US-Based wafer producer 1366 Technologies and ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Hanwha Q CELLS have jointly hit a new record of 19.6% efficiency for cells using the 'Direct wafer' process.
Independent PV developer 8minutenergy Renewables and D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments announced Monday that the 155MW Springbok 2 Solar Farm in Kern County, California, has been commissioned.
Innova Capital Partners and Fondo de Capital Privado de Emprendimiento e Innovación SP (FCP) have announced a concurrent investment into ERCO Energía SAS (ERCO), an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company specialised in PV projects in Colombia.
The board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a loan of US$130 million for projects awarded in Argentina’s RenovAr renewable energy programme.
A 24-state coalition led by West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has penned a letter asking president-elect Donald Trump to withdraw the Clean Power Plan.
Brazil’s development bank BNDES and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have approved a US$750 million conditional credit facility for the Brazil’s Sustainable Energy Financing Program.
US-based PV module manufacturer Suniva has officially opened its 250MW capacity expansion at its US headquarters, located in Norcross, Atlanta, Georgia.
Beleaguered Spanish renewables firm Abengoa has received US court approval to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court records filed on Wednesday.