Power Plants

Trina Solar has produced n-type and p-type monocrystalline and p-type multicrystalline solar cells with new record conversion efficiencies. Trina Solar expects the technologies used to become part of its future production roadmap.

PV manufacturer China Sunergy (CSUN) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Deniz Finansal Kiralama (DenizLeasing), that will see the pair offer solar through leasing in Turkey.

The Wold Bank has commissioned the first of many data stations measuring renewable energy potential around the globe in an effort to open up new markets.

Tyre manufacturer Continental will install a 6.1MW rooftop PV system at its factory in Hefei, China.

The US Department of Energy loans guarantee programme has made more from interest payments than it lost on failed companies such as Solyndra.

Ahead of its financial analyst day event, major PV energy provider SunPower has pre-released financial guidance for 2015, while announcing its highly anticipated next wave of manufacturing capacity expansions.

Trina Solar has won a 28.5MW contract with Camborne Capital and sPower for the pair’s UK project collaboration.

Strong growth in solar and wind will make renewable energy generation the world’s leading source of power by 2035, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

India’s Reliance Power has successfully connected the world’s largest concentrated solar project (CSP) with compact linear fresnel reflector (CLFR) technology to the grid in India’s Jaisalmer District of Rajasthan, according to the company.

Allianz Capital Partners’ Renewable Energy Fund has acquired two ground mount solar parks in Germany.