The IP behind the big dish solar technology that was to have been used for the $230 million Solar Oasis solar farm in Whyalla has been put up for sale. Chartered accountants Kazar Slaven, the voluntary administrators to Wizard Power, are seeking expressions of interest for the technology – which was originally developed at the Australian National University, by August 2. After a period of due diligence, fin ...

The Clean Development Mechanism’s (CDM) latest project is a 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) installation to be constructed in Rajasthan. Despite countless delays in the construction process India-based Reliance Power will complete the project under Phase 1 of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), India’s renewable energy programme. Seven projects were awarded under Phase 1. A total of 47 ...

Australia’s largest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant was officially opened this week, with the Victorian energy minister joining executives from the plant’s developer, Solar Systems, to cut the ribbon on the 1.5MW demonstration facility in Mildura. The demonstration of the “dense array” solar technology of parent company Silex Systems is a fore-runner for what is expected to be a 100MW powe ...

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has approved South Korean-led Mirae Asia Energy Corp's solar power project in Ilocos Norte. Lito A. Badua, Mirae Energy vice president, told reporters that the DOE cleared the certificate of commerciality (COE) for the company's 20-megawatt solar farm in the municipality of Currimao. Mirae is a South Korean firm specializing in renewable energy technologies. The DO ...

China aims to more than quadruple solar power generating capacity to 35 gigawatts by 2015 in an apparent bid to ease a massive glut in the domestic solar panel industry. The target has been stated previously by the State Grid, which manages the country's electricity distribution, but now has the official backing of the State Council, the country's cabinet and its top governing body. China will add around 10 ...

NTPC, India’s largest electricity generator, has begun construction of a third solar power plant to help mitigate the risk of fuel shortages faced by its coal-fired projects. The utility awarded the contract to build the 5MW plant at Jhajru village in the northern state of Haryana to Eversun Energy Pvt., NTPC said in an e-mailed statement. Enmas GP Power System Projects Ltd. will connect the plant to the gr ...

Thin-film photovoltaic manufacturer Ascent Solar is forming a joint venture with the government of the Municipal City of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China to produce their modules in the Asian country. The agreement between the company and the municipal government covers a multi-faceted, three-phase project over the next six years. The first phase of this would include the establishment of a facility to pro ...

Oursun Japan Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland), backed by the Meeco Group (Zug, Switzerland), has acquired Oursun Japan Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan), a developer of small and medium-sized solar photovoltaic projects in Japan. Additionally, Oursun Japan Ltd. has developed a combined PV and storage system product that it has deployed in Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Meeco notes that as a result of the acquisition, Ours ...

Thailand's Industry Ministry has approved five new solar plants with a combined capacity of 29.5 MW as demand for electricity in the country continues to grow. The five solar projects comprise the 7.5 MW, THB 560 million ($13.8 million) Solar Power/Sakon Nakorn 2 plant in northeastern Thailand; the 6 MW, $18.1 million Siam Solar Generation project; the 6 MW, $14.6 million ESPP Project 1; the 6 MW, $14.5 mil ...

India is said to impose an anti-dumping tax on major solar cell and module producers globally and they will include China. Sources said recently that required by local PV firms, the Indian government would impose an anti-dumping tax on major solar cell and module producers in the world and they would include China, Malaysia and the US. The Indian anti-dumping watchdog said at the end of last year that on th ...