PV plants

Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Digital Power) has actually signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Meinergy Technology Co., Ltd (Meinergy), the leading PV designer in West Africa.

Solar plants are now expected to last 32.5 years and also cost $17 per kW/year to run, as revealed by a Berkeley Laboratory survey of market individuals.

Ibedrola's 500 MW Núñez de Balboa solar park has actually begun industrial procedures, complying with the completion of building and construction in December.

The nation's power utility has actually finished the pre-selection procedure to look for designers for a 20 MW solar project in the Banjul area. The project will certainly include as much as 4 PV plants and also will certainly be established under the nationwide Electricity Restoration and also Modernization Project.

Complexul Energetic Oltenia, a Romanian coal-fired power manufacturer, intends to develop 310 MW of PV capability throughout 4 websites at one of its centers. The projects belong to the firm's restructuring initiatives as well as decarbonization strategy.

Spanish renewable resource firm Continua Energias Positivas got on Wednesday the thumbs-up from the Peruvian federal government to create 2 solar plants with an integrated capability of 160 MW.

Florida’s electric power company has disclosed where its new PV stations will be located. The systems are meant to supply green power to Floridian consumers.

The draft FIT program is expecting approval before the turn of the year. Payment for large-scale solar systems is likely to fall by 2.2 percent. As for small residential installations, the reduction will probably constitute 0.34 percent. Only solar solutions based on highly efficient modules and those located on isolated islands will be granted with some bonus.

Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ:CSIQ) on Thursday announced the close of the sale of its 3.3-MWp solar park in Somerset, England to Elm Trading Group.

A new type of PV plants is being developed: solar systems consisting of rows of small man-made sunflowers, which automatically turn their heads toward the sun.

174 Power Global has wrapped up construction financing for the US$210 million, 150MW first phase of its solar farm in Ector County, northwest Texas, clinching funding from a group of global banks.

Danish renewables developer European Energy has broken ground on a 103MW project in Italy, bringing a utility-scale newcomer to the Southern European state.

Atlas Renewable Energy has switched on its second PV plant in Brazil, the 156MWp Juazeiro Solar Plant in the northeastern state of Bahia.

Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar plans to increase module assembly capacity to 12,220MW in 2019, an increase of 1,000MW on strong demand.

Of the 38 new renewable energy projects that have been awarded, 13 are PV plants, representing 96.75 MW of capacity. The average price for solar was $57.58/MWh, and the minimum was $54.22/MWh.