Cecilia Keating

The Victoria government has released new planning guidelines for large-scale solar farms to ease tensions between solar developers and local communities, but they are yet to come into effect.

Procurement of new renewables and energy storage projects on archipelago's three largest islands is biggest to date in Aloha State.

China added 11.4GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2019 – less than half the capacity installed a year prior.

Ginglong's Solis inverter brand came third among Asian manufacturers out of a total pool of 17 inverter manufacturers. It came 11th overall.

Project designed with 200MW/10MW capacity will add to the southern Australian state's already impressive solar pipeline.

Powering-up of 156MWp plant in Bahia adds further momentum to PV ecosystem in Brazil's northeast, the target of an upcoming government-sponsored auction programme.

Solar deal is latest of a flurry by major US asset managers, joining the likes of Blackrock and Capital Dynamics.

Despite a lower-than-expected public offering in July and escalating net losses, Sunnova says it is "well-positioned" to reach operational and financial targets, thanks to its growing dealer network and favourable macroeconomics.

Caledonia group mulls solar PV plant as Zimbabwe's unprecedented power crisis triggers a slowdown in the broader mining sector, with three other players allegedly bankrolling the state utility's emergency purchase of international power.

Proposed project is contingent on Invenergy securing a deal with not-for-profit electricity cooperative Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association.