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November 16, 2016
Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has selected Saudi Arabian power engineering firm ACWA Power and China’s Chint group to develop three solar plants with a combined capacity of 170MW as part of the NOOR PV I project in Morocco.
November 16, 2016
JinkoSolar, JA Solar, Risen Energy, Wuxi Suntech and Sumec (Phono Solar) have been withdrawn from the EU’s Minimum Import Price (MIP) undertaking by the European Commission.
November 16, 2016
Mobile network operator Orange and French renewables firm Engie have partnered to pursue rural electrification in Africa.
November 16, 2016
Direct ownership of solar panels is set to overtake leasing in 2017 for the first time since 2011, according to new analysis by GTM Research.
November 16, 2016
France, Brazil, India and several other countries have signed a framework agreement as part of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the COP22 conference in Marrakech, according to Indian energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal.
November 16, 2016
Vasari Energy announced that it is expanding its utility-scale solar projects in Maricopa County and Gild Bend, Arizona — doubling the company’s solar generation installations within the state and boosting capacity from 68MW to 140MW.
November 15, 2016
Struggling flexible CIGS thin-film consumer product producer Ascent Solar Technologies third quarter 2016 sales almost doubled but losses continue to mount.
November 15, 2016
China-based N-type monocrystalline module manufacturer Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical Co., (HT-SAAE) said that it’s ‘HIGHWAY’ PV modules (265 – 270W 60-cell) have gained TUV Rheinland’s ‘Ultimate Reliability Certification’.
November 15, 2016
Leading ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar said that its entire portfolio of PV modules passed the 96-hour Potential Induced Degradation ("PID") resistance test to IEC62804 standards.
November 15, 2016
Australian power firm AGL Energy (AGL) has sold its 102MW Nyngan and 53MW Broken Hill solar plants to the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF) for AU$257 million (US$194 million).

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