Greek developer Metlen Energy and Metals, formerly known as Mytilineos, has refinanced a 532MW solar PV portfolio in Australia.

Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, has announced plans to streamline the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to around six months.

New solar manufacturing facilities show higher rates of product defects, PV Tech has heard from Joerg Althaus of Clean Energy Associates.

PV Tech spoke with Joerg Althaus of CEA about the under-explored issues with solar racking, trackers and other technical concerns.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest €1.6 billion to support the construction of the Bay of Biscay interconnector.

Traditional PV inspection methods using direct current polarisation have proved unreliable in detecting certain issues. Researchers from Enertis Applus+ detail a new approach to defect detection aimed at improving the efficiency of PV system maintenance and performance analysis.

Blue Elephant Energy has received a €200 million (US$214 million) investment from European asset management company Infranity.

Indian module manufacturer Ahaan Solar has started construction of a 2GW solar module assembly plant in Rohnat, Haryana.

The World Bank has approved a loan of around US$600 million to support the development of 540MW of new solar and wind capacity in Indonesia.

As the solar industry pushes for ever-lower costs, collapsing module quality is forcing a rethink of how reliability and performance can be safeguarded, writes Eric Hafter.

US-based solar module manufacturer Bila Solar has begun production at its manufacturing facility in Indiana.

The LC will enable Redeux to fund development costs tied to interconnection and power purchase agreement (PPA) commitments across projects. Image: Redeux Energy.

Independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has raised US$479 million for its Obelisk hybrid solar and battery storage project in Egypt.