Markets & Finance

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has been the first to respond to Hanwha Q CELLS patent legal action filed in the US and Germany, specifically against JinkoSolar, LONGi Solar and REC Group.

Land acquisition, corruption and short-termism complicate scaling up solar and others with the speed required by climate change, London event hears.

Onus is now on industry to satisfy rising demand for solar, association PSES says as country prepares to tender 750MW of PV this year.

The government will watch early tenders with a view to possibly including ingots, wafers and polysilicon to the domestic content mandate.

The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has completed the acquisition of over 90% ownership in Eolia Renovables de Inversiones through funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Updated: Hanwha Q CELLS has filed patent infringement complaints against JinkoSolar, REC Group and LONGi Solar.

Global investment firm KKR has signed off on a definitive agreement with NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) to acquire an equity interest in a newly-formed partnership with NEP, which currently holds a portfolio of ten utility scale wind and solar projects across the US with a combined generation capacity of 1.1GW.

Contracts for Enel and Emgesa to supply Andean state between 2022 and 2023 mark PV’s first victories at tender designed to mitigate effects of droughts.

Deal follows on from the sale of central inverter business two months ago.

Concessional loans of US$185 million to help build first 50MW of PV project and create privately-funded facility providing credits to PV developers.