Markets & Finance

PacifiCorp’s Utah utility, Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) has proposed a monthly charge for solar customers.

Independent power producer, Tenaska, has reached financial close on its 150MW Imperial Solar Energy Center West project in California.

The Chinese government has announced changes to tax rules for distributed PV as it looks to make up ground on its 8GW target for 2014.

SunEdison has signed a master services agreement with PV tracker systems firm, NEXTracker to supply 1.85GW of its tracker systems for PV power plant projects of a three year period.

Nearly 60% of commercial and residential consumers in India favour solar as a future power source, according to market analyst firm Mercom Capital.

The US government’s development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is to provide US$230 million for a solar power project in Chile.

A report by environmental activist group, Greenpeace, on the upgrades required for nuclear power plants in France, reveals renewable energy will be more financially competitive by 2020.

The International Photovoltaic Equipment Association (IPVEA) has elected a number of new members to its board during its AGM during Intersolar Europe.

India's transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, has written a letter opposing the proposed anti-dumping duties on US, Chinese and Malaysian solar imports.

Kenya has lifted VAT charges on all solar equipment imported into the East African country.