Power Plants

Solar energy firm Condor Electronics Algeria is developing a 2MW solar PV project in Algeria with UK-based solar developer Renewable Energy Partner.

PV super league member Canadian Solar is to build the largest PV power plant in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

ET Solar Chile, the Latin American subsidiary of PV developer ET Solar, has formed a consortium with Brazil-based electronics manufacturer WEG to offer turnkey PV services for the Brazilian market.

SolarMax branded string and central inverters are being once again in production, though not in Switzerland its former home.

Battery-based energy storage could provide up to 13 different services to the US electricity grid, while the usefulness of the technology increases the more ‘distributed’ it is along the system, according to a new report.

China-based PV energy provider GCL New Energy Holdings has signed an EPC contract to build a 50MW fishery PV power plant in Yugan County of Jiangxi Province, China.

Spain’s energy ministry has approved a new regulation for self-consumption, which has been branded as a deliberate attempt to avoid the development of PV and self-consumption within Spain, by the country’s solar association.

PV energy provider United Photovoltaics Group continues to be impacted by grid limitations in Gansu Province, China.

The managing director of PV mounting systems specialist Renusol, Stefan Liedtke, left the company at the beginning of this month, with his replacement joining from rival firm Schletter.

The Chinese government has allocated an additional 5.3GW of solar capacity quota for selected provinces in China.