Power Plants

The Turut Ozal Medical Center of ?nönü University, Malayta in Turkey has signed a contract for the construction of a 5MW solar power plant.

NextEra Energy Resources, one of North America’s biggest renewable energy owner operators, has revealed it has a solar project backlog of 800MW.

SunPower, the second largest US solar manufacturer, has acquired solar farm cleaning equipment manufacturer Greenbotics.

The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is demanding information from organisations including utility Arizona Public Service (APS) on the possible use of ratepayer funds in controversial public relations campaigns against solar power and net metering.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has said it will extend a probe into imports of solar-grade polysilicon from Europe by six months.

US thin-film giant First Solar has seen its third quarter sales surge 51% compared to the same period last year.

The increase in global carbon dioxide emissions slowed last year because of a shift towards renewable energy usage, a major new study claims.

Global renewables project developer, New Generation Power, and engineer, procurement and construction company, Premier Solar Group have signed a power purchase agreement for 315MW of solar energy in Andhra Pradesh.

German state development bank KfW is to provide €654 million (US$900 million) for a Moroccan CSP project.

The requirement for local content in Saudi Arabia’s early solar power tenders could mean it misses out on global cost cuts, according to IHS.