Projects

Seven private companies and one public joint venture have received a letter of intent for 230MW of solar projects in Uttar Pradesh.

The largest ever PV power plant, dubbed the OneGiga Project and said to have cost around €1.75 billion has been shelved by the developer Securum Equity Partners and will seek €160 million from the Republic of Serbia at the International Court of Arbitration in London, England.

Sunpower Israel inaugurated the commercial operation of the largest solar power plant in Israel on Tuesday 6 August.

Chinese PV module manufacturer ReneSola is to provide solar plant installer Saferay with 29.1MW of its modules for use in construction of La Huayca II solar power plant, Chile.

First Solar has announced that it has purchased Element Power’s 1.5GW project pipeline for the US and Mexico.

Clenergy has supplied 24MW of its mounting equipment for a rooftop PV system in China, and also completed its first project in Vietnam.

International consultancy, engineering and project managing firm AMEC has been appointed as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm to deliver three solar power projects in Marion County, Indiana, USA.

A 6MW test facility for renewable energy storage technologies has been approved in the UK.

Adding to its previous module supply deals in Mexico, US-based high-efficiency module manufacturer Suniva has also commissioned its first in-house PV project in the country.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has started work on two 10MW solar farms in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha for the utility NTPC.