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This Indian City Is 100% Solar-Powered
While technically not a city, Diu has become the first union territory in India to be fully powered by solar power.
Daman & Diu are geographically separated, but administratively form a single union...
Finnish Savo-Solar Inks EUR 2 Million Deal with France
Finnish solar thermal systems provider Savo-Solar has signed a final delivery contract with newHeat SAS in France.
The contract is for France’s largest solar thermal system. It will be installed in Condat-sur-Vézère and...
Fifth Third Bank Commits & Succeeds In Going 100% Renewable With Single Solar PPA
Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank has become the first Fortune 500 company, the first bank, and the first RE100 member to achieve its goal of securing 100% of its power consumption with renewables...
ENGIE North America Secures 320 Megawatt Solar Pipeline In SoCore Energy Acquisition
ENGIE North America has this week announced the acquisition of Chicago-based SoCore Energy and its 320 megawatt pipeline of operational and late-stage development solar and battery storage projects.
The North American subsidiary of...
Vattenfall Plans €100 Million Investment In Large-Scale Solar
Swedish power company Vattenfall, known most recently for its wind energy development, has announced that it plans to invest €100 million in large-scale solar energy generation over the next two years, as...
Kazakhstan to Add 2 GW of Renewables by 2020 – Report
Renewable energy facilities totalling 2 GW are set to be commissioned in Kazakhstan by end-2020, the Astana Times reports, citing energy minister Kanat Bozumbayev.
The capacity will come from about 52 of renewable...
Goshen College Set for Campus Solar Energy Project
A Mennonite college in northern Indiana is planning to install more than 900 electricity-generating solar panels on its campus.
Goshen College says the solar panels will be placed atop the school's Rec-Fitness Center....
World’s Largest Solar Park Launched in Karnataka
The world's largest solar park set up at an investment of Rs 16,500 crore at Pavagada in Karnataka's Tumakuru district was launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today.
The 2,000 MW park, named as...
Indian Railways Readies 3 Gigawatts Of Solar Power Tenders
Indian Railways will soon launch tenders to set up large-scale solar power projects working towards its overall solar power target of 5 gigawatts.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently announced that Indian Railways will...
Scatec Solar Plans 800 Megawatt Solar Project In Bangladesh
Norwegian company Scatec Solar has reiterated plans to set up large-scale solar power projects, and shared details about the capacity and location of the project.
Media reported earlier this month that Scatec Solar...
SunPower To Cut Estimated 200 Jobs & Incur $20+ Million Restructuring Costs In Wake Of Solar Tariffs
American solar manufacturer SunPower has announced restructuring plans in the wake of Donald Trump’s imposition of a 30% tariff on solar modules and cells following a Section 201 trade case that will...
Danish tech news magazine Ingeniøren reports today that 18 years of hard work has resulted in the startup infinityPV finally commercializing products with printed solar photovoltaic foil. I had heard about these...
Solar Will Dominate New Electricity Generation In US By 2022, Yuri Horwitz States
Yuri Horwitz, co-founder and CEO of Sol Systems, says he and his company expect solar power to be the dominant form of new electricity generation by 2022. In a report dated February...
First Solar To Build 200 Megawatt Solar Project In Georgia, The Largest In Southeast US
Leading American solar manufacturer First Solar has announced this week it will proceed with the development and construction of a 200 megawatt solar farm in Twiggs County, Georgia, which was first awarded...
Oserian Seeks Nod to Produce Solar Power
Flower grower and exporter Oserian Development Company has applied for variation of its two megawatt (MW) geothermal power generation licence to include harnessing of solar energy.
The firm, which uses geothermal steam to...
Siemens Gamesa Signs 160 Megawatt Solar Deal In India
Siemens Gamesa, the world’s second-largest wind turbine manufacturer, announced this week that it is expanding its solar business, after successfully securing an order to provide a complete turnkey EPC solution for 160...
