Power Plants

Reports by Moody's and Navigant offer diverging views on the near-term prospects of solar plus storage systems.

European R&D facility, imec has achieved new solar cell record efficiency for its N-type, monocrystalline n-PERT (passivated emitter, rear totally diffused) process using commercial sized wafers and processing equipment.

PV developer Innovative Solar Systems (ISS) has achieved all necessary approvals and is cleared to begin construction on a 80MW solar farm in North Carolina.

Power project developer Access Power and renewable energy company EREN have launched Access Infra Africa — a company that will invest in the development of power projects in Africa.

Chinese government initiatives for distributed generation will have “a far greater impact on installations in China this year", according to the chairman and chief executive officer of Hanwha SolarOne.

US PV giant SunEdison has confirmed an agreement with the state government of Karnataka in India to build 5GW of subsidy-free wind and solar.

Japan is thought to have installed over 8GW of new photovoltaic (PV) generation capacity during 2014, according to analysis and research firm RTS PV.

PV equipment specialist SoLayTec, recently acquired by Amtech Systems has secured an evaluation testing period for its ALD (atomic layer deposition) system with Hanwha Q CELLS.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised India’s push for solar energy calling it “an historic opportunity”.

The latest contender to challenge for the title of world’s largest merchant PV plant will be an 80MW project in the Antifagasto region of Chile to be built by Greenwood Energy.