Power Plants

UK-based project developer and EPC Solarcentury is to be supplied with around 33,000 Trina Solar made PC14 modules for a 9.9MWp solar farm project in Cocle province, central Panama.

Solar and wind energy could now be the cheapest sources of energy supply in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a new report.

Tier-1 PV manufacturer and project developer ET Solar said it had secured turnkey EPC services for a 50MWp solar power plant in Israel, along with local partners G-Systems and El-Mor Group.

Major tier-1 PV module manufacturer JA Solar said its modules were deployed on the roof of the Israeli Knesset building.

PV module tracker firm NEXTracker said it had completed the commissioning of its tracker systems for SunEdison’s 69.5MW Javiera project in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Arizona’s largest public utility company is seeking the green light to significantly raise fees levied on households with rooftop solar systems to help pay for the local grid network.

PV inverter firm, Ginlong Technologies will have its ‘Solis’ branded inverters available in the US and the UK through expanding current distribution agreements.

Major tier-1 PV manufacturer JA Solar said its chief technology officer Yong Liu had resigned from the company, effective March 31, 2015.

Research into energy storage and related technologies has been given a boost in the US in the past few days, with a major utility company committing funding in Indiana for renewables integration and New York’s governor announcing the creation of a research facility.

China-based PV EPC and project developer, China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings reported a 9.3% increase in EPC revenue for 2014, reaching RMB2,060 million (US$332.3 million).