Leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Hartek Power today said it bagged sub-station orders for 330-MW solar projects across the country in the June quarter.With this, the Chandigarh-based Hartek Power is set to connect 500-MW solar projects to the grid in 2016-17, said a company statement here.The 330-MW solar EPC orders bagged by the […]
New IEA report maps Chinese investments in Africa’s power sector
Chinese companies are playing an increasingly significant role in the development of the power sector in sub-Saharan Africa, and accounted for 30% of new capacity additions in the region over the last five years, according to a new study published by the International Energy Agency.This publication, Boosting the Power Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: China’s Involvement, […]
First Solar Shifts Malaysian Production Capacity To Series 5 Assembly
First Solar, Inc. announced recently that it is reallocating production capacity at its Kulim, Malaysia, facility to support a new assembly line dedicated to the company’s recently announced Series 5 thin film photovoltaic module offering. As a result, First Solar will end production of its TetraSun crystalline silicon solar panel product currently manufactured there, and expects […]
Enel Starts Construction Of Latin America’s Largest Solar Power Plant In Brazil
Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda. (“EGPB”), has started construction of the 292 MW Nova Olinda solar power plant in Brazil which, once completed, will be the largest in Latin America. The construction of this new facility builds upon EGPB’s leading renewable energy presence in Brazil, where the company […]
Scorpius inks MoUs with three solar entities
Pune-based Scorpius Trackers, promoted by entrepreneurs Shailesh Vaidya and Kiran Shah, has inked memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with three undisclosed entities, which are independently working to put up a combined solar capacity of 1,250 MW.Under the agreement, the Pune-based company will provide tracker solutions to them. Tracking sun Typically, these single-axis trackers — electro-mechanical devices […]
India has huge opportunities to Europeans:V K Singh
Seeking Portuguese investment in the country, Union Minister V K Singh has said that India represents enormous opportunities to European partners and it is expected to spend around USD 130 billion on defence modernisation alone in the next seven years.Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh, also a former army chief, also said […]
Yingli Announces Progress and its Support to the Advancement of Clean PV Production in China
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd., one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, recently announced that the draft of The Clean Production Evaluation Index System of PV Cell (the System) has been examined by subject matter experts at a conference at the end of June 2016, which was the first evaluation system in PV industry. […]
Yingli Partners with Its Time Foundation to Power Remote Schools in Fiji
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited , one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. (Yingli Australia) has partnered with Its Time Foundation to power six remote schools in the Fiji Islands with Yingli’s solar PV systems. Its Time Foundation is a charity […]
ReneSola Connects 26MW of Community Solar Projects to UK Grid
ReneSola Ltd ,a leading brand and technology provider of energy-efficient products and project developer, recently announced the completion and grid connection of six utility-scale projects in the United Kingdom in June 2016. These projects have a combined capacity of approximately 26 MW. ReneSola managed the design and construction of these projects, and will provide ongoing operation […]
Toshiba to supply Integrated control system of storage batteries for Virtual Power Plants
Toshiba Corporation recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Energy Partner, Inc. (TEPCO EP) and the city of Yokohama, Japan, to promote a demonstration trial of the control of multiple, grouped storage batteries as the basis for building a battery service business.In Japan, since the Great East Japan Earthquake, […]
