Power Plants

Six PV projects totalling 415MW have been selected under the fourth round of South Africa’s national renewable energy procurement programme.

Chinese project developer SPI Solar has acquired the development rights for 30MW of PV in Japan.

South African developer, BioTherm Energy, has become the second company to reveal successful bids for solar projects in the latest round of its home nation's flagship renewables programme.

An agreement to construct 1,000MW of solar power generation capacity has been made between Chinese PV module manufacturer Risen Energy Co. and the local governments of Wuhai City and Haibowan district, Inner Mongolia, as well as a further 200MW module supply deal.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated up to US$15.2 million for a new research and development (R&D) round set to help industry-partnered projects that are looking to develop and commercialise renewable energy technologies.

Solar cell and module manufacturer Suniva announced that it is powering a PV project with battery storage from Vermont-based utility Green Mountain Power (GMP.)

International downstream PV firm Conergy and developer Holocene have jointly reached financial close on a 28MW portfolio of PV projects in North Carolina.

French developer EDF Energies Nouvelles and Japanese industrial conglomerate Marubeni have entered Chile’s solar market with a 146MW project.

NRG Energy and its yieldco NRG Yield have formed a partnership to invest in residential solar leases.

SolarCity has announced a new partnership with smart-metering company Nest starting with an offer of 10,000 Nest thermostats to new customers in California.