Projects

The second of two major projects SunEdison is expecting to complete in Chile during the first quarter of 2014 has received project financing of US$100.4 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government's development finance institution and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.

Solar manufacturer, ET Solar, is supplying modules to a 21MW solar project in North Carolina.

Japanese mobile telecom company Softbank and trading company Mitsui & Co have announced that the two companies will partner in the construction of two utility-scale solar plants in Japan.

The 75MW Kalkbult solar plant has become the first utility-scale PV project under South Africa’s renewable energy programme to begin generating power.

Two solar projects, totalling 181MW, have been approved by Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA).

The largest solar farm in the UK, the 33MWp plant in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, has been sold by Hazel Capital Solar and SAG Solarstrom for £43.7 million (US$70 million) to institutional investor Foresight Solar Fund.

Swedish furniture retailer, Ikea, is doubling the size of its US Maryland PV installation.

SunEdison has secured ZAR1.8 billion (US$185 million) in funding for a 60MW solar project in South Africa.

Total S.A. has become a preferred bidder in the third phase of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to build an 86MWp PV power plant using SunPower’s ‘Oasis Power Blocks’ integrated system.

International solar panel manufacturer, REC Solar, has supplied a 2.15MW ground-mounted installation with more than 8,700 solar panels in Ohio.