Power Plants

A large-scale storage system co-located at a German solar farm by the PV plant’s developer Belectric, has been given the green light to operate in the grid-balancing frequency response market.

It appears a buyer has been found for Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax, which was declared insolvent at the end of last year, with the company set to relaunch in June.

The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has hardened its stance against solar trade defence duties by joining the SETI Alliance.

North Carolina Governor Patrick McCrory has signed Senate Bill 372, which extends the tax credit for renewable energy projects in the state.

Solar giant JA Solar has formed a joint venture with the Chilean subsidiary of developer Soventix to develop large-scale PV projects in the Latin American country.

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group (Hanergy TF) has revealed plans to open 1,500 retail stores globally for its suite of thin-film solar products by 2017.

RET Capital has appointed Michael Young as the company’s vice president, legal and administration.

SunEdison has revealed today the first set of projects under its emerging markets yieldco, which is named TerraForm Global.

Tier-one module manufacturer and project developer Canadian Solar has agreed a US$250 million loan with China Minsheng Bank.

Horizontal tracking systems provided by IdeemaTec Deutschland GmbH will be utilised by the Jordanian government programme for renewable energies in three projects — totaling 43.5MW.