Construction begins on PSE&G’s solar farm
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) has started the first phase of construction at its Yardville solar farm in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
View ArticleToray Plastics selects Opel Solar for Rhode Island PV plant
High concentration solar panel supplier Opel Solar has reached an agreement to begin construction on a 446kW solar power plant at the 70-acre headquarters of Toray Plastics in the US state of Rhode...
View ArticleDenmark’s first solar farms begin construction
Solar power systems company Mp-tec GmbH delivered its Skytrap tracking systems for one of the first Danish solar farms, which is due to open in early 2011.
View ArticleSunPower to provide PV power to Hawaiian Electric Company
SunPower, a designer, manufacturer and deliverer of high-efficiency solar panels, has agreed to sell solar photovoltaic power to the Hawaiian Electric Company under a fixed price contract for 20 years.
View ArticleSiemens to supply 50MW solar plant in Spain
Siemens Energy has received an order from Spanish EPC UTE Termosolar Olivenza to construct a 50MW solar power plant in Olivenza, south-west Spain.
View ArticleFirst Solar sells Spanish photovoltaic plant to the European Solar Power Fund
Renewable investment vehicle the European Solar Power Fund has purchased a 9.9MW solar farm in the west of Spain from photovoltaics developer First Solar.
View ArticleLow Carbon Solar opens 5MW UK solar farm
A 5MW photovoltaic plant has been combined with five wind farms in Oxfordshire, UK, creating a green energy zone capable of powering 4,000 homes.
View ArticleTransmission group Terna to sell solar subsidiary to Terra Firma
Italian energy group Terna has signed an agreement for the sale of subsidiary Nuova Rete Solare (NRTS) to UK private equity firm Terra Firma for between €180m and €260m.
View ArticleSolar Millennium sells stake in PV plant to RREEF Infrastructure
German photovoltaic developer Solar Millennium and construction company OHL Industrial have sold 49 per cent of the planned 50MW Arenales solar plant to a fund managed by RREEF Infrastructure.
View ArticleFirst Solar completes sale of 290MW Agua Caliente
US power producer NRG Energy has completed the acquisition of a 290MW photovoltaic project from First Solar for an undisclosed sum.
View ArticleInvestec plans 50MW Australian solar plant
Investec has announced plans to build a A$200m ($210m) solar plant in Geraldton, Western Australia.
View ArticleGP Joule completes 97MW solar PV park in Germany
German renewable project developer GP Joule has completed installation on a 70MW photovoltaic plant in the Brandenburg area of east Germany, one of the largest of its kind in the country.
View ArticleEspe Sunparc completes 10MW of Italian PV plants
Italian solar developer Espe Sunparc has completed the installation of ten solar farms with a combined capacity of 10MW in two months.
View ArticleExelon purchases 230MW solar farm from First Solar
US energy services company Exelon has purchased the planned 230MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch in California from First Solar.
View ArticlePSEG buys juwi solar development for $75m
US company the Public Service Enterprise Group Solar Source has purchased a 25.2MW photovoltaic project being developed by Germany-based juwi solar, for around $75m.
View ArticleMasdar completes German PV plant
The photovoltaic division of Abu Dhabi-base cleantech company Masdar has completed installation of an 11.7MW solar plant in Thuringa, central Germany.
View ArticleIndia ‘likely to exceed’ solar targets, says expert
India will achieve and most likely exceed its targets for solar energy, according to one expert.
View ArticleBP exits Australia’s Moree Solar Farm, Pacific Hydro steps in
The Australian consortium representing the Moree Solar Farm development have provided a revised bid for solar flagship funding to save the proposed 150MW photovoltaic project as BP exits the deal.
View ArticleESA Renewables completes North Carolina PV plant
US cleantech company ESA Renewables has completed installation of a 1.26MW photovoltaic plant in North Carolina.
View ArticleJinkoSolar wins 50MW module order
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer JinkoSolar has been contracted to supply 50MW of modules to state-owned renewable developer GSHHSD.
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