United PV and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have partnered to jointly launch the “Panda Solar Power Plant” that promotes both youth engagement and sustainable development.

GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) has appointed Jeffrey Barnett as President of GCL-SI Americas. With over 15 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, he will lead GCL-SI’s solar module and balance of system business in the Americas.

There is renewed hope that Australia’s first large scale solar towers with storage can be built in South Australia after the government announced a new tender designed to introduce new competition in the market and remove the stranglehold of the existing gas generators.

Two years ago, NSW solar installer Geoff Bragg had a vision. “Imagine a system where one customer could sell energy to another customer, via the Distribution Network Service Provider, who ‘clips the ticket’ for transferring the energy,” he wrote in an article published on RenewEconomy in March 2014.