Power Plants

Grid-connected energy storage installed globally will exceed 40GW by 2022, according to a research report by IHS published in late December.

Electronic device producer, Murata Manufacturing is installing a 1.6MW solar power array at its subsidiary Tokyo Denpa's (TEW) Gunma Plant.

The fourth phase of Texas' largest solar project, Alamo, is now under construction near the city of San Antonio.

The largest solar installer in the US, SolarCity, is to launch an online platform that will allow individuals and businesses to invest in its solar.

Power generated by photovoltaics systems covered 4.5% of Germany’s total electricity production last year, according to estimates released by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).

French battery company Saft will lead a consortium building a photovoltaic (PV) power plant combined with a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery energy storage system on the island of La Réunion, Indian Ocean.

The number of solar installations in the UK registered for the government’s feed-in tariff has topped half a million for the first time, according to official statistics.

Solar investment vehicle ForVEI has purchased a 6.9MW PV plant in southern Italy.

The investor owned electric and gas utility, Ameren Corporation is continuing its major solar energy initiative, with a 5.7MW solar farm in Missouri.

Chile’s Ministry of Energy and government agency for entrepreneurship, COFO, has awarded a tender for South America’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) plant.