Major PV tracker firm, NEXTracker is to supply the Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in Fairfield, Iowa with a 1.1MW integrated solar-plus-storage system.
UK-based water company Northumbrian Water has turned to renewable energy firm Lightsource BP for the development of 10 ground-mount solar farms to help power its operations.
Solar hydropanels that can produce clean drinking water from the air alone, using a combination of solar PV with solar thermal technology, are to be trialled across Australia.
Leading CdTe thin-film PV manufacturer First Solar may be benefiting from increased demand for its modules from utility-scale customers in the US, which has resulted in the announcement of a new 1.2GW Series 6 module production plant, yet bookings in Europe are fast approaching 1GW.
A joint venture between Sunseap, InfraCo Asia and CMX Renewable Energy Canada has received the green light for a 168MW solar PV project in the Ninh Thuan province of Vietnam, which will be the largest in the country.
Technology provider ABB has inaugurated a microgrid solution at its Vadodora manufacturing facility in Gujarat - said to be the first of its kind in India.
A joint venture between Enviromena Power Systems and Spanish firm TSK has commissioned a 105MW solar PV project in Jordan, having received financing from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD).
