Canadian Solar has closed a deal worth £36.4 million (US$52.9 million) to refinance four UK solar power plants totalling over 40.2MW of installed capacity.
GTM Research’s latest report, US Commercial Solar Landscape 2016-2020, details how the top ten developers in the country account for just 42% of the overall commercial solar market.
PV wafer and module manufacturer ReneSola reported first quarter 2016 results inline with guidance as the company continues to shift away from its OEM module business and focus on downstream PV power plant projects.
The economic benefits of adding energy storage to solar in California at affordable multi-family dwellings could far outweigh the costs, even doubling savings on energy bills, a new report claims.
According to latest findings from Dutch statistics authority, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the Netherlands’ cumulative PV capacity hit 1,485MW by the end of December 2015.
Another large-scale solar PV plant has been completed on a former golf course in Japan, a 51MW project built by financial services company Orix Corporation.
On Sunday EDF inaugurated the 50MW Zmorot solar park located in the northern Negev desert, covering more than 60 hectares and comprised of more than 200,000 solar panels supplied by French silicon PV module manufacturer Photowatt.
PV inverter manufacturer Ginlong Technologies is showcasing its Solis 36kW and 40kW 3-phase string inverters at SNEC 2016 PV Power Expo being held this week in Shanghai, China. The inverters are embedded with PLC intelligent tracking functions, PLC Intelligent controller and include a tracking angle control board, smart sensors and efficient motors.
Utility Mississippi Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, and solar firm Origis Energy have begun construction of a 52MW solar PV facility in Lamar County, Mississippi.
