Global grid-connected solar PV additions reached 75GW in 2016, a 50% year-on-year growth from 50GW in 2015, according to the PV Market Alliance (PVMA).
Abu Dhabi-based renewables firm Masdar has selected the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to oversee funding of Jordan’s largest solar plant, standing at 200MW.
A new Senate Bill submitted to the Wyoming legislature last week bars utilities from providing any electricity to the state that is derived from large-scale wind or solar projects by 2019.
Asia Clean Capital has signed a power purchase agreement with the largest food and beverage producer in China, the Wahaha Group, for 3.5MW of solar energy.
Developer and asset manager Longroad Energy Holdings has acquired a 3GW US-based solar development portfolio from Austin-based renewables firm 7X Energy.
Indian infrastructure development firm SPML Infra has secured a INR220 million (US$3.24 million) order from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for EPC of rooftop solar installations in four Indian states, according to a Bombay Stock Exchange filing.
UAE company Masdar announced Tuesday that construction on the 800MW phase three of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai is expected to begin at the end of January 2017.
