Markets & Finance

The New Development Bank (NDB) have signed a US$300 million loan agreement with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) to support investment in wind, solar, small hydropower plants, biomass, biogas and agricultural residues.

United Renewable has completed the construction of the first community solar project to be connected to New York’s national grid.

Atlanta, Georgia, is the 27th US city to make the pledge to run on 100% clean energy.

E.ON has formed a partnership with online giant Google to help it conquer the European solar market.

Solar tracking company Array Technologies announced Wednesday that it is expanding into Latin America, starting with a new office in Mexico City.

Tesla reported first quarter 2017 solar installations of 150MW, down from 201MW in the previous quarter, a 25% decrease, due to selection criteria biased towards customer owned PV systems rather than leased.

Polysilicon producer REC Silicon ASA reported a slump in polysilicon sales in the first quarter of 2017 as market demand weakness resumed after strong demand in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has reduced the levelised ceiling tariffs for its recently amended 500MW solar rooftop tender.

Distributed energy technologies such as solar and battery-based storage could save Australia AU$101 billion (US$75 billion) by 2050 and completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the government's scientific R&D agency CSIRO and Energy Networks Australia (ENA).

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into whether SolarCity and Sunrun are adequately disclosing how many customers have cancelled solar contracts.