Origis Energy, a Miami-based international solar development and construction firm, and European private investment firm Baltisse announced that Baltisse has committed US$100 million in growth capital for Origis.
The Canadian federal government has pledged to run all its operations on renewable energy by 2025, according to environment minister Catherine McKenna.
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government has released draft proposals to help meet a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2025 partly through increased investment in renewables and energy efficiency.
After it was uncovered that utilities were engaging in a misleading strategy to dupe consumers into believing Amendment 1 was pro-solar, solar advocates have requested the Supreme Court to embargo the results of the vote until a decision is made.
Whilst the US is destined for a tectonic shift in its energy landscape under either prospective president, new analysis from Lux Research suggests that Trump’s policies would leave emissions 16% higher after two terms than Clinton’s.
Leading CdTe thin-film producer First Solar has reacted to plummeting global PV module and PV power plant PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) prices by undertaking a major review of its production capacity requirements and planned migrations to its Series 5 and Series 6 modules.
Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers, is expected to provide 21MW of its SF Utility tracker equipment at two PV project locations in the Antofagasta region in Chile.
Leading microinverter producer Enphase Energy reported a 10% increase in shipments in the third quarter of 2016 as revenue reached US$88.7 million, just shy of the low-end of revenue guidance.
Solar PV is taking off in Vietnam with many international and domestic investors showing intention to develop projects in the central and south of the country, according to Hoa Vu Phuong, specialist, international relations department, Institute of Energy, Vietnam.