Americas

Beijing uses WTO meeting to slam tariffs Washington DC set last January for crystalline silicon PV imports, potentially paving way for fresh formal trade dispute.

Series of consultations begin today with the goal of delivering "comprehensive legislation" with solar and other renewables powering a clean US economy.

sPower and utility PSEG Long Island have completed a PV installation in Riverhead, New York. The project has an installed generation capacity of 20MW and will generate power for approximately 2,870 homes on a yearly basis.

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and PV mounting and solar tracker solutions company, has completed a contract to supply a 26.4MW solar installation for Swinerton Renewable Energy.

Firm bags US$204.5m from five banks as it acquires solar scheme in Nolan County, set to become its largest renewable venture once live.

Without the ITC solar will generate 12% of US electricity in 2030 instead of 16%, according to the SEIA.

TerraForm Power has signed off on an agreement with AltaGas that will see TerraForm acquire a high-quality, unlevered distributed generation platform with up to 320MW of capacity in the US. The total purchase price for the DG assets was US$720 million.

Firm marks launch for auction-backed Cafayete project it bought in March 2018, with construction handled by EPC specialist Powerchina.

Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger Technology has secured a major order from an unidentified North American start-up for its core Heterojunction (HJT) equipment.

BlackRock-backed firm bags loan as it snaps up 75.2MW portfolio, ING backs Aussie 67.8MW, Fund manager Basalt to back C&I pipeline.