The Spanish government has announced a series of cuts to renewable energy subsidies totalling €2.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) as part of widespread reforms to its energy policy.
China leapfrogged Germany in June to become the first country in the world to install 3GW of utility-scale solar power, according to the latest data from Wiki-Solar.
High Definition Photovoltaic (HDPV) Alliance has published its first standard: the HDPV inverter standard in the hope of halving inverter costs and doubling output power.
DE Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Bright Plain Renewable Energy BPRE) have bought five solar farms in Tulare County, California from Macquarie Capital.
Solar venture capital investments increased by over US$60 million in the second quarter of 2013, having hit a record low in the first part of the year.
GE Ventures, part of global power equipment giant General Electric, has taken part in a US$15 million equity investment in leading US solar rooftop installer Sungevity.
PV equipment specialist, Spire Corporation, has been delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange after failing to restore its share price to the US$1.00 per share minimum after 360 days.
The gulf in confidence separating the downstream and upstream solar markets continues to grow as investments in third party lease companies continue to boom, according to second quarter data released by the Cleantech Group yesterday.
