American solar panel manufacturer First Solar Inc. is heading to India to build solar farms and sell electricity directly to businesses at below-market prices. After a summer of numerous wide-scale blackouts across the subcontinent, Indian businesses are looking to secure stable energy sources, which matches up with First Solar’s … [continued]
First Solar’s shifting its strategic focus toward supplying and building thin-film solar power projects in India, as PV cell and panel profit margins continue to be pressured and trade tensions escalate. The Tempe, Arizona thin-film market leader aims to capture 20% of the Indian solar PV market even as critics assert that US government export finance banks are providing low-interest loans to Indian solar power project developers that violate WTO rules on international trade. […]
Part of Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” renewable energy strategy, the 7 projects have been deemed “nationally and regionally significant.” If completed, they would add 5 GW of max rated clean, renewable power capacity to the US total. […]
It’s been a good week for First Solar, as the market-leading thin-film PV manufacturer and solar power project developer reported better-than-expected results and announced it will break ground on a 139-MW project in California’s Imperial Valley. […]
The Agua Caliente solar project is delivering over 200 megawatts of power to the grid, and is about two-thirds complete. When it is completed, it should be generating a total of 290 MW. Yuma County, Arizona is the construction site. On average, about 400 workers are employed in completing … [continued]
The Australian Government has awarded energy provider AGL Energy and PV manufacturer First Solar a $130 million grant to help in a $450 million project to build one of the country’s largest solar installations, which will end up providing 159 megawatts at two locations in New South Wales. AGL … [continued]
Some top solar energy news from around the interwebs (other than what we’ve already covered): Tigo Energy Wins Additional US DOE Award For A Total Of $3,500,000 Tigo Energy®, the market leader in solar optimization technology for photovoltaic (PV) solar installations, [last week] announced it has received one of … [continued]
Top solar energy news from around the interwebs: Solar Projects Kyocera Solar Power Generating Systems Help the Maldive Islands Meet Renewable Energy Goals “Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) along with Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Wakachiku Construction Co., Ltd. announced that the companies are working to install 675kW of Kyocera’s solar power … [continued]
A 250-kilowatt solar photovoltaic power installation has been inaugurated at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona. This site is the international headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The solar array’s installation is the first phase of an overall plan to make Taliesin West a net-zero facility, meaning it will … [continued]
I know, you’re probably getting tired of all this “largest solar this, largest solar that, largest solar boat” news, but I guess we can just expect “bigger and bigger” solar news as the industry grows in leaps and bounds.
