Kong Sun posts $9.8 million profit in H1
Kong Sun has recorded a profit of CNY 63.7 million ($9.75 million) in the first half of 2017, from a loss of CNY 124.4 million a year earlier, as it connected roughly 210 MW of new solar capacity to the Chinese grid.
Pacifico starts building 42 MW in Japan
Pacifico Energy has started building a 42 MW solar project in northeastern Japan.
Hevel Solar starts construction on 15 MW solar plant in south-western Russia
The plant is part of a 165 MW PV project pipeline that the company is developing in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Mexico: 843 MW of solar submitted for environmental approval
The six projects are planned to be built in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Puebla and Chihuahua.
Tokyu Land to build 92 MW plus storage in Japan
Property developer Tokyu Land has revealed plans to pair 92 MW of solar with 25.3 MWh of lithium-ion storage capacity on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, in cooperation with Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance and Green Power Development Corp. of Japan.
JinkoSolar signs 17 MW order in western Canada
JinkoSolar has agreed to provide 17 MW of solar panels for one of the first utility-scale PV projects to be built in the western Canadian province of Alberta.
India: NTPC closes in on 1 GW renewable goal
Three new solar PV projects totaling 433 MW are under implementation and are expected to be finished by the end of the year, taking NTPC’s 2017 renewables installation tally to 1 GW.
CarbonFree Technology buys 65 MW of PV projects in Chile
The projects, which range in size from 3 MW to 10 MW, are being developed under the country’s PMGD Program for distributed generation.
Will Piyush Goyal bring his solar experience to make Indian railways green?
Former Indian minister of new and renewable energy Piyush Goyal, who has now been appointed as new minister of Indian railways after a cabinet reshuffle, may use his experience to implement the railways’ 1 GW solar plan.
Soltec to supply trackers for 38 MW thin-film project in Brazil
Spanish tracker manufacturer Soltec has announced that it will supply its single-axis tracker equipment to a 38 MW PV project to be constructed in the state of Bahia in Northern Brazil.
