Projects

A joint venture firm has been created between First Solar and BELECTRIC to pursue the building of PV power plants in Europe, North Africa and the US.

SolarWorld Americas has begun work on solar carports at four public parks in Thousand Oaks, California.

Renewable energy developer Juwi has signed contracts with investors Hisun PV to build two power plants in Romania.

India’s ministry of new and renewable energy announced the approval of a new solar research and technology institute.

Plans to develop 700MW of desert PV capacity in Punjab, Pakistan, have been approved.

The provincial government of Gauteng in South Africa is to spend over ZAR11 billion this year (US$1 billion) installing solar on all state-owned buildings in the province.

Japanese renewable energy project developer Eurus Energy is scheduled to begin construction on an 115MW AC solar park in Japan.

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.

Renewable energy technology developer Abengoa has completed construction of South Africa’s first solar tower.