Markets & Finance

Commercial and industrial customers of US energy and energy services retailer Direct Energy will soon be able to utilise solar power at ‘little or no upfront cost’, following an agreement the company has signed with PV energy services provider SolarCity.

Taking advantage of a general run-up in solar sector shares on both the NASDAQ and NYSE, several leading companies are planning to sell new tranches of stock, including Yingli Green, SunEdison and GT Advanced Technologies.

German consumers are not given enough information about storage options when it comes to purchasing and comparing solar power systems, according to a report published by EUPD Research.

A surge in PV demand across the Americas is likely but it will require policy changes to support it, according to a report by NPD SolarBuzz.

After months of negotiations, the Netherlands government has reached an agreement on energy policy reforms.

Goldpoly and the Huabei Expressway company have purchased a 23.8MW rooftop PV plant in Jiangsu Province.

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) in Canada has published draft rules for the next round of its feed-in tariff (FiT) programme, which opens for bids in the autumn.

Solar silicon provider Silicor has announced that it has secured new investment as it looks to expands its manufacturing operations.

Global shipments of inverters fell by 5% in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, the first drop in seven successive quarters, according to the latest data from IHS.

India’s ministry of new and renewable energy announced the approval of a new solar research and technology institute.