The UK solar industry connected 2.53GW of new solar capacity to the grid in the first quarter of 2015, according to the latest figures obtained by Solar Intelligence.
Thin-film is better suited to compete across all market segments with its conventional rivals than ever before, despite generally recording lower conversion efficiencies, Solar Frontier CEO Atsuhiko Hirano has said.
Japanese telecoms provider-turned solar developer Softbank is planning to provide funds and expertise for 'mega' solar PV plants in India and to form a joint venture with Foxconn and Bharti.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), an arm of the World Bank, will provide US$56.7 million investment for 80MW of solar power projects being developed by SunEdison in Honduras.
All the balance of system (BoS) components for a 100MW PV plant in the Philippines will be provided by Schneider Electric, the energy management and automation company has announced.
Plans to scale back North Carolina’s renewables energy policies could put its newly minted gigawatt-scale solar market at risk, the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has warned.
The yieldco of US utility NRG Energy has acquired a 25% stake in the Desert Sunlight project, thought to be the largest solar power plant in North America.
Major merchant solar cell producer Neo Solar Power (NSP) may be taking a cautious ‘wait-and-see’ approach to moving production outside Taiwan to circumvent US anti-dumping duties but its plan to launch a yieldco on the Hong Kong stock exchange reveals a more aggressive option to rekindle its business growth.
