Low carbon technologies are now cost competitive with fossil fuels, and innovation is gathering pace across the sector, according to a new report by Lloyd’s Register.

concept by US corp., Pompano Beach, Fla., introduced what is said to be the first on-the-market, complete and fully integrated UL-certified scalable solar energy storage system with built-in battery storage.

First Solar, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., sold its 50 megawatt Macho Springs Solar Power Plant to Atlanta-based Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy.

Agriculture Energies, LLC, Tucson, Ariz., developed Agriculture Solar Sun Tracking, a modular roofing system that can be secured at a tilt angle of 0 degrees, resulting in lower wind load than with systems set at an angle.

First Solar, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., and GE's power conversion business are utilizing their recently established technology and commercial partnership to develop a more cost-effective and productive utility-scale PV power plant design that combines First Solar's thin-film CdTe modules with GE's new ProSolar 1500 Volt inverter/transformer system.

Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, and TEVA Energy, LLC, Orlando, Fla., commissioned what is said to be the largest solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, Calif.