The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded US$7 billion of contracts to 22 companies for the right to develop and sell solar energy to the US Army.
Solar tracking equipment manufacturer Array Technologies has completed shipment of a tracking system to a 170MWac solar PV project near Calexico, California, six months ahead of schedule.
JFE Engineering has been contracted to build a 21.7MW photovoltaic power plant on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido by Japanese investment management firm Sparx Group.
Two engineers working on First Solar's Desert Sunlight Solar Farm were killed yesterday when their plane crashed near the construction site close to Joshua Tree National Park.
With previous guidance given on developing between 50MW - 100MW of PV projects in 2013, JA Solar is significantly boosting its plans for next year with agreements from the Hebei Provincial Development to develop three 100MW projects.
Japanese telecommunications provider Softbank, which recently purchased US mobile company Sprint for US$20 billion, is considering the construction of a 40MW solar power plant in central Japan.
Toshiba International has begun construction on a 4MW solar project on the island of St Croix with the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA).
