Power Plants

Pakistan is set to adopt competitive bidding for new solar PV projects, according to an order published by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA).

South Korean PV specialist DNE Solar has signed a framework agreement with German inverter manufacturer KACO New Energy for the delivery of 300MW of string inverters.

France has sought to increase its ambitions for solar PV in the country after the technology “overshot expectations”, a government representative has said.

Clean energy power company TerraForm Power announced that it has secured additional project financing for four solar installations in Canada.

Over and over again, at last week’s PV Expo trade show in Tokyo, PV Tech heard that those that will survive in Japan’s PV market will be the ones in it for the long haul. Andy Colthorpe spoke to industry observers and participants to get an inside look.

Spain-headquartered solar tracker designer and manufacturer STi Norland has signed an agreement with project owners EDF Israel and Clalsun together with Belectric Israel to provide 35MW of its single-axis trackers for the Ashalim PV project.

Global PV module producer Upsolar will provide 23.6MW of modules for a solar plant in Hilvan, Sanliurfa, Turkey.

Mining and power firm NLC India is setting up a 5MW floating solar PV plant in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Malaysia installed 31.78MW of solar PV under its Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) scheme last year, bringing cumulative capacity to 294.85MW.

UK-based solar firm WElink Energy will develop a 220MW solar plant in southern Portugal, having signed an EPC agreement with China Triumph International Engineering (CTIEC).