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Azuri Launches Smart Solar Home System for Rural Africa

published: 2016-04-15 17:45
Azuri has announced HomeSmart™, a self-learning capability for its solar home systems. While conventional solar home systems work well in sunny conditions, they often shut off early on cloudy days because they run out of power. Ho...  more

EDF EN Canada Secures PPAs for Solar and Wind Projects

published: 2016-04-15 17:04
EDF EN Canada, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has signed two 20-year PPAs with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for two solar projects, totaling 22MW, and one wind project, 60MW. The PPA-secured pr...  more

JinkoSolar Wins 188MW of PV Project in Mexico

published: 2016-04-14 18:36
JinkoSolar has won 3 solar PV projects totaling 188 MWac in Mexico as part of the country's first long-term electricity auction since the implementation of energy reforms. JinkoSolar will develop and build the solar power plants. ...  more

SolarWorld Powers Montpellier Airport

published: 2016-04-14 18:26
SolarWorld and Montpellier Airport jointly inaugurated the completion of a 4.5MW solar power system installed at the airport in the southern French city. The PV system, which consists over 16,000 PV modules and was installed on ca...  more

Tri Global Energy Leads the US Wind Energy Market

published: 2016-04-14 17:48
Dallas-based renewable energy company, Tri Global Energy, continued to lead the U.S. with nearly 2,100MW of wind energy projects under construction, according to the American Wind Energy Association's Annual Market Report for 2015...  more

Regency Centers Installs Solar PV Arrays on Rooftops

published: 2016-04-14 17:24
Regency Centers, a national owner, operator, and developer of grocery-anchored shopping centers, has installed 750kW plus rooftop PV systems at Persimmon Place in Dublin, CA and East Washington Place in Petaluma, CA. The sy...  more

Experimental Battery: Bacteria-Boosted Batteries

published: 2016-04-14 15:23
A group of researchers from the Netherlands have recently found out that with the aid of bacteria, a new biological battery that charges and discharges can be created. They’ve tested this system on the small scale and manag...  more