Renewable energy firm SolarCity was responsible for 34% of residential solar PV installations in the first three quarters of 2015, according to GTM Research’s ‘US PV Leaderboard: Q4 2015’.
Three separate developers have won 260MW of capacity on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis for a solar park in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Taiwan is increasing the amount of solar PV capacity available under its feed-in tariff programme for 2016 from 270MW to 500MW and boosting the level of FiTs available in various parts of the country.
The PV industry has notched up another year of strong growth in 2015, with more in prospect for 2016. The PV Tech team looks back at the big stories that have defined the past 12 months in solar.
Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired a 51% stake in the 200MW Garland PV project in California by signing an agreement with Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy.
French PV power producer Quadran announced that it will develop 14 solar power projects in France for a combined generation capacity of 52.5MW — all of which were selected in the latest CRE3 solar auction.
Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) has announced that it has signed off on a deal to sell 100% equity interest in a wholly-owned subsidiary that owns and maintains nine PV projects in China to Chongqing Future Investment for approximately US$185 million.
