Brazil’s solar association (Absolar) and think-tank Strategies Centre for Natural Resources and Energy (CERNE) have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at boosting PV deployment in the north-east regions of Brazil.
Arizona utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is planning an additional 1.1GW of renewable energy capacity by the end of 2030, which would bring its total renewables capacity to 1.5GW.
Foresight Solar Fund has added to the woes of SunEdison, revealing that the two parties are in advanced negotiations to settle a claim over underperformance at three UK project sites.
Russian electric power industry and heat supply firm T Plus, a subsidiary of Russian conglomerate Renova, has completed a 25MW solar PV plant and plans a further 135MW solar capacity.
The UK Court of Appeal has dismissed claims against the premature closure of the Renewables Obligation support scheme, bringing to an end the long-fought dispute between UK solar developers and the government.
The Indian state of Uttarakhand has invited applications for the installation of 10MW of grid-connected rooftop PV and small-scale solar systems of 5kW size each.
Leading US installer SolarCity has completed its fifth securitisation of distributed solar PPA and lease assets — standing as the company’s sixth securitisation transaction overall.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar is adding 1GW of solar module capacity per quarter through to the end of the first-half of 2016 to meet the ‘minimum’ expected demand for its products.
