Financial & Legal

The South Australian government has selected four solar and wind proposals totalling almost 13GW in the Whyalla West release area, west of the steelmaking city.

Independent power producer (IPP) Swift Current Energy has filed a lawsuit against thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar in the New York County Supreme Court.

ACME Solar has signed a 300MW/1,200MWh PPA with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for a solar-plus-storage portfolio.

Australia must find green iron customers beyond China as Chinese steel demand declines and iron ore export earnings fall, says IEEFA.

Norfund and Impact Fund Denmark have signed agreements to take a 49% interest in the 500MWp Ixus Bugallon Solar Power Project.

Concord New Energy (CNE) has closed US$400 million in financing for its US clean energy and digital infrastructure portfolio.

Shangai ports handled 16 cases involving solar PV products suspected of infringing on IP with a total value of more than US$750,000.

Aligned Climate Capital and Nexamp have secured finance for their respective community solar portfolios in the US.

Anza Power has signed a second long-term PPA with Fonterra for its 110MWac Karioi solar PV power plant in New Zealand.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a third round of its Solar Sunshot programme, offering up to AU$250 million (US$175 million) to companies that manufacture or demonstrate equipment for building large-scale solar PV power plants in Australia.