Power Plants

Austria-based PV developer Activ Solar has commissioned the 34MW Bolgrad Solar Park in Odessa, Ukraine.

The Spanish government has announced a series of cuts to renewable energy subsidies totalling €2.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) as part of widespread reforms to its energy policy.

China leapfrogged Germany in June to become the first country in the world to install 3GW of utility-scale solar power, according to the latest data from Wiki-Solar.

High Definition Photovoltaic (HDPV) Alliance has published its first standard: the HDPV inverter standard in the hope of halving inverter costs and doubling output power.

DE Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Bright Plain Renewable Energy BPRE) have bought five solar farms in Tulare County, California from Macquarie Capital.

Businesses from across the spectrum of the US solar industry have been recognised by the Intersolar NA AWARD programme.

Energy company E.ON’s solar subsidiary, E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC&R), has completed its US first projects, in Arizona.

PV system integrator, Phoenix Solar, has signed a contract with solar developer Silicon Ranch for a 38.6MW solar plant near Atlanta, Georgia.

Solar venture capital investments increased by over US$60 million in the second quarter of 2013, having hit a record low in the first part of the year.

Gehrlicher Solar has blamed its application for insolvency on the EU’s anti-dumping measures.