Financial & Legal

UK renewables investor, TRIG, has said it will give more attention to rooftop solar due to cuts in funding for solar farms.

Renewable energy group, Enel Green Power (EGP) has begun construction of a 19MW solar power plant in Chile.

UK-based investor, the John Laing Environmental Assets Group, has secured a US$80.5 million facility with global bank, HSBC, and Netherlands-based merchant bank, NIBC.

Chinese PV manufacturer Suntech will debut its latest financial offering at Solar Energy UK (SEUK) following a partnership with German-based youmex group.

The largest merchant solar cell producer, Neo Solar Power Corporation (NSP), reported a slight increase in sales for September, after three months of decline.

The NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) will issue 250 million new shares as it looks to buy up a raft of projects in the UK before the closure of an existing support scheme.

Taiwan-based solar cell producer, Gintech Energy Corp reported September sales of NT$1,050 million (US$$34.6 million), a rebound of 21.3% from the previous year.

Investment firm KKR has acquired a stake in the renewable energy arm of Spanish conglomerate Acciona ahead of plans to launch a yield co.

SolarCity, the largest US residential solar installer, has started offering loans directly to homeowners to buy its PV systems that the company claims could undercut prices set through power purchase agreements (PPA).

PV project developer, SPI Solar is raising US$43.8 million in a private placement with a subsidiary of Evergrande Real Estate Group, said to be one of the largest real estate developers in China.