Andy Colthorpe

A Chilean renewable energy research institute report revealed that Chile has reached 127MW in capacity of solar projects under development.

Following an agreement with Acciona Energy Oceania, solar PV structure manufacturer Mecasolar will supply the fixed structure to a 24MWp capacity solar farm in Australia.

Utility company E.ON has joined the board of US trade association Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

A contract has been signed for the first solar power plant to be built in the Gulf state of Kuwait, a 280MW solar thermal power plant in Al-Abdaliya.

The Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) has sent recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Energy for boosting Ontario's PV sector, including a target for generating 5% of the province's energy from solar power by 2025.

According to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC), 578MW of solar capacity from large-scale projects was added in the US during August 2013.

Swedish company Sol Voltaics has acquired enough funding to take the its high-efficiency 'Solink' gallium arsenide nanomaterial into pilot production.

A 500kW rooftop photovoltaic power plant has been built by Turkish-German company KosiFrankensolar on the roof of beverage producer Sural in Antalya, Turkey.

The Czech Senate has approved controversial laws to end subsidies for renewable energy and to extend a tax levied on solar power plants, following a vote on Friday.

Schneider Electric has supplied four of its PV Box power conversion substations to a 5MW solar power plant in Cobbs Cross, Bridgewater in the United Kingdom for Grupo Solaer.