Both yieldco subsidiaries of bankrupt renewables firm SunEdison have said they were seeking mergers or sales of their entire businesses after it became increasingly possible that SunEdison would not emerge from bankruptcy proceedings.
Fraunhofer ISE said it was spearheading the largest research project (APV-Resola) in Germany to establish whether the dual use of land for the production of electricity using photovoltaic (PV) modules can be commercially viable with a range of crops grown on the same land.
The US has once again come out on top after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rejected a challenge by India in favour of its domestic content requirements (DCR).
Floridians may have voted in Amendment 4, a tax benefit that exempts renewable energy equipment on commercial buildings, but solar in Florida has much bigger problems to worry about.
Thousands of solar customers in Nevada are about to receive a major lift, as the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) unanimously voted to ratify an agreement that will grandfather 32,000 residents under older and more favourable solar rates.
US car maker General Motors to add 30MW of solar arrays in China, as it commits to 100% renewable energy by 2050 across its global operations in 59 countries.
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) US residential solar installations are expected to increase by 21% in 2016, yet growth in 2017 is expected to be a tepid 0.3%.
The University of Delaware’s Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) has been awarded US$2.1 million from the SunShot Initiative for two research projects aiming to improve the performance of interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells while reducing their production costs and new techniques for CIGS deposition.
The 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) has turned away from co-locating with Intersolar Europe in June, 2016 and has returned to a September 2017 slot and be held in Amsterdam.
Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced that it has filed an allegation of duty evasion with the US Customs and Border Protection agency on Wednesday.
