Projects

Brazil’s Energy Research Company (EPE) announced this week 179 solar power projects, totalling 4.872GW are to bid for tenders in the upcoming national A-5 energy auction.

Yingli Green will supply panels to the world’s largest floating PV plant, a 7.5MW power station in Japan, according to the Japanese company behind the project.

Namibia in southern Africa is expected to see its first large-scale PV plant come online early next year following a ground-breaking ceremony last week.

PV energy provider Canadian Solar will supply solar developer and EPC provider SolAmerica Energy with 5.1MW of modules in order to power a group of PV projects in Georgia.

Six wind and solar projects in Mexico, including 105MW of solar, could be purchased by US renewable energy and energy efficiency company Blue Earth, it was announced yesterday.

Tyre manufacturer Continental will install a 6.1MW rooftop PV system at its factory in Hefei, China.

Allianz Capital Partners’ Renewable Energy Fund has acquired two ground mount solar parks in Germany.

Jasper, at 96MWp the largest PV power plant in South Africa, has been completed.

US energy giant Dominion has added another 50MW to its solar portfolio with the purchase of its first project in Utah.

A partnership between Chinese PV technology company Clenergy and Xiamen National Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship Centre to develop 150MW of commercial rooftop projects, has completed its first megawatt-scale project.