Markets & Finance

ADB offers US$100m for renewables in Pacific Islands, PetroSolar connects 20MW Filipino plant to Luzon grid, University of Queensland starts building 64MW solar farm, Technique Solaire bags financing for 47MW France portfolio.

Two financing institutions recognise the need for solar proliferation in remote, rural parts of the Sahel and West Africa.

UKCI invests in India's CleanMax Solar, Solek starts building 16MW of solar in Chile, Tata Power exemplifies Indian energy transition - IEEFA.

Finlay Colville interviews Ivan Saha ahead of his talk at PV IndiaTech this week in Delhi.

Industry continues last year’s trend as it reaps all awards at oversubscribed 210MW tender, with 18 bids contracted at an average €0.0566/kWh price.

Official stats find 210% rise in large-scale PV workforce in past two years but associations warn rules for mandatory electricians could stifle growth.

According to China’s National Renewable Energy Center (NREC), PV installations in the first quarter of 2019, declined by 46%, year-on-year to only 5.2GW.

Ellomay Capital’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellomay Luxembourg Holdings, will sell 49% of the outstanding shares of Talasol Solar to GSE 3 UK Limited and Fond-ICO Infraestructuras II.

Leading monocrystalline wafer producer and ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology is planning to invest around US$875.7 million in expanding its Czochralski-based monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) ingot and wafer capacity by 15GW, while expanding mono-Si solar cell capacity by an initial 3GW in 2020.

UK player divests majority portfolio share to undisclosed buyer days after separate reports suggested a sale of the entire firm is being mulled.