United PV chooses EPC firms for 50 MW ‘panda’ project
Datong Panda PV, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of United Photovoltaics, has selected two EPC providers to work on a panda-shaped PV array in northern China’s Shanxi province.
200 MW Garland plant tracks the sun with Array Technologies
Signal Energy’s latest California generating facility stands up to desert’s brutal conditions with robust tracking system.
Oregon’s largest solar project begins construction
The Gala project in Crook County will utilize SunPower E-Series PV modules and its Oasis power plant solution including tracking technology.
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The Toyota Prius gets rooftop solar, Fraunhofer and Hevel push multicrystalline and HJT efficiencies, Saudi Arabia begins 300 MW tender process and Tesla publishes its Q4 2016 financials – welcome to the week that was.
AES dives deeper into clean energy with SPower acquisition
The Fortune 200 power company has partnered with a Canadian investment firm to acquire the U.S. utility-scale developer and IPP.
JRE breaks ground on 22.3 MW near Tokyo
Japan Renewable Energy (JRE) started building the project this week on a 25.3-hectare plot of land in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki prefecture.
NASA images show stunning progress of China’s vast 850 MW Longyangxia Solar Park
Landsat 8 satellite images taken in January capture the four million solar panels installed at the site in Qinghai province, covering an area almost the size of Macau.
India: solar park target should not be limited to 40 GW if demand is there, says Mercom
The recently doubled capacity for solar parks in India from 20 GW to 40 GW has been welcomed by Mercom Capital Group, which says that government should not be too rigid with individual targets if there is demand for more.
Athos completes two large-scale PV plants in Iran
The German company has installed and commissioned two PV power plants in Iran, totaling 14 MW. Project costs of US $21m were all equity financed by Athos.
Growatt supplies central and string inverters to 20 MW Thai solar plant
The Chinese inverter manufacturer ships CP2000 Station-S compact central inverters to three 5 MW sub-plants of a 20 MW solar farm in Thailand. Fourth sub-plant completed with Growatt’s string inverter.
