Projects

US solar giant First Solar has purchased the 60MW North Star solar project to be located near Mendota, Fresno County, California, from NorthLight Power. Terms of the transaction remain undisclosed.

German manufacturer Solar-Fabrik has supplied modules supplies and inverters for a 250kW solar plant in Torbali, in the province of Izmir in Turkey.

Portuguese PV developer Martifer Solar has successfully completed five solar parks totalling 28.1MW in the UK.

Arizona State University's (ASU) polytechnic campus in Mesa, Arizona, has become home to a 1MW PV system engineered and constructed by PV developer SunPower.

German PV developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has installed and connected three solar parks totalling 44MW of capacity to the grid, beating the Renewable Obligation (RO) deadline.

Borrego Solar Systems, a developer and installer of grid-connected PV systems, is eyeing up the Puerto Rican solar market and is planning to install 23.5MW of PV capacity in the next couple of years.

The Indian state-owned Solar Energy has announced plans for 5.5MW of rooftop PV systems in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon in India.

Utility firm Arizona Public Service Co (APS) has announced plans to develop a 32MW PV facility under its AZ Sun Program which seeks to increase the solar capacity in the state of Arizona.

Activ Solar, a PV developer based in Vienna, Austria, has said it has installed a total of 127.5MW of PV capacity in the first three months of 2013.

Texas-based contractor Fluor has signed a five-year contract to provide operations and maintenance services for Arlington Valley Solar Energy II's new solar power facility in Arizona.