South-Korean tier-one PV manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS is entering a joint venture with Indian energy company ReNew Power to develop two solar projects in the Indian state of Telangana with 148.8MW capacity.
Deutsche Bank analyst Vishal Shah has said US installer SolarCity could be one of the indirect winners from news that SunEdison and its yieldco, TerraForm Power, are to acquire residential installer Vivint Solar.
Major renewable energy provider SunEdison is launching its second yieldco firm, TerraForm Global today as well as an US$800 million ‘Green Bond’ for the yieldco due 2022.
Solar industry members have expressed concern that this week's record low bids for solar contracts in India may not translate into "workable" projects.
Germany-headquartered PV manufacturer SolarWorld has had a record efficiency for a PERC solar cell of 21.7% independently verified by the photovoltaic calibration laboratory (CalLab) of Fraunhofer ISE.
PV manufacturer Trina Solar has signed an agreement to supply 51MW of dual glass modules to Yunnan Electric Power Design Institute in order to power equipment in tea plantations.
REC Silicon has revealed that it will halve production at its Moses Lake facility in Washington State as a result of the ongoing polysilicon trade dispute with China.
US power optimiser supplier Ampt is raising up to US$25 million to ramp up its production, sales and product innovation, with its optimisers aimed at the commercial and utility-scale PV plant markets.
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of intra-state transmission systems across seven states at an estimated cost of INR85.5 billion (US$1.35 billion).
