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Brazil’s national development bank, BNDES, has released details of the new local content requirements solar projects must fulfil to access finance.

The “pure economics” of solar in relation to increasingly costly fossil fuels will ensure a central future role for the technology in the world energy mix, according to Citigroup.

Chinese module manufacturer ReneSola has turned down offers from China and India citing low profitability, it has emerged.

PV module encapsulant material supplier STR Holdings has agreed to sell 51% of its stake to Chinese PV developer Zhenfa Energy Group.

The US state of North Carolina is to continue blooming with new solar projects, as 64MW of new solar sites reach construction.

Module manufacturer ReneSola has reported increased profits and a higher margin in its Q2 2014 results.

Hanwha Q CELLS has completed its first project in Portugal as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor.

A division of Mitsui, one of Japan’s largest trading groups, is to jointly invest in 25MW of PV projects in Japan with equity investment manager Tokio Marine Asset Management.

China underlined its position as the new world solar superpower last year by raising more in PV financing than the whole of Europe, according to the Global Renewable Energy Report 2014.

Leading US solar developer NRG Energy is to reorganise its renewable energy business after posting mixed second quarter results.