Markets & Finance

US solar prices per watt increased to US$2.9 in the first half of 2023, representing a 1.8% increase from H2 2022.

BlueWave has raised US$91 million in new funds to support five solar agrivoltaic projects in the US state of Massachusetts.

Shell Energy Europe has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with German insurance company Signal Iduna's subsidiary Hansainvest Real Assets to secure 600MW of capacity from a solar project.

US renewable energy company Enfinity Global has signed a €400 million (US$428.34) agreement with asset manager ICG to spur near-term growth.

Clean energy investment across Africa has to double the current US$90 billion target by 2030 and reach nearly US$25 billion per year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

The SEIA and Wood Mackenzie have released their latest report into US solar, and expect the industry to add 32GW of new capacity this year.

REC Silicon has signed a supply agreement with Hanwha Qcells Georgia to supply high-purity fluidised bed reactor granular polysilicon.

Global module capacities are on track to reach 866GW by the end of 2023, more than doubling the existing capacity at the end of 2022.

Solar real estate company SolaREIT and alternative investment manager AB CarVal have closed an investment of up to US$250 million to grow its renewable land, lease and loan financing solutions.

Encina has launched its first “investment vehicle”, to raise US$300 million to invest into new renewable power and storage projects in the US.