Dutch specialist sun simulator equipment provider Eternal Sun has purchased the PV volume production equipment sun simulator business unit of struggling US-based Spire Corp for US$1.5 million.
SolarCity has produced commercials that “reframe” the debate between fossil fuels and renewables in “deliberately practical terms”, comparing the complexity of generating and delivering power from fossil fuel plants against the immediacy of rooftop PV.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has confirmed it has secured a 1GW module supply deal with US-based independent power producer (IPP) sPower.
Single-axis PV tracking systems specialist NEXTracker, recently acquired by contract manufacturer, Flextronics is expanding its local manufacturing footprint to Mexico through facilities owned and operated by its parent company in Mexico, which has a number of production facilities in the country.
Troubled renewables firm SunEdison has continued to come under pressure from hostile investors to change some of its business strategies, remove certain executives and force a sale of the business, as well as further class action law suits being filed against the company.
The executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) of TerraForm Power, the US-centric yieldco of troubled renewables firm, SunEdsion has left the company, according to an SEC filing.
Troubled renewables firm SunEdison has disclosed that Steven Tesoriere, a member of its board of directors since 2012 has resigned his position with immediate effect.
The International Solar Alliance (ISA), spearheaded by India, is about to take shape with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and French president Francois Hollande due to lay a foundation stone for the new ISA headquarters in Delhi on 25 January.
