Power Plants

Chinese solar mounting supplier Grace Solar has announced the completion of a 1.5MW solar power plant in Japan.

Germany's S.A.G. Solarstrom has received a solar financing commitment for EUR40 million (US$52 million) from Deutsche Bank.

Renewable energy feed-in tariffs in Africa could boost its economy whilst combating climate change, finds a new study developed for the World Future Council.

Sunpreme, a solar power producer headquartered in California, US, has completed, it claims, the largest commercial rooftop PV installation in Punjab, India.

Sempra US Gas & Power, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, has commenced construction on its utility-scale Copper Mountain Solar 3 project.

Power-One has said it has surpassed the 1 million milestone for PV inverters sold worldwide and boosted its installed base has to over 10GW.

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings reported around a US$432 million loss from its solar materials business in 2012, which includes polysilicon and solar wafers.

The government of Uruguay will celebrate the country’s first solar power plant at an inauguration ceremony due to be held later today.

The US is emerging as an increasingly major player in the global solar market at unprecedented scale, according to a new report released today.

PV developer SolarCity will add Barstow Unified School District (BUSD) in California, US, to its solar portfolio by installing 1.5MW of PV systems for the school district.