Saudi-owned Spanish firm Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has signed an agreement with Jordan’s utility company to build a 50MW PV power plant in the country.
Struggling ‘Silicon Module Super League’ member Yingli Green Energy has missed shipment guidance for the third quarter and will take a non-cash impairment charge of US$581.3 million on long-lived manufacturing assets, due to lower utilisation rates.
India-based module manufacturer HHV Solar Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of renewable energy firm Swelect Energy, has ramped up its crystalline solar PV manufacturing line in Dabaspet, Bangalore, from 40MW to 100MW.
SolarCity’s chief operating officer Tanguy Serra has been promoted to the newly created role of president, while the company’s chief financial officer Brad Buss has announced his retirement.
Global technology leader Google and renewable energy developer Duke Energy Carolinas are teaming up to develop a 61MW PV project in North Carolina that is set to help account for a portion of the power demand for Google’s new data centre in Lenoir.
Renewables with energy storage can help build low carbon energy networks in the developing world – but the twin technologies still face competition from natural gas while they gradually mature, according to an electric power systems maker and integrator.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ member Canadian Solar has secured a major PV module supply deal with US dedicated residential solar PV installer, Sunrun.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ member JinkoSolar has appointed Gener Miao as its vice president global sales and marketing, a position and role not used by the company in recent years.
