Adithi Rajagopalan

President Obama signed an executive order that the administration hopes will entice businesses to commit to lowering greenhouse gas emissions and supporting renewable energy and efficiency initiatives.

Sunnova announced the beginning of the EZ Own programme, which it claims will allow homeowners to have a solar power system with no upfront or maintenance costs.

In a joint statement from the Australian Minister for the Environment and Minister for Industry and Science, the government proposed a new approach to Australia’s renewable energy target (RET).

Xcel energy has agreed to purchase 140MW of photovoltaic solar energy from two planned solar developments near Roswell, New Mexico.

Texas will have an additional 10GW capacity of solar by 2029, according to a report by Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA).

AGL Energy’s 102MW Nyngan Solar Plant in western New South Wales is expected to begin its first generation next month, and be fully operational by July 2015.

Leading US installer SolarCity has partnered with power company MP2 Energy on a programme to increase access to solar power in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Renewables will be a focus of German energy companies E.ON and RWE, according to their earning reports for 2014.

US installer Vivint solar has purchased Trinasmart modules from Chinese manufacturer Trina Solar, the company confirmed.

In the next five years, India hopes to set up 1GW of solar power plants on land and rooftops owned by the railways, said rail minister Suresh Prabhu.