Monocrystalline PV manufacture Longi Silicon Materials has signed an agreement with the authorities of Kaiping District of Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China to build a 100MW agricultural PV power plant in 2016.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to US-based renewable energy firm NextGen Solawazi to help develop a 60MW PV plant in Shinyanga, in northwestern Tanzania, a country where just 15% of the population has access to electricity.
Canadian solar developer SkyPower is to double its investment in Kenya’s solar infrastructure to US$4.4 billion after meeting with Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta at a Business Council for International Understanding last week.
There were ten solar power plants with a combined capacity of 238MW connected to the grid in the US in August, according the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2015.
Families on low incomes in California will be able to benefit from a new drive by PV install and leasing company SolarCity, enabled by a programme set up by the state’s regulator.
The US state of North Carolina has passed the 1GW milestone for installed solar capacity, according to figures from the NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA).
Fourth Partner Energy (4PEL) a Hyderabad-based company developing distributed solar power, has raised around US$2 million in financing, enabling the firm to offer more financing options to its clients.
