The Clean Energy Council (CEC), a body representing the renewables industry in Australia, has written to federal and state government ministers citing various barriers to the progress of clean energy in the country.
Thin-film manufacturer and developer First Solar is among the investors in a US$50 million funding round for grid-scale storage specialist Younicos, with the money raised set to fuel the latter’s expansion.
Investment firm CrossBoundary Energy announced the first close of CrossBoundary Energy Fund I — Africa’s first dedicated fund for commercial and industrial solar.
Homeowners with solar installations in Western Australia have labelled proposals from the state-owned utility Synergy to charge solar rooftop owners an extra fixed fee as an unfair “sun tax”.
GCL New Energy Holdings, parent company to GCL-Poly and developer GCL New Energy, has issued a profit warning to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with which the company is listed.
The European Commission confirmed on Friday that it would investigate the possibility of extending trade duties on Chinese solar products but raised question marks over ongoing tariffs on Chinese cells.
