Power Plants

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has only imposed preliminary anti-subsidy duties on US imported polysilicon from Hemlock Semiconductor and AE Polysilicon.

Schneider Electric has supplied four of its PV Box power conversion substations to a 5MW solar power plant in Cobbs Cross, Bridgewater in the United Kingdom for Grupo Solaer.

Proposed reforms to renewable energy laws by the Spanish government have been criticised by the Spanish National Energy Commission (CNE).

Nine of Europe’s biggest energy companies have called for reforms to Europe’s energy system that would see subsidies for established renewable forms such as solar scaled back.

The Mexican Environment Ministry has confirmed it is in talks to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) that would support a new 30MW power plant.

Inverter manufacturer Solectrica’s SGI 500XT’s transformer inverters have been selected by Argrand Energy Solutions for a 2.3MW project in North Carolina.

Commercial and industrial customers of US energy and energy services retailer Direct Energy will soon be able to utilise solar power at ‘little or no upfront cost’, following an agreement the company has signed with PV energy services provider SolarCity.

Taking advantage of a general run-up in solar sector shares on both the NASDAQ and NYSE, several leading companies are planning to sell new tranches of stock, including Yingli Green, SunEdison and GT Advanced Technologies.

German consumers are not given enough information about storage options when it comes to purchasing and comparing solar power systems, according to a report published by EUPD Research.

A surge in PV demand across the Americas is likely but it will require policy changes to support it, according to a report by NPD SolarBuzz.