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Mitrex Brings World’s First Colored Solar Panels with California Energy Commission Listing

Canadian manufacturer of solar panels and integrated solar technology provider Mitrex has claimed to be the world’s first and only solar manufacturer to receive California Energy Commission’s (CEC) listing for colored solar panels. The company announced that its products are not only CEC, NY-Sun, and FSEC listed, but boast of bankability testing that evaluates the […]

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EDF Renewables, Luminous Energy to Build 800 MW Solar Project in UK

EDF Renewables and Luminous Energy have announced their plans for the development of a solar power farm coupled with battery based energy storage infrastructure in the east Midlands region of the United Kingdom. The two companies will also undertake a public consultation process before the execution. EDF Renewables is a wholly-owned subsidiary of French utility […]

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German Institution DEG Funds Solar Micro-Grids Development in Nigeria

Investment is picking up in Africa and the developed world seems to be making efforts to ensure that the continent is not bereft of access to green energy. The ace development finance institution of Germany, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), is now funding the USA-based Husk Power Systems with $750,000 to build eight community solar […]

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Iran Looks to Get International Solar Alliance Membership

Iran has recently sent a Bill to the Parliament, looking to get onboarded as a member to the International Solar Alliance. As per the country’s Sixth Development Plan, it should have augmented its share of renewable power in electricity generation by at least 5 per cent. Currently, the share of renewables in Iran’s electricity generation […]

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Can Giant Floating Solar On Oceans Work?

A lot has been said and done about floating solar plants – an emerging technology in which a customised solar photovoltaic (PV) system is placed directly on top of a body of water. Over the past half a decade, floating solar farms have gained popularity, particularly in countries with high population density and competing uses […]

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Spain’s Iberdrola Has Brazil For Its First Floating Solar Project

The first floating solar power facility of global energy conglomerate Iberdrola will be coming up in Brazil soon. Iberdrola group has announced its plans to install the its first floating photovoltaic plant in the world in Brazil, through its subsidiary Neoenergia. The official statement held that the floating solar project will be built on the […]

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SECI Issues RFS for Vendors for Off-Grid Solar Pumping Systems with 1-10 HP

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a Central Public Sector Undertaking dedicated to the solar energy sector, has issued an RFS for selection of vendors under Component-B of PM-KUSUM Scheme of MNRE. This particular component looks at “installation of 20 lakh standalone solar powered agriculture pumps” and “CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost or […]

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China Starts Construction Of 16 GW Solar-Wind-Coal Power Complex

With the largest installed solar capacity worldwide at over 350 GW, China has started to build a massive 16 GW, $11 billion energy project that will host solar, wind and coal energy projects within the complex. As per reports work has started on building the 1 GW solar power project in the Kubuqi Desert that […]

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Canada’s Boralex Acquires 50% Stake in Five Wind Farms of 894 MW in US

In a major development, EDF Renewables North America has announced that the company has completed the transaction with Boralex Inc. by which Boralex has acquired EDF Renewables’ 50-percent ownership interests in five wind power projects totaling 447 MW in Texas and New Mexico. This has taken the renewable energy portfolio of the purchaser to further […]

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