Panasonic Australia today announced pilot projects with ActewAGL, Snowy Hydro’s Red Energy and Ergon Energy to install Panasonic battery technology in solar-installed homes for the first time, generating efficient, environmentally responsible electricity to ‘shave’ concentrated energy demand.
China-based JinkoSolar, a global leader in the PV industry, today announced the inauguration of a solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia. The ceremony was attended by JinkoSolar CEO Kangping Chen, and some Malaysia prestigious government officials.
U.S. based global solar energy provider Sungevity announced last month a new partnership with German company Sonnenbatterie, Europe’s leading smart energy storage provider. Through the partnership, Sungevity will offer Sonnenbatterie smart energy storage systems to its network of customers in the U.S. and Europe, starting in the second half of 2015.
Europe’s first solar concrete wall was inaugurated last week at Reckli’s headquarter in Herne, Germany. The façade, designed by Reckli to fit Heliatek‘s organic solar film (HeliaFilm), represents a novel approach to Building Integrated Organic PV (BIOPV) and the next step towards a sustainable, net-zero energy building.
REC, a leading global provider of solar energy solutions with headquarters in Norway, has completed one of the largest rooftop solar installations for an integrated mixed-use development in Singapore at Bugis Junction shopping mall, covering a roof area of about 1,000 square metres.
Hong Kong-based United Photovoltaics Group (United PV), a leading solar power plant investor and operator in China, announced that entered into a term sheet with CITIC Capital, pursuant to which United PV issues US$100 million convertible bonds to CITIC Capital, where the proceeds will be used to acquire solar power plant projects in China.
Duke Energy Florida and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) this week unveiled a new solar battery project that will explore how to store and use energy from the sun. A $1 million grant from Duke Energy is funding the research at USFSP.
Independent research into the performance of four solar photovoltaic (PV) module technologies in South Africa has confirmed that First Solar’s advanced thin film PV modules can offer over 4 percent more energy than conventional silicon PV panels.
Korean manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS and its UK development partner Golden Square Energy (GSE) have put two solar power plants in operation near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Access Power MEA, a developer, owner and operator of power assets in the Middle East and Africa, signed last week a Memorandum of Understanding with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (‘MERE’) to develop a 65 MWp of renewable energy.
Ecoppia, an innovative developer of automated, water-free photovoltaic (PV) solar panel cleaning solutions, announced yesterday that its E4 robotic solar panel cleaning system is now fully operational on five additional PV production facilities in the Middle East, totaling more than 35 MW.
