Chile’s installed solar PV capacity reached 848MW as of the end of December 2015, according to the latest update from Chilean renewable energy research institute Centro para la Innovación y Fomento de las Energías Sustentables (CIFES).
China-based PV energy provider United Photovoltaics Group is taking PV manufacturer and PV project developer Hareon Solar Technology to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission over failure to supply a total of 930MW of PV power plants under a previous agreement.
India crossed the 5GW mark for installed solar capacity this week, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Canadian-based PV project developer JCM Capital said it had secured an undisclosed tranche of funds as part of a US$50 million private placement offering for project financing requirements of three projects scheduled to reach financial close during 2016 and 2017.
PV tracking systems specialist Exosun has secured orders totalling 11MWp for its ‘Exotrack’ HZ horizontal single-axis solar trackers from EPC, Phoenix Solar, for three PV power plant projects in Jordan.
Brazil's almost negligible solar deployment record is forecast to take off this year and the first movements on building Enel Green Power's 254MW plant in Bahia are symbolic of this shift in Brazil's utility-scale sector.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has put in a request with the Department of Revenue for renewable energy to be exempted from some effects of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, should it be passed in parliament, MNRE joint secretary Tarun Kapoor has confirmed to PV Tech.
