Renewable energy developer Mirae Asia Energy Corp. has completed a 20-megawatt solar power facility in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, ahead of the March deadline for availment of the feed- in-tariff rates. The $20-million project was developed through a partnership between San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group Inc. and Soleq, one of Southeast Asia’s largest independent solar utility generation platforms. ...

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO) ("JA Solar" or "JA"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its entire portfolio of PV modules has passed the 96-hour Potential Induced Degradation ("PID") resistance test under the conditions of 85-degrees Celsius and 85% relative humidity (double 85) at -1,000V of system voltage bias as required to ...

The energy utilities in Andhra Pradesh are gearing up to complete the works on first phase of evacuation of 3,150 MW under the green energy corridor by the end of this financial year. The State which had current installed capacity of 150 MW in solar energy was actively working to ensure that the capacity was scaled up to 5,000 MW. Mr. Vijayanand said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was firm that the pow ...

Large-scale solar power will inevitably catch up in cost competitiveness with conventional electricity generation in Australia and will "fill the void" as dirty, ageing coal-fired plants are shut down, according to the regional head of the country's biggest solar developer, First Solar. Jack Curtis, Asia Pacific manager for First Solar, AGL Energy's partner at two major new solar ventures in western NSW, sa ...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a shortlist of projects approved to progress to the next stage of its $100-million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said project attracted strong interest the agency has selected 22 high merit projects to proceed to the full application stage with submissions due by 15 June 2016. “The strong intere ...

Asia Clean Capital Ltd. ("ACC"), whose renewable energy solutions help multinational and domestic corporations in China reduce operating costs, decrease carbon footprint, and meet sustainability targets, today announced a US$40 million project finance facility from Goldman Sachs, a global investment bank and active investor in renewable energy. The financing facility will allow ACC to accelerate and expand ...

Chinese photovoltaics (PV) maker Trina Solar Ltd (NYSE:TSL) said Monday it completed and hooked to the grid three distributed generation (DG) solar arrays with a combined capacity of 27 MW in end-2015. The PV systems were installed on the rooftops of three large factories in Jiangsu province’s city of Suqian. Equipped with 110,000 Trina Solar Honey modules, they are expected to generate some 30 GWh of elect ...

Chinese utility Huadian Power International Corp Ltd (SHA:600027) said Wednesday it has recently hooked to the domestic grid wind and photovoltaic (PV) parks with a combined capacity of 482.9 MW. The company put on stream five wind farms, totalling 279.4 MW, in Shandong province and 149.5 MW in Ningxia Hui autonomous region. Overall, subsidiary Huadian Power International Ningxia New Energy Power Co Ltd ope ...

The PV equipment industry appears to finally be recovering after four years of market collapse. As further evidence that order volumes are returning, last Thursday Amtech reported that its subsidiary Tempress has received $22 million in new solar orders during its most recent quarter, which ended on December 31. This is over 40% of the order volume of the four previous fiscal quarters. In a brief press stat ...

MANILA, Philippines – SM City North Edsa mall’s solar-powered rooftop has been included as one of the new power sources for the Luzon grid. The solar-powered rooftop – the largest in a commercial establishment in Southeast Asia – is composed of 5,760 solar panels and produces enough power to energize 1,000 households or 150,000 10-watt light bulbs or charge 214,285 cellular phones. The power generated from ...