Projects

Government confirms 10GW across 64 projects has applied for support from two-layered 1.4GW tender, meant to award contracts later this summer.

Major PV inverter manufacturer and EPC provider, Sungrow Power Suplly Co has supplied and grid connected a total of 1.4GW of inverters for PV power plants in the first-half of 2019.

Hanergy has completed what it claims is the largest PV glass curtain wall in China.

Espejo de Tarapacá project is meant to plug support gap for Chilean energy storage by pairing up 300MW system with 561MW PV plant in Atacama.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Solar has supplied 168MW of high-efficiency’ Hi-MO 1’ monocrystalline PERC modules to Sunseap International’s completed PV power plant in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam.

Van der Valk Solar Systems and BirdBlocker have teamed to bring the ‘BirdBlocker’ device to the UK and Ireland. Birds can build nests under rooftop PV panels, which can result in sound pollution or damage to the panels and PV system. The BirdBlocker system is designed to be installed easily with new panels or retrofit.

Mercom: US$300m ReNew Power deal and stock exchange listings help industry raise US$6bn in H1 2019 from venture capitalists, public markets and debt providers.

According to the latest ‘Solar EPC and O&M Provider Tracker’ report from IHS Markit, the EPC sector has yet to experience any effective market leaders or consolidation.

Chint Solar says many new innovations are so closely linked to predecessors they are instantly ‘bankable’.

Rooftop sector continues to increase rapidly, with a growth rate of 61% over the previous financial year, says Bridge to India.