Projects

PV developer Solar Power, Inc. (SPI) has announced that the company, along with its subsidiary — SPI China Limited — has completed its acquisition of 4.3MW of PV projects in Italy from CECEP Solar Energy Hong Kong Co. (CECEP HK).

The Dubai Energy and Water Authority (DEWA) is to bring net metering to the Emirate through the launch of Shams Dubai, a new initiative aimed at encouraging and regulating the development of commercial and residential solar projects.

Developer Wirsol Energy has connected a 29MW solar farm in the UK.

Chinese module manufacturer Yingli has broken ground on a 50MW project on a former mining site in eastern China.

AGL Energy’s 102MW Nyngan Solar Plant in western New South Wales is expected to begin its first generation next month, and be fully operational by July 2015.

Renewable energy firm, Enel Green Power (EGP) has started construction in South Africa of three PV power plants in South Africa, totalling 231MW.

Independent energy company Tenaska and renewable energy company Soltage announced that Soltage has received a second multimillion-dollar investment from a Tenaska affiliate that will be used to build up Soltage’s corporate growth.

Major PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Holdings said that 50 SG1000TS central inverters were used at a recently completed 50MW PV power plant built by Jinko Power Company, a subsidiary of PV module manufacturer, JinkoSolar in Jiangxi Province, China.

US thin-film specialist, First Solar, has landed interconnection rights for three utility-scale solar PV plants in southern Turkey within the country’s latest bidding round.

Thin-film PV module developer Ascent Solar Technologies has announced that Rafael Gutierrez has been named as the company’s senior vice president and chief operating officer.