Tom Kenning

The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has met to discuss revised plans to tender 10GW of solar capacity on a state-by-state basis over the next year.

Solar developer Con Edison Development, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, has acquired a portfolio of six Californian solar PV projects totalling 140MW from a joint venture between global solar developer SolarReserve and GCL Solar Energy, a division of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings.

United Photovoltaics Group (United PV) has acquired five solar power plants with a combined capacity of 210MW from power producer Guodian, in the Inner Mongolia and Zhejiang Province, China.

Australia’s Labor Party will not support a deal on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) over its biennial reviews and the inclusion of wood waste from native forests, despite Coalition announcements that a deal had been reached.

North Carolina Governor Patrick McCrory has signed Senate Bill 372, which extends the tax credit for renewable energy projects in the state.

SunEdison has revealed today the first set of projects under its emerging markets yieldco, which is named TerraForm Global.

Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) has signed a 15-year investment contract with local power provider Ergon Peru SAC for the installation of 150,000 solar panels to provide electricity to remote areas of the country.

Business groups have called on Australia’s federal government and opposition to come to an agreement on the country’s Renewable Energy Targets (RET) to provide certainty for the renewables industry, but solar campaigners have said proposed targets are too low.

PV developer First Solar and construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar have announced a strategic alliance to develop integrated solar technologies for the microgrid for use in remote communities and mine sites.

Leading solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy announced today that it has filed for a 15-day extension of the due date to release its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2014.