Companies

Solar Frontier Americas acquires GCL New Energy's 100MW Colorado project and Allianz buys 8minute's 67MW California plant

The Goyder South project mixing wind (1.2GW), solar (600MW) and batteries (800MW) is the latest of a deluge of enormous solar-plus-storage schemes proposed in the sunny island state.

TPC Construction partners with local firm Amatera Renewable Energy Corp to build 50MW project near Bacolod city, with search now underway for investor backers.

Dutch rooftop solar mounting provider claims purchase of US specialists IronRidge and Quick Mount PV gives it dominant share of country's residential mounting market.

Scheme is part of global series by UK-headquartered firm, including Canadian-funded 700MW-plus pipeline worldwide and 1.9GW push in Brazil.

New review finds renewables capacity investment in 2018 outstripped funding to new fossil fuels three-fold, with solar dominating roll-out charts.

Mounting systems specialist STI Norland said it had surpassed 3GW of cumulative installations with 1.2GW of contracted mounting systems orders expected in 2019.

ADB: Competitive tariff for 100MW solar project northwest of Phnom Penh heralds "new era" of auctions for Southeast Asian renewables.

Funding package of US$150m will finance solar and onshore wind projects that will generate 1,900 jobs.

The new plants will contribute to Iberdrola's rapid expansion across the Iberian peninsula, after the firm secured 149MW of new Portuguese projects last month.