Sweden announces effective abolition of its solar tax, Etrion and Hitatchi High-Technologies partner on a 13.2MW project in Japan, Wynnertech supplies 20MW of inverters to a project in Iran, and Enel North America and GE Energy enter a JV.
Mosaic, the leading provider of solar loan financing for homeowners, announced the closing of a US$250 million warehouse facility with Deutsche Bank as the arranger and administrative agent. Along with recent upsizes to Mosaic's existing warehouse facility and a forward flow whole loan sale arrangement, this deal with provide Mosaic with US$550 million of new loan funding capacity.
GCL-SI, a subsidiary of GCL, is to develop a 1GW solar PV plant at the former contaminated nuclear site in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Construction is expected to start in 2017.
Specialist PV manufacturing equipment supplier Amtech Systems reported Solar segment sales of US$22.6 million in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2016, resulting in full-year preliminary Solar segment sales of US$60.9 million, up from US$51.8 million in 2015.
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has sought loan assistance of US$1 billion from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), according to energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal.
The markets can be a frustrating place for the solar industry. Just ask Elon Musk. The negative perception of the SolarCity/Tesla merger often signals a lack of awareness of how far solar, energy storage and EVs have come.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JA Solar reported lower third quarter total shipments as the slowdown in the domestic China market hit. As a result full year shipment guidance was also lowered.
India’s government will provide central finance assistance (CFA) for 100MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects in the state of Tamil Nadu, according to Mercom Captial Group.