Power Plants

CPV producer Soitec said a 150MW CPV power plant previously announced would be scrapped as the customer, San Diego Gas & Electric was said to have encountered a “major roadblock” in developing the project.

Leading PV inverter manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology has recently appointed Martin Kinne to be responsible for sales and service as its Chief Sales and Service Officer (CSSO).

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)’s Solar Source subsidiary has acquired a 12.9MW solar power plant from Colorado based solar generator, juwi.

Power control manufacturer Advanced Energy is considering the future of its PV inverter business with a sell-off not ruled out.

Kyocera Corporation is to develop a 13.4MW floating solar power plant in Japan.

Leading Chinese polysilicon and wafer manufacturer GCL-Poly is to abandon plans for the US$1.3 billion sale of its wafer business.

The Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) has criticised a freshly issued set of rules in Japan that will allow utility companies to limit renewable energy output and lower feed-in tariff (FiT) payments in some cases.

The European Commission has reopened its investigation into solar glass imports for China after a request from EU ProSun Glass.

The US market for solar plus storage is predicted to grow more than twentyfold in the next three years, rapidly expanding from US$42 million in value this year to US$1 billion by 2018, according to GTM Research.

Integrated US photovoltaic energy company SunPower’s solar panels will be sold as part of a package that includes energy management software and energy storage capabilities to residential customers in the US and Australia from early next year.