President Obama unveils 75,000 solar job initiative
Over the Easter break U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a plan to train 75,000 solar workers by 2020. The Solar Ready Vets program was launched at 10 military bases on Friday.
Canadian Solar completes sale of 10 MW Ontario array
Chinese solar manufacturer and developer Canadian Solar has completed its its third solar project sale to Renewable Energy Trust Ontario Holdings (RET Capital). This most recent sale was of the 10 MW AC CityLights project, located in Chesterville, Ontario.
Philadelphia Solar closes finance for first-round Jordanian FIT project
Jordan’s Philadelphia Solar has closed financing on a 10 MW PV power plant under round one of the country’s FIT scheme. The company says it is the first project to do so under the FIT scheme.
NEXTracker completes 69.5 MW Chile installation for SunEdison
Tracker specialists finalize commissioning for the Javiera Solar project in Chile using state-of-the-art single axis PV trackers to take advantage of the region’s excellent solar insolation.
Vivint Solar to partner on Obama solar jobs initiative
The residential solar installer will act as recruiting partner on the Solar Ready Vets program, which aims to train 75,000 former U.S. military personnel in the solar industry by 2020.
Solar for Gaza
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiative is helping to bring solar power to electricity starved schools, hospitals and water facilities in Palestine’s Gaza Strip.
Final module installed at Nevada's 250 MW Copper Mountain solar plant
Cupertino Electric fits last of more than one million solar modules at the Nevada PV plant, which has been developed by Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development.
Germany, Japan partner on PV grid integration, power-to-gas tech
The collaboration between Japan’s Gifu University and Germany’s ZSW is expected to create better conditions for the “efficient transfer of research results into the marketplace.”
UK: No CfD-backed large-scale solar for next fiscal year
The two solar PV projects that secured a strike price of 50 pounds per MWh under the first Contracts for Difference tender for 2015/16 will not go ahead, administrators have revealed.
Texas microgrid to integrate nine DG sources with storage
Three U.S. companies have combined efforts to deliver a microgrid capable of integrating nine different distributed generation (DG) sources to optimize renewable generation and storage utilization and deliver reliable power. S&C Electric Company, Schneider Electric and transmission and distribution company Oncor have partnered to deliver the project.
