India-based project developer Azure Power, which won 150MW of solar capacity in the Punjab solar auction in September, has signed a "solar power implementation agreement" with the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA).
Israel-based automated solar solutions provider Ecoppia has signed a deal to retrofit the 40MW Ketura Solar plant in Israel with its robotic cleaning technology.
Utility-scale renewable energy developer DP Energy Australia has submitted a development application for a 375MW combined wind and solar project in South Australia.
New York State has mandated a programme to have 50% of its electricity coming from renewable energy by 2030, after governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the State Department of Public Service to draw up a new Clean Energy Standard to support the target.
Renewable energy firm SunEdison has cancelled a US$250 million deal to buy a 16% stake in Brazil’s largest renewable energy company, Renova Energia S.A, which is the second time in two months that the developer has pulled out of deals in the Latin American region.
Solar independent power producer Etrion Corp has completed a €222 million (US$236 million) refinancing of the majority of its solar parks in Italy, which includes long-term, non-recourse bank debt and project bonds.
Dallas-based renewable energy company Tri Global Energy, which has a 6GW portfolio of utility-scale wind projects, has formed a new solar energy business unit named TGE Solar, and acquired California-based rooftop solar provider K12Solar.
Yingli Green's European subsidiary and Poland-based renewable energy firm R Power are expanding their joint project development programme in Poland from 30MW to 60MW.
