MidAmerican Energy Holdings is growing more roots in the solar energy market in the US, having entered into a partnership with NRG over the Agua Caliente solar project to be built by First Solar in Arizona. MidAmerican Energy is to acquire a 49% stake in the USD 1.8 billion project.
Duke Energy has acquired two large-scale solar parks in Arizona totalling 20 MW of capacity, marking the company's first solar power installations in the US West. The two solar projects are Ajo Solar Project and Bagdad Solar Project, acquired from Recurrent Energy.
Kyocera has supplied an additional 10 MW of solar modules to a solar park complex near Turin, Italy, where is already 6 MW of modules installed. The company supplied the 6 MW of initial modules earlier in 2011. The developer of the solar park complex is Enermill Energie Rinnovabili.
SunPower is going to supply NRG Solar, subsidiary of NRG Energy, with 54 MW of solar power technology. The company will deliver 24 MW of solar panels, of the total amount ordered, to NRG by the year's end. The remaining capacity will be be used to support the development of NRG Solar's 26 MW (AC) Borrego Solar Project, to be built in southern California.
The US Department of Interior has given the green light for the construction of a power transmission line which is to connect the 150 MW solar power tower (solar thermal) Rice Solar Energy Project in southern California.
MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a power utility and energy company owned by Warren Buffet, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 550 MW Topaz solar farm from First Solar. The large solar farm is being built in California, in San Luis Obispo County.
Republic of South Africa's Department of Energy has announced a list of preferred bidders for renewable energy development in this country. The list covers developers involved in wind and solar CSP and solar PV development. A total of 1.415 GW of the planned 3.725 GW of RE capacity has been allocated through this tender.
Enel Green Power has added a new solar park to its solar portfolio in Sicily. The power plant is near Barrafranca, in the Enna Province, Sicily. It has 5 MW of installed capacity, featuring 20,000 solar panels.
SCHOTT Solar and Statdtwerke Mainz are building a 5.6 MW solar park in Southern Harz, Germany. The power plant will feature 24,000 modules, and should enter commercial operation by the end of the year.
Canadian Solar has supplied a total of 9 MW of solar PV modules for the 9 MW solar power plant in Spain, developed by the OPDE Group. Commissioning of the newly installed system is scheduled to happen during Q4 2011.
