Power Plants

A significant reduction in new PV capacity in Germany has been forecasted by EuPD Research for 2013.

A 145MW solar project located in Neuhardenberg, Germany, and owned by a number of unnamed financial institutions and investors has been completed and is set to connect to the grid on 8 March, 2013.

Hundreds of thousands of Scheuten Solar Holding-manufactured solar modules have been declared a fire risk by the Dutch Food and Goods Authority (NVWA).

SolarCity and American Honda Motor Co have announced a partnership aimed at making solar power more affordable to customers in the US by providing a cleaner source of electricity at a lower cost than utility-supplied power.

JA Solar has raised its shipment guidance for the fourth quarter and full-year 2012.

Chinese solar manufacturer Phono Solar and Symbior Energy, a Hong Kong-based renewable energy company, have signed a strategic cooperation to jointly develop a 40MW solar project in Thailand.

PV module and wafer manufacturer ReneSola has announced that, since November 2011, over 100MW of its PV modules have been distributed, installed and connected to the grid in Greece.

The Spanish government has published retroactive feed-in tariffs for projects installed between 2009 and 2011.

Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has announced a feed-in tariff for PV projects up to 100MW.

House builders in Texas will be obliged to offer customers the option of installing a solar system in new build homes under proposed legislation.