Queensland government-owned CS Energy has officially entered into a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the 60MW Kennedy Energy Park near Hughenden in North Queensland, Australia.
Solar technology company Edisun Microgrids and West Hills Construction have formed a strategic partnership to develop up to 20MW of commercial and industrial rooftop PV projects utilizing Edisun’s rooftop tracking technology — PV Booster.
Taiwan-based materials suppliers are benefiting from increased demand for diamond wire cut wafers for higher efficiency solar cells that is supporting higher prices in recent months.
Although profitability for many remains elusive sales have rebounded in September.
Australian PV company New Energy Solar is set to acquire 14 utility-scale PV projects, totaling 130MW, from US solar farm developer Cypress Creek (CCR). Cypress Creek will develop the 14 projects, which are expected to be commercially operational in 2018.
RAI Energy International has acquired an ownership interest n a 70MW PV project from Hamilton Energy Resource Opportunities (HERO) — allowing RAI to strengthen its North American PV solar portfolio.
Israel-based firm Orad has signed a NIS100 million (US$28.6 million) EPC contract for four solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 35.5MW in Negev, Israel, according to a filing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).
A basket of publicly-listed solar cell and module manufacturers on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) have continued to build sales momentum through September as demand increased for products from China, Europe and the US.
A subsidiary of Reliance Capital, part of major Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, has signed an agreement to obtain INR3 billion (US$46 million) in funding from the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) for lending to renewables and energy efficiency projects.
