The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has released details of 28 solar PV projects totalling 505MW commissioned under India’s flagship solar programme JNNSM in Phase II Batch I.
PV tracker developer NEXTracker has completed tracker commissioning for SunEdison’s solar PV plants at Pacifico and Choluteca in Honduras with a combined 82MW capacity.
Chinese tier-one manufacturer Suntech will supply 63MW of PV panels to eight projects being constructed across Thailand by Thai Stock Exchange-listed company Gunkul Engineering.
Solar Impulse, the solar-powered aircraft attempting the first round-the-world solar flight, has been forced to abandon its attempt at crossing the Pacific Ocean amid poor weather conditions.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved the landmark Aurora Distributed Solar Project, which was selected over a number of gas proposals in a landmark ruling in 2014.
Renewable energy development company SunEdison has signed off on deals with five municipal groups on Long Island, New York, to build seven solar installations for a total of 14MW.
Construction of a 2.3MW solar PV system which floats on water has been finished in Japan, the third such plant to be built by a Kyocera-backed joint venture (JV) and the biggest completed to date.