Power Plants

Scatec Solar will make its first foray into the Brazilian market with a group of four projects totalling 150MW.

Renewable energy service provider Ameresco is playing a large part in bringing community solar to two towns in Massachusetts.

NLC tendering for 500MW(ac) in Tamil Nadu, Off-grid solar power for 1,000 villages in Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu 500MW utility-scale tender avoided.

India’s ongoing demonetization scheme, which has divided opinion globally, looks set to improve the finances of Indian distribution companies (Discoms) in what could be a boon to the solar sector, according to consultancy firm Mercom Capital Group.

EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary of EDF, has completed a 146MW solar plant and started constructing another 115MW plant in Chile.

The industry is increasingly turning to 1500V systems to improve BoS costs but SolarEdge's Lior Handelsman suggests a more tried and tested approach.

Global EPC contractor and Saudi renewable energy company Desert Technologies announced Thursday that the 23.1MW Falcon Ma’an solar plant has been connected to the Jordanian national grid.

Edisun Microgrids has launched the first dual-axis solar tracker strategically designed and built for the commercial and industrial rooftop sector. ‘PV Booster’ claims to provide yields of 20% and higher, compared to fixed mounted modules.

Furniture giant IKEA is to add to its portfolio of solar installations in the US with the development of a 1.2MW system atop its new store in Columbus, Ohio.

Sumitomo Electric Industries said that its first 1MW CPV pilot plant in Ouarzazate City, Morocco has been completed.