The global market for energy storage in PV is forecast to grow to US$19 billion by 2017 from just $200 million last year, according to research by IHS.
RGS Energy, a division of Real Goods Solar, and Smart Energy Capital (SEC) are to jointly install 5.1MW of solar power in 18 schools in the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) in California.
International Finance Corp (IFC), part of the World Bank, has approved the financing of several PV power projects in India over the following two years.
US manufacturer and developer First Solar has sold its 139MW Campo Verde solar project in California to Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy.
Transmission equipment provider S&C Electric Company and independent power producer Green States Energy have inked a US$7.9 million contract for the construction of a 2.5MW solar plant near Roswell in New Mexico.
ReneSola has reported neither workers nor operations at its polysilicon factory in Meishan, Sichuan, were affected by the magnitude-7 earthquake that devastated parts of the south-west region over the weekend.
Delaware's governor Jack Markell joined the developers of what is said to be the US state's largest solar farm in a ceremony to dedicate the 15MW plant earlier this week.
