Chile heats up: SunPower and Enel add new power plants
Chile’s market for photovoltaic power plants is off to a hot start in 2015, with new 70 MW and 55 MW projects coming on line and the country’s energy regulator, Sistema Interconectado Central (SIC), estimating the addition of as much as 1.8 GW this year.
Investments in 'grid-edge' companies climb to $1.3 billion in 2014
According to GTM Research, investments in the field last year surpassed 2012 and 2013 but remained below the $1.4 billion the sector raised in 2011.
Top Chinese module suppliers sell out till Q2 while increasing market share
Representing 35% of global module capacity, IHS forecasts a 5.7 GW total effective capacity of Chinese tier-1 module suppliers in the first quarter of 2015.
China: Move to shore up manufacturers through new regulations
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China has released new regulations aimed at boosting equity in manufacturing expansions and encouraging consolidation amongst manufacturers in the country’s PV, battery and polysilicon industries.
UK: Grupotech to install 186 MW of PV in Q1
In the three years that Grupotec has been operating in the U.K., it has erected 32 PV parks with a total capacity of 220 MW, making it the No. 2 leading EPC company in the country last year.
Distributed generation drives 40 GW to 42 GW 2014 market
The global PV market reached between 40 GW and 42 GW in 2014, demonstrating moderate growth on 37 GW in 2013. This is according to figures released today by the PV Market Alliance.
WFES: Gore confident of climate agreement in Paris
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore believes a global C02 emissions agreement is likely to be achieved at Paris, as a part of the UNFCC negotiations to take place in Paris later this year. Gore made his remarks while picking up the Zayed Future Energy Prize Lifetime Achievement award at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) currently underway in Abu Dhabi.
ABB and Solar Impulse form tech alliance for round-the-world-flight
Three engineers from the power and automation company will work alongside the Solar Impulse team as it embarks on its solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
'Six-cent energy is not the new normal'
The ultra-low LCOE agreed for the latest phase of Dubai’s 1 GW project is not typical but may point to an expectation of further falls in panel prices up to 2018.
Cyprus military base powered by solar
Cypriot government has signed a contract with a consortium of companies to develop the 5 MW, $7.5m project. The scheme is the first under the Go Green military initiative.
