Markets & Finance

The Netherlands has launched a new subsidy aimed at supporting domestic manufacturing of solar panels, batteries and electrolysers.

SunPower has posted a lowered customer growth for four quarters in a row and a net loss of US$247 million for FY2023.

Enerparc has secured bridge financing for a 325MW solar portfolio in Germany, which will include co-located battery storage projects.

A bill was vetoed by the Dutch Senate to gradually phase out the netting scheme to zero from 1 January 2025 to 1 January 2031.

The US has the potential to add nearly 1TW of community solar capacity if all technically viable community solar is deployed, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Governments across Central America are starting to issue renewable energy tenders with a focus on solar power.

Solar developer ib vogt has closed a debt financing deal to support 418MW of solar PV projects in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.

French telecom company iliad Group has signed three solar PV power purchase agreements (PPAs) across Europe for a combined capacity of 89.5MW.

Appetite to invest in US community solar projects has seen increased interest since last year, boosted by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Module-level power electronics supplier Tigo Energy expects its losses will continue in the first quarter of 2024, according to its latest financial result announcement.