A US-based investment hedge fund Appaloosa Management has filed court proceedings to prevent SunEdison’s US-centric yieldco, TerraForm Power, from taking on nearly US$1 billion in debt to acquire Vivint Solar assets from SunEdison, should the deal go through.
Certain "deep-level" defects in silicon solar cells appear to improve their performance, according to research by scientists at the US governments National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has put in a request with the Department of Revenue for renewable energy to be exempted from some effects of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, should it be passed in parliament, MNRE joint secretary Tarun Kapoor has confirmed to PV Tech.
Solar developer SPI Energy has invested around US$4.6 million in an electric vehicle rental service in China, with the company expected to build branded charging stations and leverage its PV business to finance its growth.
US President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday night in Washington D.C., hitting on a variety of topics including solar in his last annual address to the American public.
Independent investment manager I Squared Capital — through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund — has acquired Lincoln Clean Energy, a developer, owner and operator of solar and wind assets in North America.
Independent nonprofit solar research and education organization The Solar Foundation (TSF) has released its sixth annual National Solar Jobs Census, highlighting the growing size of the solar workforce in the U.S.
