Solar Village Project (SVP), a local non-profit organization whose mission is to install and manage solar power projects in Senegal and India, has announced its second round of projects to be implemented in the Sahel and Littoral regions of Senegal.
Wiki-Solar.org released this week the list of world’s top 30 utility-scale solar EPC contractors for the year 2015, where First Solar ranks first again, as it did in 2014.
Solarplaza’s Africa-featuring event series returns for the sixth time to help Africa get one step closer to viable generation and consumption of sustainable energies.
Project manager for the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP), Ina de Visser, recently said in an interview with global events organizer Solarplaza, that project developers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) states are confronted by profound difficulty in financing commercial and industrial projects, whereas lenders in the region claim that they fail to source bankable projects.
Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners, providing a platform for the industry to showcase its innovative strength each year. The exhibition kicked off on June 10 with the Intersolar AWARD, which was presented for groundbreaking solutions in the categories of Photovoltaics (PV) and Solar Projects in Europe.
According to IHS, the leading global source of critical information and insight, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of photovoltaic (PV) projects in the United States aiming to be operational before the expiration of the 30 percent Federal energy investment tax credit (ITC) on December 31, 2016.
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and create clean energy jobs, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced on Monday the approval of the first three solar energy projects to benefit from the streamlined permitting process of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Western Solar Plan.
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.
The World Future Council has released its latest report 100% Renewable Energy: Boosting Development in Morocco, which provides an analysis on the current situation of the energy sector of Morocco and derives policy recommendations for a just transition towards 100% Renewable Energy.
The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), signed on Sunday two memorandums of understanding with two international conglomerates to produce 5,000 MW of solar energy to meet the increasing demand for energy.
Indian Railways plans to tap the sun for energy needs so that it can reduce its dependence on electricity generated by fossil fuels.
WIRSOL Energy, the company founded by and subsidiary of WIRCON which focuses on both on-shore wind markets and solar markets, announced that it has concluded the sale of two solar parks to Bluefield Solar Income Fund (“BSIF”), the two solar parks total 42MW.
