Spanish PV developer Abengoa has built and designed a 10MW solar thermal plant for Minera El Tesoro, which is said to represent South America’s first operational solar thermal plant.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Western Area Power Administration have released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 100MW Quartzsite Solar Energy Project in Arizona, US.
Alexander & Baldwin (A&B), a real estate development firm and Hawaii’s fourth largest private land owner, has announced the completion of its 6MW Port Allen Solar Facility on Kauai island in Hawaii.
Hawaiian nut company Hamakua Mac Nut has announced the installation of a 30,000 square foot, US$1.5 million, PV system expected to generate 75% of its electricity needs.
GDF SUEZ has entered into an agreement to sell a 60% equity interest in its 680MW Canadian renewable generation portfolio to Mitsui & Co and a consortium led by Fiera Axium Infrastructure.
Specialist PV equipment supplier, GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) said it would exit the Directional Solidification System (DSS) market altogether due to market conditions that are not expected to recover sufficiently to justify continued involvement in the sector.
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW Entwicklungsbank, has signed a €10 million (US$13 million) loan guarantee with Brazil’s Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) for the Solar World Cup 2014 project.
Solectria Renewables has been awarded a contract to deliver its commercial inverters to 1st Light Energy for installation on 10MW worth of rooftop PV projects.
