Projects

PV project developer Sumitomo and EPC firm NTT facilities will use Hanwha Q CELLS latest high-performance ‘Q.PRO G3’ modules in projects to be built in Kitakyushu, Tomakomai and Saizo, Japan.

A groundbreaking ceremony took place on Tuesday for a 25.8MW solar plant which is to be built in Japan, on the site of a former golf course in the south west of the country, by Japanese home building corporation Sekisui House.

A 30-year Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) has been offered by Uruguay’s state-owned power company to Netherlands-based solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, following a tender process which opened on 27 May this year.

Construction work is underway on the 100MW Raasi Solar Park in Tamil Nadu, India.

The World Bank Group (WBG) has released a report calling for more investment in solar energy as a tool for tackling extreme poverty.

The International Finance Corp (IFC), part of the World Bank group, has approved a $49 million loan to Selray Energias to advance the construction of La Huayca II, a 29.1MW solar power plant in the Atacama region of Chile.

A PV array combining a mix of rooftop and solar shade structures is to be built at the LG Electronics mobile communication facility in San Diego, California. The contract to build it has been awarded to the EPC Xnergy, a subsidiary of renewable energy and energy efficiency management company Blue Earth.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has approved a 20MW plant proposed by South Korea-based renewable energy company, Mirae Asia.

Gehrlicher Solar America has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 3MW PV power plant being built at a landfill site near the town of Scituate, Massachusetts.

Phoenix solar is extending the supposed largest ground mounted system in Saudi Arabia, at KASPARCH, Riyadh to 5.3MW.