Projects

US firm First Solar is to build a 1.7MW PV-diesel hybrid system to power mining giant Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine in Queensland, Australia.

The government of Bolivia has appointed Spanish PV developer Isotron SAU, a subsidiary of energy company Isastur, to develop the first PV plant in the Bolivian region of Pando.

A 161-hectare brownfield site is being cleared in East St. Louis, Illinois, to make way for a planned US$65 million, 20MW solar farm.

The first phase of the Philippines’ first utility-scale solar power plant is now online.

PV manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne has completed the installation of a 31MW rooftop installation in China.

Yingli Green will act as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner on a 5MW ground mount PV project in Thailand as part of a consortium contracted by the country’s main state owned utility.

North America solar developer, Recurrent Energy, has completed three PV power plants in Ontario, Canada, and with them a 101MW project portfolio for a Japanese consortium.

US-based module manufacturer Suniva, Inc. announced that its high-powered modules will power the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

JinkoSolar has inked a major PV module supply agreement with Enel Green Power (EGP) to provide 100MW to two PV power plants being built in Chile.

Banking giant Wells Fargo has invested US$100 million of tax equity financing in nine PV projects in North Carolina.