Japanese telecommunications provider Softbank, which recently purchased US mobile company Sprint for US$20 billion, is considering the construction of a 40MW solar power plant in central Japan.
US solar power installer Heliopower has purchased Greenzu, a San Francisco company providing small commercial businesses and non-profit organisations with solar power systems.
The chief executive of Photon Energy, the PV developer founded in the Czech Republic, has spoken out strongly against the solar levy recently approved in the lower house of the Czech parliament.
Chinese PV module manufacturer ReneSola is to provide solar plant installer Saferay with 29.1MW of its modules for use in construction of La Huayca II solar power plant, Chile.
Canadian Solar subsidiary Canadian Solar Solutions announced that it has reached an agreement to sell five utility-scale solar power plants in Ontario valued at more than C$290 million (US$277 million) to Concord Green Energy.
Irish renewables developer Mainstream Renewable Power has signed an equity investment deal worth €100 million (US$133 million) with Japan’s Marubeni Corporation trading company.