John Parnell

The largest solar installer in the US, SolarCity, is to launch an online platform that will allow individuals and businesses to invest in its solar.

The number of solar installations in the UK registered for the government’s feed-in tariff has topped half a million for the first time, according to official statistics.

Solar investment vehicle ForVEI has purchased a 6.9MW PV plant in southern Italy.

SolarWorld has received court approval for its ongoing restructuring process, the final administrative hurdle to its reorganisation.

US module manufacturer Suniva has secured a 1.1MW order from Mexico and hailed the potential opportunity for American firms south of the border.

JinkoSolar has acquired the manufacturing assets of the struggling Topoint group of companies.

The Chinese government’s list of approved solar manufacturers, which threatened to leave three quarters of the country’s operators in the wilderness, will not spill over into the global PV market, according to industry analysts IHS.

The current rate of cut backs to support for solar energy could put the German energy transition at risk, the country’s solar trade body has warned.

PV power plant developer Shunfeng has announced a RMB980 million (US$162 million) loan from China Development Bank (CDB).

China WindPower Group (CWP) has secured RMB5.7 billion (US$924 million) in project financing for its PV pipeline.