SolarCity, the largest residential solar PV installer in the US reported higher than expected installations in the first quarter of 2016, yet weaker bookings in the residential sector led to lowering full-year installation guidance.
Masdar’s five small-scale solar energy projects are to be inaugurated this week in the Pacific Island countries and territories under the US$50 million UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund (UAE-PPD).
Italian renewable energy firm Enertronica has acquired a US$7.98 million 6MW PV plant in Namibia, under a 25-year PPA with NamPower, at an initial value of US$1.37kWh.
Australia must deploy an estimated 6GW of renewables capacity in order to meet its Renewable Energy target (RET) set for 2020, according to the nation's Clean Energy Regulator.
Portugal-based PV development company Martifer Solar and its joint venture partners have signed a Development Agreement with Canadian Solar for a 63MW solar power project in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The Indian state of Karnataka has revised its tariff for small-scale and rooftop solar systems downwards in the range of 25-45% in response to a reduction in the capital costs of solar.
Construction has begun on Aurora, a distributed solar project in Minnesota which in 2014 was ruled by a judge to be a better, more cost-effective investment decision than natural gas.
Tucson Electric Power (TEP), a utility in Southern Arizona with around 420,000 customers, has received approval to build two 10MW energy storage systems, including one co-located with solar, from the state’s regulator.
