- SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. has announced the immediate international availability of its StorEdge solution. At the end of 2015, the company already completed a number of StorEdge installations in select locations around the world.
- Ormat Technologies, Inc. has announced today that its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary has commenced construction of the 35 MW Platanares geothermal project in Honduras. In 2013, Ormat signed a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) contract for the Geotérmica Platanares geothermal project in Honduras with ELCOSA, a privately owned Honduran energy company, for approximately 15 years from commercial operation date (COD). In December 2015, Ormat concluded the drilling activity as well as extensive tests that support the decision to construct a 35 MW project, which is larger than initially estimated.
- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. has announced that its holding subsidiary, Hainan Yingli New Energy Resource Co, LTD. has entered into definitive agreements to form a joint venture to establish a new solar panel factory in Thailand with Demeter Corporation PLC’s subsidiary, Demeter Power Company Limited, a Thailand-based developer, EPC provider, and operator of renewable energy projects.
- SPI Energy Co. has announced the closing of its investment of RMB30 million for a 60% stake in Beijing Yiwei New Energy Technology Development Company, an Internet-based electric vehicle rental service provider located in China.