Not-for-profit GivePower Foundation, created by US firm SolarCity, has installed the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) first minigrid using solar and battery storage at Virunga National Park.
meteocontrol, a subsidiary of Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), is supplying a monitoring system for an 18MW solar park by developed by Advantec in Japan.
Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) is proposing to allow solar developers that won projects in the 2014 auction to cancel them with a reduced penalty fee.
Telergon’s S6000N DC switch disconnector from distributor Switchtec has been introduced to meet the demand for this type of product as a result of the increased usage of 1500VDC generation in photovoltaic (PV) utility scale systems.
Solar wafer and module manufacturer ReneSola reported second quarter 2016 results impacted by a module end market demand slowdown in China and high polysilicon prices, while wafer ASPs decline, squeezing revenue and margins.
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) has received an order for 17 units of its Solar Ware 1667 outdoor PV inverters with salt damage prevention specifications for a utility-scale PV project currently under construction on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy announced that its 100MW/134 MWp Mustang solar installation in Kings County, California, has reached commercial operation.
