Conor Ryan

Solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy has connected its 50MW PV plant — located in Hebei Province, China, to the grid.

Members of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) voted Thursday to rebrand the organisation as SolarPower Europe.

Renewable energy development company SunEdison has signed off on deals with five municipal groups on Long Island, New York, to build seven solar installations for a total of 14MW.

Firefighters responded to an emergency at one of Apple’s facilities in Mesa, Arizona on Tuesday afternoon after a blaze broke out in an area of solar panels fitted to the roof of the building.

A new piece of legislation has been proposed that would help extend the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for both residential and commercial solar projects in the US.

Residential solar financing platform Mosaic has announced that Robert D. Kelly will serve as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has agreed to a partnership with the China PV Investment and Finance Alliance (CPVFA) in order to reach the objective of opening wide-scale and varied sources of investment in PV asset development in China.

RET Capital has appointed Michael Young as the company’s vice president, legal and administration.

Horizontal tracking systems provided by IdeemaTec Deutschland GmbH will be utilised by the Jordanian government programme for renewable energies in three projects — totaling 43.5MW.

Ecoppia, a developer of water-free PV solar panel cleaning solutions, has announced that its E4 robotic solar panel cleaning system is now operational on five PV installations in the Middle East — comprising of over 35MW of installed capacity.