Projects

Construction has been completed on a 4.2MW solar power plant in Odessa, Ukraine, by ET Solutions, a subsidiary of the multi-national ET Solar.

First Solar has acquired K Road Power’s planned 250MW ‘Moapa Solar Project’ in Nevada, US, the latest development in a recent flurry of activity by the thin-film manufacturer and project developer to replenish its PV project pipeline.

US PV company SunPower is to build Project Salvador, an unsubsidised 70MWp PV power plant in the Atacama Desert region of Chile.

A Chilean renewable energy research institute report revealed that Chile has reached 127MW in capacity of solar projects under development.

The Silver State South project has been issued an environmental statement released from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to downsize by 100MW due to environmental concerns.

Sempra US Gas and Electric has partnered with renewable energy project developer and operator, ConEdison Development to run two of Sempra’s solar plants.

Phoenix Solar is to design and construct what is claimed will be the largest PV installation in Singapore for CMM marketing and management, the distribution arm of one of Singapore’s largest retailers, Sheng Siong.

A 4GW solar project has been announced in Rajasthan, India, which, if fully built, would be the world’s largest solar plant.

A contract has been signed for the first solar power plant to be built in the Gulf state of Kuwait, a 280MW solar thermal power plant in Al-Abdaliya.

Utility-scale renewables developer, Energy Capital Group (EGC), has announced the development of a 300MW plant in Millard County, Utah.