Power Plants

For the fourth time in two years China has increased its solar energy target from 21GW by 2015 to 35GW.

Mage Solar and Paradise Energy have completed the installation of a 1.1MW PV system for concrete manufacturer Martin Limestone.

Inti Pacific 2, an affiliate of Spanish renewable energy developer Nexer, is seeking approval for its proposed 54MW PV project in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile and has submitted plans to the Chilean environmental authority, Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA).

Swedish furniture store IKEA has completed its 35th solar project in the US at its store in store in the city of Sunrise in southern Florida.

Enel Green Power (EGP), a renewable energy developer, has announced it has installed and brought online a total of 57MW of PV capacity in Greece.

Greek grid operator, Hellenic Transmission, has announced the country installed 1.126GW of solar PV capacity, whilst rooftop capacity was 298MW in December 2012.

A cap of 2.5% should be applied to inreases in renewable energy incentives levy in Germany, according to the country's Environment Minister, Peter Altmaier.

Geenex, a renewable energy company which aims to draw upon “German excellence, expertise and reliability”, has announced it will invest US$200 million in PV projects in North Carolina over the next two years.

AEG Power Solutions, a provider of renewable energy systems based in the Netherlands, has signed a contract with an unnamed Western European EPC company for 240MW of PV capacity in Eastern Europe.

Project developer SKY Energy International and Metals Engineering Corporation (METEC) are celebrating the fabrication of the first solar panel in Ethiopia.