The portions of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s first national budget relating to solar energy have been met with a mixed reaction from the industry, based on first impressions.
US residential installer Astrum Solar will receive US$100 million in financing from private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy, aimed at lowering PV system costs for its customers.
Smartflex, a three-year project part-funded by the EU, which began in April aimed at making it possible for architects to create custom BIPV modules, has reached a number of milestones in its progress including the development of a pilot production line.
A legal fight against property taxes levied onto leased PV systems in Arizona has begun in earnest, with residential leasing companies SolarCity and SunRun filing an official complaint on Monday.
German solar industry trade association BSW-Solar is considering taking legal action over reforms to the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG), announced yesterday.
SunPower Corporation has become the latest US solar provider to pilot the deployment of residential storage systems in California by extending the terms of an existing partnership with homebuilding company KB Homes to include storage.
A property tax exemption for solar power systems in California has been extended to 2025, following the passing of a bill as part of the annual state budget.
Japan installed 7,185,000kW of PV by the end of the country’s 2013 financial year, which ended on 31 March, according to the latest figures from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
CIGS thin-film maker Siva Power has received the initial portion of an anticipated US$15 million in investment, which the company said it intends to put towards scaling up its production facilities to gigawatt production capacity.
Solar Frontier's Atushiko Hirano explains how the thin-film manufacturer's new factory in Japan will serve as a blueprint for expansion into other parts of the world.
