Power Plants

November 8, 2018
PV energy asset owner-operator Lightsource BP has signed 20-year power purchase agreements with California's Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC) for a PV pipeline of 25MW in the Western US.
November 7, 2018
Leading PV microinverter supplier Enphase Energy reported lower than expected revenue for the third quarter of 2018, citing continued critical component shortages for the flat sales and shipments.
November 7, 2018
SMA Solar Technology is to deliver equipment including inverters to a 50MW solar project in Minbu, Myanmar.
November 7, 2018
Starting with a 250MW first phase factory by July next year, the director of Pakistan-based conglomerate ACT Group has said it should be able to sell PV modules to the customer's doorstep at equal to or cheaper than Chinese import prices.
November 6, 2018
The first three renewable energy projects developed under the US$50 million United Arab Emirates-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) have broken ground in the Bahamas, Barbados and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, according to the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC).
November 6, 2018
ib vogt has completed the Scaldia PV project, with the installation standing as the largest solar park in the Netherlands with a capacity of 54.5MW and more than 140,000 solar panels.
November 6, 2018
Dutch rooftop mounting manufacturer Esdec has acquired US-based EcoFasten Solar.
November 6, 2018
By adopting and modifying technology initially developed by NASA, SunSniffer is able to provide STC (Standard Test Conditions) values of each individual module, on a constant basis during pv power plant operation. This unique technology has been developed with the German Aerospace Center, which consists of software managing Big Data with artificial intelligence and high-precision measuring hardware.
November 6, 2018
The cost of solar technology is no longer a barrier to PV reaching grid parity in China, according to manufacturer LONGi.
November 5, 2018
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has signed off on an agreement with First Solar and NextEra Energy Resources to develop the largest solar installations in Tennessee and Alabama at 150MW and 227MW, respectively for Facebook.

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