Solar power producers are set to benefit from a $100 million investment in India’s clean energy sector backed by the US Agency for International Development.
Israeli fund, Econergy, has acquired 7MW of PV assets from Sorgenia located several regions of Italy that includes 10 PV plants that are both ground-mounted and rooftop.
One of the first and most highly respected financial research analysts covering the PV sector, Jesse Pichel, has joined ROTH Capital Partners as managing director, Cleantech Investment Banking.
Europe needs to intensify its support for the Desertec plan to import cheap solar and wind power from desert areas or face escalating energy prices, the body behind the initiative has warned.
Sunrun, a California-based solar company, today announced that it would be able to offer third party lease agreements to 90% of utility customers in Connecticut.
Having established the PV cell performance characterization laboratory at NREL in 1980 and devoted more than three decades to photovoltaic science, Dr. Keith Emery of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will receive the William R. Cherry Award at IEEE PVSC.
Certain Suntech Power Holdings bondholders have started legal proceedings to recoup investments after the statutory 60-day hold on filing claims after the company defaulted in its US$541 million convertible note, expired.
Having been a long-term supplier of ingots and solar wafers to Sharp Corporation, China-based Solargiga Energy Holdings has signed a new deal to include 370MW of PV modules in 2013, making Solargiga, Sharps largest PV product supplier, according to the company.
