Hanwha Q CELLS has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 500 MW fully integrated photovoltaic manufacturing facility in Ankara, Turkey late in December 2017.
First Solar will supply more than 860,000 high-performance thin film modules to power a 100 MW utility-scale photovoltaic solar power plant developed by Zorlu Enerji in Pakistan. It will be the first utility-scale solar project in Pakistan to be powered by First Solar. The Independent Power Producer (IPP) facility, part of the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in the country’s Punjab province, is expected to be completed and connected to the electricity grid by the first half of 2018.
SolarPower Europe has introduced its 2.0 Operation & Maintenance Best Practices Guidelines. The guidelines are the result of more than 70 experts, including O&M contractors, asset owners, asset managers and monitoring tool vendors, who are part of the O&M Task Force of SolarPower Europe. Building on the previous edition, version 2.0 focuses more on how O&M can be better managed.
Three companies from Germany and Austria have equipped the Hochleckenhaus with a off-grid and energy Management system for the Austrian Alpine Association. The hut can now boast of having the most advanced off-grid network in the Alpine region.
Intersolar India Exhibition and Conference will open its doors in less than a week on December 5 -7, 2017 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai, providing a platform for all industry professionals to meet, exchange, discuss challenges and solutions and promote the interest of the solar industry. In this year’s event, certified by the U.S. Commercial Services, more than 12,000 international visitors are expected. More than 260 exhibitors are showcasing their latest products and solutions in Hall 1 of the BEC.
The new version of the design software PV*SOL premium 2018 makes the design of photovoltaic plants even easier and more efficient.
The solar PV industry will create 94,000 new jobs in Europe between 2016 and 2021, says an EY report commissioned from industry association SolarPower Europe. At the beginning of the next decade, the sector will employ 174,700 full-time equivalents, a growth of 145% from 81,000 in 2016 but still a lower amount than 250,000 in 2008.
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