Financial & Legal

Renewable energy is now a competitive alternative to fossil fuels, and more than 800 coal plants in smaller economies could be replaced by PV.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has secured AU$1.4 billion (US$890 million) in capital to fuel new solar PV, wind and energy storage projects in Australia.

The sale of the three phases represents 23% of the capacity of the Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.

The deal will cover power generated at two DESRI facilities in the US, a 250MW project in Missouri and a 150MW project in Texas.

Tax credit transference measures introduced under the Inflation Reduction Act have led to billions of dollars of new investment in solar and other clean energy projects. Alfred Johnson and Katie Bays look at some of the risk mitigation and due diligence best practices that can reduce the complexity and cost of tax credit transactions.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar is engaged in two legal proceedings with the US government over patents and import tariffs.

Chinese solar leaders have called for an end to the toxic competition on module prices that has sent prices tumbling.

PV Talk: Guy Turner describes the EU Emissions Trading Scheme as, in effect, a subsidy scheme that is driven by the market.

Indian independent power producer Juniper Green Energy has signed a 1GW module supply deal with US module manufacturer First Solar.

Consisting of three utility-scale solar projects in the central region of Lazio, the projects are expected to be operational by 2026.