Lucy Woods

The French regulatory commission for energy (CRE) has released a response to 396 applications for solar project tenders.

Norwegian manufacturer REC’s division into REC Solar and REC Silicon has made it possible for the company to “invest heavily in research and development again”, according to REC Solar’s senior vice president for sales and marketing, Luc Graré.

Electricity engineer, and inverter manufacturer Ingeteam has supplied 1MW of its ‘Ingecon Sun PowerStation’ solution to a 1.2MW PV project.

Indianapolis International Airport is to house what is said to be the largest solar farm at any US airport.

German renewables project developer juwi has begun a joint venture in Dubai.

Canadian Solar Solutions, subsidiary of module manufacturer Canadian Solar has completed and sold two solar plants to TransCanada.

German Federal Network Agency figures show the 10,109 installations fell below the 300MW mark for the first time in four months.

Tracking system engineering firm Exosun has signed a contract to supply a 12MW solar plant that once completed will be the largest tracker-equipped plant in France.

System manufacturer and developer, Conergy, has received offers for its production subsidiaries, Mounting Systems and Conergy SolarModule, as insolvency negotiations continue.

India solar industry consultancy, Bridge to India, has published its National Solar Map showing 1.8GW commissioned as of August.