Solar in India: Uttar Pradesh signs PPAs for electricity from 110 MW of solar PV projects

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 18:49 (Solarserver)

The Indian State of Uttar Pradesh has signed 10-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with six developers for electricity from 110 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the state. The largest of these is a PPA with Essel Infra Projects Ltd. (Mumbai) for electricity from a 50 MW PV plant. Read more

Latin America Report: Solar's Auction Debut in Brazil

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 18:18 (Renewable Energy World)

After being shut out of previous renewable energy auctions, and delaying its own auction by two weeks, the state government of Pernambuco held the nation's first solar energy auction on December 27, registering 122.82 MW of energy, six times the country's current entire solar energy output (20 MW). The auction involved 34 bidders proposing roughly 1 GW of capacity; at the end it was narrowed to six companies from Brazil, Italy, Germany, China and Spain. Average price of power finished trading at 228.63 Brazilian reais/MWh (just under U.S. $97), about 9 percent lower than the starting price of R 250. Read more

Comtec signs 500 MW wafer supply agreement with Mission Solar Energy

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 17:26 (Solarserver)

Comtec Solar Ltd. (Hong Kong) has entered into an agreement to supply 500 MW of 156 x 156 mm n-type monocrystalline silicon wafers to Mission Solar Energy LLC (San Antonio, Texas, U.S., formerly Nexolon America). Read more

Trina Solar to build 1 GW of solar PV plants in Western China

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 14:22 (Solarserver)

Trina Solar Ltd. (Changzhou, China) has signed an investment framework agreement with a local government for the development of 1 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Read more

Bio-energy Forest Plantations for the Southeastern United States

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 6:04 (Renewable Energy World)

Bio-energy forest plantations will supplement woody biomass from other sources such as logging residues. In the southern U.S., projections are for an increase of up to 25 million “new” tons of woody biomass demand for bioenergy. To supply this woody biomass demand will require purpose grown plantations of various species including pine, eucalypts, sweetgum, hybrid poplar and cottonwood, amongst others. Forest plantation yields can be 8-15 green tons/acre/year on rotations of 5-12 years. Utilization of this renewable and sustainable biomass resource will be as feedstock “designed” for a large number of bio-energy applications. Read more

Twelve Hydrogen And Fuel Cell Stocks

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 6:02 (Renewable Energy World)

While many people think first about hydrogen when they think of fuel cells, fuel cells are not limited to hydrogen. They are a set of related technologies, many of which can generate electricity from a number of hydrocarbon fuels rather than hydrogen. Read more

Renewable Energy’s Hottest Conversations of 2013

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 6:03 (Renewable Energy World)

Here at RenewableEnergyWorld.com, we pride ourselves on our active community of readers who click, share, and comment on the articles that we post every day. While we don’t always agree with their take on the pieces we post, we always value constructive feedback and the high quality discussion that sometimes ensues. Read more

Renewable Year-end Focus: Poland

Monday, 12.30.2013 - 6:01 (Renewable Energy World)

As the renewable energy market shifts and evolves each year, industry experts need to know where the next hot region will be in order to keep up with the changing tides. Read more