French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has completed debt financing for a 1.5GW portfolio of solar, wind and battery energy storage assets in Australia.
Thin-film solar manufacturing could add over US$10 billion in product value to the US economy by 2026, according to a study commissioned by US thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar manufacturer First Solar.
German solar testing house Fraunhofer ISE opened its new technology evaluation centre (Module-TEC) in a former Solar Fabrik factory in Freiburg, Germany this week.
US and Canadian utility the Edmonton Power Corporation (EPCOR) has entered a partnership with solar developer SynerGen Solar to develop and build a 90MW PV project in New Mexico, US.