Projects

According to renewable energy engineering firm, 8.2 Consultancy, the initial 100MW of the potential 1GW Quaid-e-Azam solar park in Punjab, Pakistan, is under construction.

The first utility-scale solar power plant in Guatemala, and reportedly the largest in Central America, is now online.

Tambo Real II, a 2MW PV project comprised of more than 8,500 Trina Solar PC05 panels, has been completed. The plant, located in Vicuna, Chile, was financed, developed and installed by Chilean energy company Kaltemp.

PV developer SolarReserve has completed and put into full operation two 75MW PV plants in South Africa.

South Korea is hoping to install a 1MW solar array in North Korea, according to a government official.

Leading PV energy provider, Yingli Green Energy is mulling over the opportunity to help take part in developing a solar project in Dubai.

Module manufacturer and project developer, Canadian Solar, has been selected to power the first PV farm in South Carolina.

China-based Hareon Solar Technology is to build a 2MW PV power plant in Kochi City, Japan in collaboration with Japan Energy Corporation.

Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy have purchased a 50MW PV plant from First Solar.

A key topic of debate during SNEC 2014 in Shanghai has been the concern over meeting Chinese government targets for distributed generation (DG), which are becoming seen as increasingly over ambitious.