Projects Ground Mounted

A 3MW solar power project has been completed at Antigua’s VC Bird International airport as a portion of a wider 10MWp project for the island.

Enel Green Power is collaborating with mini-grid technology solutions provider and developer Powerhive to develop and operate mini-grids in 100 villages spread across Western Kenya.

Saudi-owned Spanish firm Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has signed an agreement with Jordan’s utility company to develop a 50MW power plant in northern Jordan.

SB Energy, a subsidiary of telecoms group Softbank, and conglomerate Mitsui are close to completing an 111MW PV project in northern Japan.

CIS thin-film producer Solar Frontier is currently developing a 5MW solar power plant with TSK in Kuwait as part of an innovative project with c-Si technology for the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). 

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power has obtained a controlling interest in the 157MW Roserock solar facility from solar developer Recurrent Energy.

Leading CdTe thin-film producer and project developer First Solar has started construction on the first of three PV projects for US utility, Indiana Michigan Power (I&M).

Global technology leader Google and renewable energy developer Duke Energy Carolinas are collaborating on a 61MW PV project in North Carolina that will help power Google’s new data centre in Lenoir.

The investment portion of electronics company GE is set to finance a 100MW PV project being built in California by Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy.

PV developer Canadian Solar has been awarded three solar plant projects in Brazil for a total of 110MW.