JP Casey

Excelsior Energy Capital has sold a 38-project solar-plus-storage portfolio, with a combined capacity of 89MW, to BlackRock.

Longroad Energy has achieved financial close on a solar PV and battery storage project in Arizona, on which construction is already underway.

JA Solar has signed memoranda of understanding with three Pakistani companies to supply 600MW of n-type PV modules.

The German Bundesnetzagentur has published the results of a renewables auction, which saw tenders granted for 264MW of rooftop solar capacity.

UL Solutions has awarded its ‘Carbon Footprint of Products Verification’ to the Vertex series of modules, developed Trina Solar.

Research into perovskites, as well as new storage technology, will be supported by Japan’s US$11 billion Climate Transition Bond.

Primergy has secured US$588 million in financing for its 408MWac Ash Creek solar-plus-storage project in the US state of Texas.

NTPC Limited has started construction at its 630MW Barethi solar project in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Equinor, Scatec and Hydro Rein have started commercial operations at their 531MW Mendubim solar project in Brazil.

Researchers from the NUS have developed a new triple-junction perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 27.1%.