For the fourth year in a row, SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) has been voted the most preferred inverter brand in the world according to IHS, the leading global source of critical information and insight. IHS surveyed photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers in over 40 countries, which include distributors, installers, integrators and wholesalers in its “PV Inverter Customer Insight Survey – 2015.”
Yingli Solar announced on Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Europe and R.Power, a leading Polish renewable energy project developer formerly known as AMB ENERGIA, have agreed to expand their joint project development pipeline in Poland from 30 to 60 megawatts (“MW”).
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The Turkish branch of globally leading photovoltaics provider Hanwha Q CELLS, has finished construction and grid connection of an 8.3 MW solar power plant in Burdur, Turkey. The system is the first part of a project totaling 18.3 megawatts (“MW”).
sPower, a renewable energy provider based in Salt Lake City, Utah, announced yesterday that its Sierra Solar project, sPower’s first in Los Angeles County, has successfully been completed and has started operation.
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Spanish engineering and construction group Isolux Corsan announced yesterday it has delivered its first PV Solar project in Honduras on a budget of nearly $100m: the Aura II PV Solar Plant, which will produce 61.48 MWp and has been built within a tight window of only 7 months.
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The London Taxi Company announced on Monday the start of construction work to build its new research, development and assembly site in Ansty, Coventry. This important milestone comes soon after the company’s £250 million investment project was announced in the presence of the Prime Minister and Mayor Boris Johnson earlier in the year.
Switzerland-based Etrion Corporation, a solar independent power producer, announced yesterday that the last site of the Mito solar project in Japan has been connected to the grid and will start recognizing revenues by the end of August 2015 following testing.
Welspun Renewables, India’s largest solar energy generator has set up the Bhatinda 34 MW solar power project in the Indian state of Punjab, which is the largest commissioned solar capacity to come up in the state.
Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, will begin construction of a 57 MWp portfolio of solar PV projects in Jordan. The portfolio consists of four projects, which were awarded successfully with Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) under Round 1 of Jordan’s National Renewable Energy Plan.
E.ON UK and Sungevity, Inc. a leader in the international solar market, announced yesterday a new ‘Go Solar’ regional program in the UK, offering customers solar panel systems for their homes. This marks the third country in which the two companies have joined forces, following their successful launches in the Netherlands in 2014 and in Germany earlier this year.
SunEdison, Inc., the world’s largest renewable energy development company, announced yesterday that it has secured financing and started construction on the 110-megawatt (MW) DC Quilapilun solar power plant in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. Once completed, the power plant will be SunEdison’s first solar project in Santiago and is expected to be its largest solar project in Latin America.
