The California Energy Commission and the Department of the Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday that will see both parties collaborate on a number of renewable-energy initiatives.
NEC Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, announced that it is supplying the Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD) of Sterling, Massachusetts, with a 2MW, 3.9 MWh energy storage solution.
Tesla Motors and SolarCity are closer to combining their empires to form what could be the world’s largest solar and energy storage company, as the final referendum for the merger has been officially set for 17 November 2016.
Nigeria’s Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) has approved a new regulation that gives distribution companies licences to use mini-grids to accelerate electrification across the country.
Alterra Power Corp. and Inovateus Solar announced the closing of a US$8.9 million construction loan facility for the Kokomo solar project — a 7MW PV installation located in Kokomo, Indiana.
PV power company Canadian Solar announced that with Empowered by Light and in partnership with the GivePower Foundation, it has donated 30kW PV panels with 72 poly cell matrix, CS6X-P, to the first mini-grid systems in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On the day I left Taiwan after a busy week meeting with PV suppliers up and down the supply chain in May, 2016 that was organised by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) the country elected its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen.
Taiwan’s geographical constraints combined with new Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) from the government have opened the door for a significant push for floating solar PV deployment, according to industry members at the PV Taiwan exhibition in Taipei.
California’s SolarReserve has announced plans earlier this week to build the world’s largest solar project – an up to 2GW US$5 billion concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Nevada.
