Power Plants

Canadian firm Fengate Capital Managemangent has reached financial close on a 7MW PV project in Ontario.

RGS Energy has made the latest in a series of “strategic acquisitions”, signing an agreement to purchase Hawaiian full service solar energy firm Elemental Energy, which trades under the brand name Sunetric.

PV mounting system installer Unirac has been chosen by Sunora Energy Solutions and NRG Energy to develop a 37.2MW Ground Mount Steel (GMS) mounting system in Inarajan, Guam.

Developers who have bid for projects under the domestic content part of India’s JNNSM national solar programme may not sign power purchase agreements, industry body the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has warned.

California utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), claims to have passed a milestone by drawing over 20% of its power from renewable energy sources in 2013.

Market conditions in the PV industry continued to impact PV inverter leader, SMA Solar Technology in 2013, with the company registering a loss of €89.1 million for the full year.

Norway based developer, Scatec Solar, is to build a 10MW PV power plant in Jordan.

Solar PV has reached grid parity in Spain, Germany and Italy according to a new report by the consultancy Eclareon.

Ukraine’s ministry of energy and coal industry has announced Crimea’s solar power projects are to stop receiving payments under the country’s feed-in tariff.

The state senate of Vermont in the US has approved an increase in the cap placed on solar net metering.