Financial & Legal

July 31, 2018
Project developer ReneSola will sell a 206.8MW portfolio of Chinese distributed generation projects to the Canadian investor Brookfield Asset Management.
July 30, 2018
Zola Energy, one of two US-headquartered providers of off-grid solar-plus-storage solutions to the African continent profiled in Energy-Storage.news’ recent Global Storage Opportunity 2018 report, has obtained US$20 million debt financing.
July 30, 2018
India’s Ministry of Finance has imposed a 25% safeguard duty on imports of solar cells and modules from Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China, starting tonight.
July 30, 2018
Leading integrated high-efficiency monocrystalline module manufacturer and ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology has entered into another major polysilicon supply deal, adding TBEA subsidiary, Xinte Energy Co to its supplier base in a new three-year purchasing agreement.
July 27, 2018
Chemicals firm Wacker Chemie has painted a rosier picture of polysilicon supply and demand in 2018 than most when reporting a small second quarter decline in polysilicon revenue.
July 27, 2018
French developer Neoen has reached financial close on the 128MW Numurkah solar farm taking the firm’s Australian portfolio beyond 1GW.
July 27, 2018
Terra Firma is selling the 334MW Italian solar platform RTR for €1.3 billion (US$1.5 billion) to F2i.
July 26, 2018
SolarHome, an off-grid solar firm focused on Southeast Asia, has raised US$5 million to date, having recently closed a US$1 million convertible note offering with impact venture capital firm Insitor Impact Asia Fund.
July 25, 2018
NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) has added a total of 692MW of PV power plant projects, including Distributed Generation (DG) programs to its renewable energy project pipeline.
July 25, 2018
Zimbabwean firm Karo Mining Holdings plans to build a 300MW solar project close to its new platinum mining operations west of Harare instead of its original plans for a 600MW coal-fired power plant, after discussions with the Zimbabwean government.

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