Projects

Tenders for solar-plus-storage projects on French island territories including Corsica, Guadeloupe and Martinique have resulted in winning bids often 40% lower than the victors of previous reverse auctions.

A 10MW ‘Sustainable City’ has been switched on in Dubai, with Trina Solar panels helping it to meet all of its power needs from clean sources.

Leading CdTe thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has secured a 241MW module supply contract with Australian EPC firm, RCR Tomlinson. The latest contract is for two major PV power plant projects, bringing its contracted business in the country to over 500MW in the next 12 months.

International solar PV systems integrator Phoenix Solar said that it was forced to lower its full-year revenue guidance, due to delays in securing previously expected PV power plant projects for completion in 2017. However, its project pipeline hit a new record.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has provided a AU$90 million loan to two Edify Energy solar projects near Collinsville, north Queensland, Australia, which are soon to start construction.

India hit 13,652MW by the end of July, ADB is supporting Sri Lanka's rooftop solar scheme, Enertronica signed a contract for a Panama PV plant.

US residential solar installer Vivint Solar has highlighted that the Californian market is proving prosperous once again after heavily targeting the state in the past quarter.

The opening bids in Malaysia’s 460MW large-scale solar auction have shown significant over-subscription with roughly 1,632MW of submissions.

Cubico Sustainable Investments has reached financial close for a 350MW solar plant in Mexico.

Mercom has projected 10.5GW for 2017, well up from 9,812MW in its April quarterly report, and the 9,020MW projected in January.