Power Plants

First Solar said it had started construction of a 22MW PV power plant in Pecos County, Texas.

US-based investment bank, ROTH Capital Partners cleantech analysts have raised their 2014 market forecast for the PV industry.

The EU has proposed a binding 27% renewable energy target for 2030 and a 40% emissions reduction goal.

In his final address before retiring due to cancer, a member of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued a warning to his fellow commissioners to protect the state’s commitment to clean energy.

JA Solar and Powerway have formed a joint venture to establish a PV module assembly plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa with an initial nameplate capacity of 150MW.

US-based PV module encapsulant supplier, STR Holdings, is to renovate its leased facility in Suzhou and seek further outsourced manufacturing arrangements with third parties.

Leading economics and science experts in the UK have called for an international push akin to the Apollo space mission to kick-start the deployment of renewable energy storage technology.

Goldpoly has agreed to buy 400MW of PV projects in Ganshu province from GD Solar.

Aside from traditional solar PV module manufacturing product warranties JA Solar in collaboration with Solar Insurance and Finance (Solarif) is offering customers solar project insurance.

India-based PV module manufacturer and project developer, Moser Baer Solar, has said shipments and sales to Japan have reached a new record in 2013.