Projects

Sweden announces effective abolition of its solar tax, Etrion and Hitatchi High-Technologies partner on a 13.2MW project in Japan, Wynnertech supplies 20MW of inverters to a project in Iran, and Enel North America and GE Energy enter a JV.

Massachusetts has recently initiated a proposal under the Baker administration to double solar energy development in the state. In related news, NRG commissions the state's largest community solar facility.

GCL-SI, a subsidiary of GCL, is to develop a 1GW solar PV plant at the former contaminated nuclear site in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Construction is expected to start in 2017.

Renewable energy companies in Spain are making claims against banks for misleading them over complex financial products since the economic crisis.

Adani Group, currently the largest solar developer in India, plans to start constructing two solar PV plants with 100-200MW capacities in Australia next year, according to a Bombay Stock Exchange filing.

Four European countries have signed a joint agreement to establish a roadmap for exchanging electricity from renewable sources between Morocco and Europe.

India’s installed capacity of solar PV has surpassed the major milestone of 10GW, according to consultancy firm Bridge to India.

Enel Green Power Peru (EGPP), a subsidiary of Italian power giant Enel, has started construction of Peru’s largest solar plant.

Hanwha Q CELLS and Goldman Sachs-backed rooftop solar specialist Asian Clean Capital (ACC) have agreed to partner on 200MW of solar PV projects in China.

Chile plans to develop a solar park of between 750MW to 1GW capacity to power the mining industry in the Atacama region, according to a release from Chilean development agency Corfo.