Power Plants

Spanish PV developer Abengoa has built and designed a 10MW solar thermal plant for Minera El Tesoro, which is said to represent South America’s first operational solar thermal plant.

Ingot furnace equipment supplier Beijing Jingyuntong Technology Co (JYT) has won an arbitration case against LDK Solar.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Western Area Power Administration have released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 100MW Quartzsite Solar Energy Project in Arizona, US.

Following a challenging 2012, German renewable energy specialist juwi has restructured to focus on its core business with an emphasis on consolidation in order to prepare for 2013.

Alexander & Baldwin (A&B), a real estate development firm and Hawaii’s fourth largest private land owner, has announced the completion of its 6MW Port Allen Solar Facility on Kauai island in Hawaii.

Developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has kicked off the New Year with the sale of five Germany-based PV ground-mounted systems to an undisclosed company.

Hawaiian nut company Hamakua Mac Nut has announced the installation of a 30,000 square foot, US$1.5 million, PV system expected to generate 75% of its electricity needs.

Chinese hydroelectric dam builder Sinohydro Group has approved plans to construct a 40MW PV facility in the Chinese province of Gansu.

Solar wafer slurry recycling specialist SiC Processing has been granted self-administration while it goes through insolvency proceedings in the District Court of Amberg, Germany.

SMA Solar has entered the fast growing Chinese market by acquiring a majority stake in China-based start-up Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy.