Solar developer SPI Energy has invested around US$4.6 million in an electric vehicle rental service in China, with the company expected to build branded charging stations and leverage its PV business to finance its growth.
The unsung hero in the grid revolution is the data that enables new technology and provides more control of an increasingly complex system. Andy Colthorpe explores the growing role for Big Data in energy networks.
Independent investment manager I Squared Capital — through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund — has acquired Lincoln Clean Energy, a developer, owner and operator of solar and wind assets in North America.
Major monocrystalline wafer producer Longi Silicon Materials has signed an agreement with Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province Qi County People's Government to build a 100MW monocrystalline module based PV power plant.
Chile’s Ministry of National Resources is holding a public tender for 2,896 hectares of land in the region of Arica and Parinacota to be used for renewable energy projects.
Leading Silicon Module Super League member Trina Solar has added 27MW of distributed generation (DG) PV projects to its balance sheet after completing and connecting three projects to the grid in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China at the end of December 2015.
A team of teachers volunteering to educate refugees and displaced peoples among the camps of Calais in northern France, will power a mobile school with a solar-plus-storage system.
Canadian Solar is introducing a 72-cell, 1500V ‘Diamond’ CS6X-P-FG PV module with heat-strengthened double glass configuration for commercial and utility-scale applications and is designed for high voltage systems of up to 1500 VDC, saving BOS costs.
