Americas

PV Tech’s preliminary analysis of global PV manufacturing capacity expansion plans in the third quarter of 2016, highlight an absence of China based solar cell and module manufacturers making new announcements for either domestic or overseas production.

Renewables firm SunEdison currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings confirmed in a statement that it was in talks with its two publically listed yieldco subsidiaries to sell its ownership interest and other rights in the yieldcos.

Wind and solar bids were as low as US$49MWh and US$59MWh respectively, according to the first analysis of Argentina’s 1GW renewable energy tender.

Chile has appointed five directors for the Board of its Independent Coordinator of the National Electric System, after its major transmission law upheaval.

Scatec Solar has sold its interest in the Utah Red Hills solar plant to a subsidiary of the Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (MIC).

US-based high-efficiency integrated PV manufacturer Mission Solar Energy is reportedly to close its N-type mono solar cell line with the loss of 87 jobs and focus on module assembly to remain competitive.

PSEG Solar Source, Platte River Power Authority and juwi announced the completion of the 36MW PSEG Rawhide Flats Solar Center Thursday.

The US Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has highlighted continued PV system cost reductions in its latest quarterly report, ‘US Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2016’.

CleanFund provides US$10 million in PACE financing for a 5MW Cali project, India's Hero Future Energies commissions a 1MW rooftop solar project in Delhi and GameChange Solar deploys ground mount systems in Massachusetts landfills.

Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy announced that its 60MW Barren Ridge PV project in California has reached commercial operation.