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24.06.2015Canadian Solar Completes Sale of LunarLight Solar Power Plant to BluEarth
Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of LunarLight, a 10MW AC solar power plant to a subsidiary of BluEarth Renewables Inc. ("BluEarth"). The facility is valued at approximately C$65 million (USD$53 million) and uses Canadian Solar's CS6X-300/305P modules made in Canada. -
24.06.2015Toshiba Supplies 1.2MW Lithium-ion Battery for Solar Plant in Finland
Toshiba Group member Landis+Gyr has won a major order to supply a megawatt-class battery energy storage system (BESS) to Helen Ltd. in Finland. The BESS will start operation in Helsinki in spring 2016. -
24.06.2015First Solar Modules to Power 200MW Solar PV Project in Dubai
First Solar, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply its PV modules to power the 200MW AC second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. -
23.06.2015ISM Group and Hanwha Q Cells Put into Operation the 10MW Solar Power Plant
Together with Hanwha Q CELLS and other partners, the ISM Group ceremoniously started up the "Alte Kaserne Bitterfeld-Wolfen" photovoltaic farm in the Bitterfeld Region. The solar farm achieves a total output of 10MW and thus generates enough power to supply around 2,500 regional households with clean energy. The ISM Group developed, constructed and grid-connected the project in only six months. Hanwha Q CELLS supplied the solar modules for the farm. Altogether, the 38,456 Q.PRO-G3 solar modules will generate around 11GWh of clean energy per year, thus positively impacting the carbon footprint. As a result around one third of the energy requirement of the grid company, Netzgesellschaft Bitterfeld-Wolfen will be covered by renewable energy. -
23.06.2015
Canadian Solar Receives C$71.6 Million Construction Loan from Deutsche Bank
Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that it has signed a financing agreement pursuant to which Deutsche Bank has agreed to provide C$71.6 Million (USD$58 Million) in non-recourse, short-term construction financing to Canadian Solar for the construction of two solar power projects in Ontario, Canada. The two power plants, both 10MW AC each, have been awarded a 20-year power purchase contract by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) under Ontario's Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) Program. -
19.06.2015
SunPower Breaks Ground on 102MW Henrietta Solar Project
SunPower Corp. today announced it has started construction on the 102MW (AC) Henrietta Solar Project in Kings County, Calif. The system will generate power for Pacific Gas and Electric's customers under a long-term power purchase agreement. SunPower expects the plant to be operational by the end of 2016. -
19.06.2015
Trina Solar Plans $500 Million India Plant Amid Ban
Trina Solar Ltd. will invest in a $500 million plant with India's Welspun Energy Ltd. seeks to circumvent U.S. and European Union sanctions on solar shipments from China. -
19.06.2015
REC Solar Expands Commercial Solar Business by Acquiring Stellar Energy
REC Solar today announced it has acquired Stellar Energy through an asset purchase agreement. REC Solar will provide customers with integrated, turnkey solar solutions ranging from financing and design to operations and maintenance. -
18.06.2015
Yingli Partners with LONGi on Integrated Production of Monocrystalline Products
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited today announced that it has signed a framework agreement with Xi'an LONGi Silicon Materials Corp. ("LONGi") to cooperatively manufacture monocrystalline silicon wafers, and ingots, solar cells and solar panels. The new partnership will help LONGi expand into solar panel assembly while also enabling Yingli to integrate LONGi's highly competitive technology into its production lines. -
18.06.2015
Juwi Group Starts Constructing a 39MW PV Power Plant in Southern India
This month the subsidiary juwi India Renewable Energies Pvt. Ltd. starts constructing a ground-mounted utility-scale PV power plant with 39MW capacity. The project is located in the federal state of Tamil Nadu. Grid connection is scheduled for the end of this year.