Markets & Finance

December 20, 2016
Solar deployment will reach 77GW this year, and will grow to 79GW in 2017, according to the latest report from analyst firm IHS Markit.
December 20, 2016
Rooftop solar specialist Asia Clean Capital (ACC) has signed a power supply agreement with steel and iron industry firm Wisco Jiangbei Group for a 14MW solar rooftop plant in China.
December 20, 2016
Ghana went to the polls this month to elect a new government. The NPP (New Patriotic Party) claimed victory with 53.7% of the vote, but what does this mean for the clean power industry? Jo Wilkinson, Solar Media’s head of event content, summarises the potential.
December 20, 2016
Innova Capital Partners and Fondo de Capital Privado de Emprendimiento e Innovación SP (FCP) have announced a concurrent investment into ERCO Energía SAS (ERCO), an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company specialised in PV projects in Colombia.
December 19, 2016
China has released its latest five-year plan for the solar industry with a focus on tackling curtailment, improving project quality and further reducing its feed-in tariff.
December 19, 2016
The board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a loan of US$130 million for projects awarded in Argentina’s RenovAr renewable energy programme.
December 19, 2016
Norwegian solar developer Scatec solar has secured investment for its 100MW Nova Scotia solar PV plant in Dutse, in the Northern Nigerian state of Jigawa.
December 19, 2016
Tariffs for utility-scale solar power in India are expected to go below the four rupee (US$0.059) mark next year, which would be a “radical moment” for India’s entire power sector, according to consultancy firm Bridge to India.
December 19, 2016
A 24-state coalition led by West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has penned a letter asking president-elect Donald Trump to withdraw the Clean Power Plan.
December 19, 2016
Brazil’s development bank BNDES and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have approved a US$750 million conditional credit facility for the Brazil’s Sustainable Energy Financing Program.

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