Americas

WoodMac: Worldwide installations will grow 17.5% this year to hit new high of 114.5GW, paving way for arrival of 12 countries to group of 1-to-5GW-a-year installers.

Swiss group records 91% plunge in Q2 2019 figures released two weeks after accepting to cough up US$470m for a buyer to take on its solar inverter business.

Ongoing cost and efficiency improvements will offset any damage done by the potential closure of the ITC, says NextEra Energy Partners.

A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) speaks volumes about the level of commitment that corporate giants have made to embrace PV energy both in the present and especially moving forward.

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.