Conor Ryan

EREN Renewable Energy (EREN RE) and EDF Energies Nouvelles have commissioned three PV projects with a combined generation capacity of 87MW in India.

Solar Steel, a division of Gonvarri Steel Services, is expected to supply 345MW of its TracSmarT single-axis trackers for a PV project located in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

PV manufacturer Yingli Green Energy will supply 38.4MW of its PV panels for a rural distributed PV poverty alleviation project in China.

Netherlands-based pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has agreed to invest over US$384 million in three PV projects in the US, with the trio of installations representing a combined generation capacity of 858MW.

Duke Energy has awarded US$400,000 in solar grants for 16 not-for-profit organisations in Indiana that will help finance the installation of PV systems.

Residential solar provider Vivint Solar has officially expanded the availability of its solar energy systems into the state of Delaware. Following this expansion, the company now operates in 21 different states.

Organic farming cooperative Organic Valley has struck a deal on a community partnership that will see the company source 100% of its electricity resources from renewables by 2019, with the cooperative claiming that it is the largest food company in the world to do so.

Enerray, though the company EB Solaire, is developing a 30MW PV project in Cameroon, with Enerray set to serve as EPC provider for the plant.

Scatec Solar and its partners have reached financial close for six PV projects in Egypt with a combined generation capacity of 400MW.

NTT Facilities has completed a 23MW PV project in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture and has officially connected it to the national grid.