Projects

The investment arm of electronics giant GE is to finance a 100MW PV project being built in California by Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy.

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has written to state governments instructing them to set up new 'solar zones' to encourage private sector development of large-scale PV projects.

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is about to send a revision of the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) to the country’s Union Cabinet for approval.

Solar Intelligence's Finlay Colville looks into SolarWorld and REC Solar's forecasts for the UK market next year, and how they tally against his own.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) are seeking applications to fund renewable energy projects in developing countries through concessionary loans.

US dedicated residential solar PV installer Sunrun reported strong revenue and deployment figures in the third quarter of 2015.

Major renewable energy provider SunEdison may have cut its rate of growth due to financial concerns but the slowdown did not manifest itself in reporting third quarter financial results.

Developer Access Infra Africa and asset management firm Quaint Global Energy Solutions are to co-invest in a 50MW PV project in Nigeria.

State regulators have given their backing to the construction of three PV projects totalling 105MW in Mississippi.

Chile is forecast to install half of all new solar capacity in Latin America this year. But logistical operations for remote solar projects and the threat of natural disasters are both major considerations for the region. Tom Kenning spoke to Jatin Sharma of GCube Underwriting about the risks associated with the Chilean market.