The Australian state of Queensland is raising its solar feed-in tariff (FiT) by 17.3% for 2016/17 in response to an increase in wholesale energy costs.
Utility Mississippi Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, and solar firm Origis Energy have begun construction of a 52MW solar PV facility in Lamar County, Mississippi.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering providing a senior secured loan of up to US$26.1 million for the construction of Sunrise Solar Energy’s 50MW solar PV plant in Jordan.
Electricity fed back to the grid by residential solar systems in Tasmania is worth more than double the price it is currently receiving, according to new research.
Airbus Defence and Space, a division of European multinational aerospace and defence corporation Airbus Group, has signed with US-based semiconductor manufacturer Microlink Devices to produce epitaxial liftoff (ELO)-based multijunction solar sheets for Airbus’s new drones.
PV monitoring solutions provider meteocontrol and solar EPC firm Phoenix Solar have established a partnership that focuses on the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT).
Solar radiation measurement solutions provider Kipp & Zonen has acquired Black Photon Instruments’ AirShield DNI for use in its pyrheliometers in dry and dusty environments.
