Ultor, a 50:50 joint venture between Enel Green Power and Fondo Italiano per le Infrastrutture (F2i), has signed an agreement to purchase the 60MW Italian solar portfolio of Etrion Corporation.
The outgoing Obama administration made a push for renewables by passing a regulation by the Interior Department that could boost wind and solar projects built on public lands in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
This week's Movers & Shakers features executive board shake-ups; with both new appointments and departures. PV Tech also reports on happenings in Chile's Renewable Energy Association, as the country emerges as a strong clean energy player in Latin America.
Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management has proposed a takeover of TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global – either by buying out 100% of the company for cash, or purchasing its existing Class A and Class B shares and replacing SunEdison as sponsor.
As part of its goal of utilising 100% of renewable energy by 2025, health-care company Kaiser Permanente celebrated the opening of the Blythe Solar Energy Center in Riverside County, California — which will help Kaiser cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 15%.
PV inverter manufacturer SolarEdge Technologies reported lower third quarter revenue and guided further revenue declines through the end of the year on weak US residential market and continued ASP pressure in the highly competitive inverter market.
Rocky Mountain Power, a utility company under the PacifiCorp umbrella, has proposed a new methodology for calculating net metering fees that would result in a significant price spike for solar customers.
The Thai Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) has announced new solar development plans for 2017, which open up several opportunities for foreign investors to participate.
