Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Solar developer Solarig and asset manager Alantra have partnered to launch a 1.9GW solar PV investment vehicle focused on Southern Europe.

Austria's government has released a series of measures to accelerate the deployment of solar which will simplify environmental permits and increase funding for solar PV.

Polysilicon prices have continued their downward slump, with a weekly decrease of 20%, now nearing the US$20/kg mark.

A group of key stakeholders in the PV industry has called for measures for a competitive domestic European PV upstream value chain.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JA Solar is planning to build its first module manufacturing facility in the US.

Latin America-focused renewables developer EnfraGen has entered into EPC contracts with Chilean developer Verano Energy to build eight solar PV plants in Chile.

Sun Cable, the company behind the Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) project, has entered into voluntary administration.

Developer Mytilineos has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with energy giant Statkraft for four solar farms in Italy with a total capacity of 63MW.

PV solutions provider SPI Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, Solar 4 America (S4A), has begun manufacturing M10 (182mm) modules in the new production line at its facility in Sacramento, California.

Oceans of Energy has been working for the past four years in bringing offshore solar from R&D to commercialisation and scalability.