Energy efficiency has been described as the world’s “first fuel” in efforts to cut carbon emissions and promote energy security in a major new report from the International Energy Agency.
Thin-film PV manufacturer and project developer First Solar is to construct a 250MW solar power plant in Riverside County, California, for a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources.
Japanese thin-film manufacturer Solar Frontier is to introduce its SolarSets range of standardised PV systems to the Italian residential market after agreeing a distribution deal with P.M. Service.
Investment in clean energy in the third quarter of 2013 was down 20% year-on-year, marking a “worrying” loss of momentum in the sector, according Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, is planning to launch a new financing facility to pump-prime small-scale PV development in emerging markets, PV Tech has learned.
The performance of a number of large PV installations in the US dipped over the summer following a series of weather anomalies, prompting calls for greater awareness of climatic risk in project financing.
Shunfeng Photovoltaics International, the company revealed yesterday as a bidder for struggling Wuxi Suntech, has secured a HK$980,000,000 (US$126,000,000) loan to expand its PV project development business.
Punitive measures against PV users and growing competition from abroad are “dismantling” Spain’s solar industry, according the country’s PV industry body.
