Tata Power plans to set up a 28.8 MW solar plant near Satara, Maharashtra during this fiscal year, as a part of its strategy to meet its clean energy capacity target, a top company official has said. "This will be our second solar plant in Maharashtra. We will be spending over Rs 230 crore this fiscal for setting up the project," said company's Executive Director ( Finance) S Ramakrishnan. Currently, the co ...

Clenergy International, a manufacturer of PV mounting products, and CGN Solar Energy, a Chinese solar power provider, have signed an investment and development agreement for several projects in Lijiang, China. As part of the plans, the two companies will work with the Lijiang government to execute the proposed projects and invest a total of RMB3.9 billion. In total, the projects will have a combined capacit ...

The Asian Development Bank will provide USD 85 million in loans to Solarco to build three solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in Thailand, which together will have a capacity of 57 MW.

 ADB will provide a USD 52 million loan in Thai baht to Solarco, as well as another USD 33 million loan through its Clean Technology Fund, which is part of the Climate Investment Fund implemented by multinational developmen ...

ReneSola Ltd, a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and wafers, announced it has agreed to provide Enerparc AG, an internationally oriented and dynamically growing provider of solar power plant installation and operation services, with 43.6 MW of solar modules, 35 MW of which will be delivered through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Poland and India. "Enerparc places gr ...

Toshiba Corp and SunEdison have agreed to build solar power plants in Japan. SunEdison will sell the power generated at these plants. Toshiba expects 270 billion yen ($2.75 billion) in orders for construction of power-plant-related facilities by the fiscal year end, and the Japanese company is in talks to build four or five mega-solar plants. Renewable energy sources have found more favor in Japan after the ...

The Philippines government has approved a 35MW PV project in Darong, Davao del Sur on the island of Mindanao. The PhilNewEnergy PV solar power plant is located on a land owned by Ayala Corp’s subsidiary, Darong Agricultural Development Corp and will cost an estimated US$146.7 million. The project will be constructed by the local company Philnewenergy Inc. (PNE) in collaboration with Japan's Mitsubishi Corp, ...

China’s JinkoSolar Holding co., Ltd. is entering a module supply agreement for 115 MW of solar panels for two projects in South Africa. Both projects are part of the Phase 2 of the South African government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program which aims to increase the amount of renewable energy in the country’s energy mix. The first project will consist of a total of 75 MW whil ...

India's state-owned Solar Energy Corp has selected California's SunEdison, India-based Thermax and Azure Power India to construct 5.5MW of rooftop PV systems in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon in India. According to reports the project constitutes part of a 10MW rooftop PV project. The companies were selected as part of a competitive tender for this bigger initiative. The systems will be installed ren ...

Solarcity New Zealand has partnered with Panasonic New Zealand to provide a 131 kilowatt peak solar system to power a desalination plant in the Pacific Island of Nauru, the smallest republic in the world. Solarcity chief executive Andrew Booth said the project was one of the largest his company had worked on so far, but he expected similar projects to become more common. The $4 million project, managed by H ...

A Remote Island off Sasebo city in southern Japan has won permission to construct one of Japan’s biggest solar power plants. The island will borrow idled land and construct and operate the facilities for 20 years with the project costing a total of 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion). Electricity will be supplied to Kyushu Electric Power Co. (9508) on Sasebo city’s mainland by building undersea transmission line ...