Solar streetlights combating crime in Zimbabwean city
The city council in Harare, the country’s capital, plans to install 4,000 solar-powered streetlights across the city in a bid to tackle a recent surge in street robberies.
Huawei supplies string inverters for 62 MW UK solar project
Collaboration with Greencells Group has seen the Chinese ICT giant complete five U.K. solar plants using the company’s Smart String PV string inverters.
Risen unveils plan to develop 1 GW in Inner Mongolia
Chinese PV manufacturer and project developer Risen Energy has revealed the highly ambitious plan to develop 1 GW of PV projects in Wuhai City, in the Haibowan district of Inner Mongolia. The first project under the proposal will be 200 MW, with the 1 GW goal to be reached in a three to five year period.
Solar plus ecosystem and offsite wholesale PV to takeoff
Integrated solutions such as distributed rooftop PV, plus storage, plus load management are set to reshape what we think of as the U.S. solar market today. This was one of the key takeaways in a compelling presentation delivered by GTM Research analyst Shayle Kann, as he kicked of Greentech Medias Solar Summit 2015, today in Phoenix.
Record quarter for residential and commercial solar
Mercom solar financing report says expiry of US federal tax credit has driven segment to new high. UK and African off-grid projects also feature prominently in Q1 figures.
Investment dries up for Australia's large-scale RE
Investment in large-scale wind and solar projects in Australia has almost come to a complete standstill, in new data revealed by BNEF. In December 2014 there was zero investment in large-scale renewables, with the first three months of 2015 delivering only AUD$6.6 million (US$4.73 million) of project investment.
Labour pledges to remove carbon from UK electricity supply
To achieve decarbonization through PV alone would require an extra 100 million panels in the next 15 years. Labour would make decarbonization by 2030 a legal requirement, if elected on May 7.
SPI to acquire 50 MW UK solar pipeline
Chinese-headquartered solar group signs development rights agreement with project owner Global Renewable Construction Limited Group to acquire PV pipeline across U.K.
Thin film to power drones
Silent Falcon UAV will be powered by Ascent Solar cells. Drone has a range of ‘commercial, public safety and defense applications.’
EDF and Marubeni partner on 146 MW Chilean merchant plant
France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles will partner with Japan’s Marubeni to develop a 146 MW power plant in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The Laberinto PV power plant will be one of the largest upon completion.
