Distributed solar energy provider Vivint Solar and construction firm Brahma Group have entered into an agreement for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of solar energy projects for commercial and industrial businesses and organizations across the US.
Major PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply is expanding both its 99% peak efficiency string inverter range as well as placing greater emphasis on international markets as it plans to showcase the new products as Intersolar Europe.
The construction of Kazakhstan‘s first utility-scale PV installation, which has already begun, will be supported with finance from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Tier-one PV module manufacturer JinkoSolar has supplied 33.67MW of PV modules to Chilean renewable energy company Rijn Capital for the San Pedro III PV Plant Phase I project in Chile.
Japan is set to conduct another review of the solar feed-in tariff (FiT) policy following the drafting of a policy which could see renewables and nuclear almost at equal levels in the national energy mix.
Canadian Solar, ReneSola and ET Solar have been officially removed from the settlement deal between China and the EU that allowed companies to avoid punitive trade duties.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has opened its new headquarters in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, which the organisation's director general has described as a "paragon of sustainability".