Julia Chan

Standard Bank Group and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have inked a R20 billion (US$2.2 billion) deal to fund renewable energy projects in South Africa.

Arizona State University's (ASU) polytechnic campus in Mesa, Arizona, has become home to a 1MW PV system engineered and constructed by PV developer SunPower.

German PV developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has installed and connected three solar parks totalling 44MW of capacity to the grid, beating the Renewable Obligation (RO) deadline.

Borrego Solar Systems, a developer and installer of grid-connected PV systems, is eyeing up the Puerto Rican solar market and is planning to install 23.5MW of PV capacity in the next couple of years.

Utility firm Arizona Public Service Co (APS) has announced plans to develop a 32MW PV facility under its AZ Sun Program which seeks to increase the solar capacity in the state of Arizona.

Activ Solar, a PV developer based in Vienna, Austria, has said it has installed a total of 127.5MW of PV capacity in the first three months of 2013.

PV installer Blue Oak Energy has completed the installation of a 4.2MW PV system in Gridley in the US state of California.

The government of Balochistan and CK Solar Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a 300MW PV project near Quetta, Pakistan.

The government of New South Wales in Australia has approved plans to build a 50MW PV facility, called Broken Hill, which will be located around five kilometres from Broken Hill in New South Wales.

Struggling China-based PV manufacturer LDK Solar has sold shares to Hong Kong-based Fulai Investments for around 30% less than it charged only last month.