A two-year European Commission-funded project has been launched to investigate ways of integrating more PV electricity into the European grid. The so-called PV Grid project is being led by a consortium of 20 members — consisting of national PV associations, distribution......[More]

Wow, that was some ugly action in the solar sector on Wednesday. Take a look at this list, which I snipped from Google Finance: That’s the cream of the solar crop. Every one of them down at least 2.5%, and most down more than 5%. I don’t think this is really too complic......[More]

Improved technology and decreasing costs could boost concentrated PV (CPV) installations to 3GW worldwide within four years, according to research. A report by IMS Research said that advances in CPV technology would drive down costs by 16% annually, prompting an increas......[More]

The Solar Dawn Consortium in Australia has cancelled plans to develop its beleaguered A$1.2 billion (US$1.3 billion) Western Downs facility, it has been announced. The Solar Dawn project, which involved the construction of a 250MW hybrid solar thermal and gas plant near......[More]

Irish developer Mainstream Renewable Power is ready to break ground on two proposed solar projects in South Africa after inking financing, power purchase and implementation agreements with the South African government. The two PV projects are part of a larger €500 milli......[More]

Solar Green Technology (SGT), an Italy-based specialist in the design, installation and construction of PV plants, has designed and built 7.8MW worth of PV projects in Italy. The PV arrays are part of a larger project called Century which consists of industrial rooftop ......[More]