First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), today announced that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Leeward Renewable Energy Development, LLC (“Leeward”), pursuant to which Leeward will acquire from First Solar a utility-scale solar project platform of approximately 10 gigawatts (GW)AC. The transaction is expected to Read more…
LONGi, the world leading solar technology company headquartered in Xi’an, China, has officially launched its new 66C type Hi-MO 4 monofacial PV module (Hi-MO 4m) for the global distributed generation (DG) market. With an area of about 2 m2, weight of 22kg and power of 410-420W, the new module can be widely Read more…
San Ramon, CA: January 26, 2021– LONGi Solar Technology (U.S) (LONGi) announced that it has executed a Long Term Agreement with Strata Solar, LLC (Strata), a leading provider of utility-scale solar and battery storage systems. Under the non-exclusive agreement, Strata has locked in 500 MWs of bifacial monocrystalline module capacity over Read more…
LONGi, the world’s leading solar technology company, has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Reon Energy Pakistan to supply 70MWp of Hi-MO 5 540/545Wp modules for its project clusters. The project owner is a leading cement group, the 70MWp project will be divided into 4-5 ground-mounted clusters Read more…
LONGi has made significant impact in the Netherlands since first entering the Dutch market in 2018. In 2019, its business grew sevenfold compared with the previous year, placing it in the country’s top five players. By end of 2020, LONGi business in the Netherlands had increased by an impressive tenfold. Read more…
In February 2021, the internationally authoritative third-party organization, DNV GL began the third round of assessment of the BOS cost and LCOE of Trina Solar’s 210mm Vertex modules. The assessment took place in Aomori prefecture, Japan. In the assessment, the BOS cost and LCOE were compared between two sets of Read more…
Tata Power and venture development platform Social Alpha have announced an investment in industrial IoT startup URJA. With the deal, Tata Power aims to become a fully integrated energy-as-a-service (EaaS) provider with smart energy management offerings. Founded by Saurabh Jhamb and Anant Jhawar in 2017, URJA develops internet of things Read more…
State-owned Power Grid Corp. India Ltd (PGCIL) is in advanced talks with investors for its first tranche of projects through an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), said a person aware of the development. The draft offer document for this first tranche of projects held in a special purpose vehicle (SPVs) through Read more…
Asia-Pacific solar technology contracts in February 2021 saw 51 contracts announced, marking a rise of 28% over the last 12-month average of 40, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database. The proportion of solar technology contracts by category tracked by GlobalData in the month was as follows: Power Purchase Read more…
Welspun Energy Pvt. Ltd. (WREPL) signed a PPA of a 100 MW solar project with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) that was to be implemented in the Sattara district of Maharashtra in 2016. The PPA was signed at a tariff of Rs. 4.43 per kwh. During the implementation phase Read more…