The Chilean Congress has passed a major law on electricity transmission, which will help the development of both renewable and non-renewable energy projects.
Solar Frontier Americas — US subsidiary of the world’s largest CIS solar energy solutions provider, Solar Frontier — announced that two utility-scale solar projects from its development pipeline have started construction.
Federal government-owned public liability, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), has signed the country’s first ever solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with more than ten project developers, totalling 975MW of utility-scale solar.
Huawei Technologies decided to enter the PV inverter market, bringing its ICT know-how and hardware to a market already burdened by overcapacity and declining margins. In a few short years, instead of floundering, Huawei soon became the market leader in China.
Brazilian minister of mines and energy Fernando Coelho Filho has touted the potential of Brazil to become one of the largest global solar markets through the distributed generation segment.
Energy developer Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has signed off on an agreement to both construct and serve as the operations and maintenance contractor for the 102MW Lamesa Solar Facility — located in Dawson County, Texas.
Electric power holding company Duke Energy has received approval to develop a 17MW solar power plant at Naval Support Activity Crane — also known as the Crane naval station — located around 40 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana.
