Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has reported its polysilicon division was heavily impacted by the slump in demand due to China’s ‘531 New Deal’ as a reason for the sharp decline in revenue and profitability which declined significantly in 2018.
Already busy developing a pair of energy-efficient data centre campuses in Tennessee and Northern Alabama, Google announced an even grander plan to develop a 413MW pipeline of PV projects within both states.
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has announced a new “30-by-30” plan that will see the company install more than 30 million solar panels in Florida by 2030.
According to provisional data from BloombergNEF (BNEF), global solar PV installations reached 109GW in 2018 as the cost of installing a megawatt of photovoltaic capacity fell 12%, which spurred markets outside China to increase installations.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest utilities serving Northern California and the surrounding region, announced Monday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Lightsource BP has announced the appointment of Kevin Smith as CEO for the Americas, with the renewable-energy industry veteran tasked with helping lead Lightsource BP’s expansion across the region.
Invenergy bags financing for 160MW Georgia solar project, Juwi and Tri-State partner on 100MW solar project in Colorado, Encavis buys 15MW solar plant in the Netherlands.
SolarEdge’s electric vehicle (EV) consumers now have the option of controlling the company’s EV-charging solar inverter through Google’s AI-powered virtual assistant, Google Assistant.
DSM North America held an opening ceremony for a new PV project in Belvidere, New Jersey. The 20.2MW PV project is located on 26.7 hectares of land and is comprised of over 62,000 solar panels.
