Americas

‘MiniRen’ auction awards PV players 96.75MW of the 128MW they had collectively bidden for, with 13 projects contracted at average tariffs of US$57.59/MWh.

Ranger Power has proposed a 230MW, US$230 million PV installation just east of Nebraska’s capital of Lincoln.

Fitch: China’s upstream and US’ downstream solar will overcome fallout from trade war as conflict shifts flow of cheaper panels beyond North America.

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and We Energies have signed off on a new partnership to acquire the remaining 150MW of the Badger Hollow Solar Farm.

Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie remains steadfastly impacted by weak demand, notably in China that continues to record polysilicon price declines that are below manufacturing costs.

Government confirms MoU negotiations are underway for foreign firm to develop project in country’s west, with substation already built and available.

The projects will be built by 2020 and power Amazon’s cloud computing service data centres.

Natixis and ARCO 3 SpA have closed senior facilities totaling US$69.1 million for a portfolio of solar PV plants in Chile with up to 70MW of generation capacity.

Firm snaps up 180MWac / 231MWdc PPA-backed solar project in Boulder City, set to be paired up with 90MWac / 360MWh energy storage system.

Leading microinverter supplier, Enphase Energy shipped over 1.2 million units in the second quarter of 2019, with its latest IQ 7 model accounting for around 98% of shipment total.