Ninh Tuan will generate over 200 MWp of solar power and ...

CRONIMET Breaks Ground on PV + Storage Plant in Namibia

Wednesday, 25 July 2018 REM Germany’s CRONIMET Mining Power Solutions has begun construction of a 150 kWp photovoltaic plant in Chobe, Namibia. When completed the plant will, in combination with an efficient energy storage system, ...

Solar Energy for Olympic Stadium in Oslo

Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Dan McCue A photovoltaic system has been erected at the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital by the City of Oslo's Culture and Sport Office (Kultur og Idrettsbygg Oslo KF). Installation was carried out by Abmas ...

Pöyry awarded owner's engineering (OE) services assignment for Malaysian solar PV plant

Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Robin Whitlock Pöyry has been awarded an owner’s engineering services assignment for a 25 MWac large scale solar photovoltaic power plant project in Malaysia by UITM Solar Power Dua Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the largest ...

New Energy Solar to Acquire Australian Solar Farm

Monday, 23 July 2018 Dan McCue Australia’s New Energy Solar has agreed to acquire the Beryl Solar Farm from a subsidiary of First Solar, Inc. Beryl is the second project that New Energy Solar has acquired from First Solar in Australia, ...

NSE Installs 212 kWp Microgrid PV System at Luxury Lodge in Botswana

Friday, 20 July 2018 Dan McCue New Southern Energy, a South African-based company, recently installed a microgrid system at the Savute Elephant lodge, a luxury safari accommodation within the Belmond Group located in Chobe National ...

EPRI Awarded $1.8 Million for Solar Forecasting Technology Research

Thursday, 19 July 2018 REM The Electric Power Research Institute has received a $1.8 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to develop and demonstrate new methods to operate power systems ...

Singapore

Cleantech Solar to deploy large-scale solar system in Singapore

Thursday, 19 July 2018 Robin Whitlock Cleantech Solar has entered into a long-term rooftop solar power partnership with semiconductor manufacturer Global Foundries (GF) to deploy a 4.5 MWp rooftop solar system on site at GF’s Woodland’s ...

Southern Current Launching Solar Project in Chesterfield County

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 REM

Southern Current, based in Charleston, South Carolina, is expanding its solar farm portfolio with a new facility in Chesterfield County. The company is investing $100 million in this latest project.