Americas

SunPower announced Tuesday that construction has begun on the 11.4MW of solar power systems for public facilities operated by the County of Santa Clara in California.

CIGS thin-film start-up Siva Power has raised US$5 million in new Series D financing to build a pilot line to produce small-scale production to demonstrate its co-evaporation source technology at its facility in Santa Clara, California.

The deployment of solar in the United States has reached new heights with one million installations nationwide, making the country’s clean energy revolution a viable reality.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has made US$25 million of funding available to help accelerate integration of solar energy into the grid.

SolarCity announced that it has wrapped up its first cash equity transaction with John Hancock Financial.

REC Silicon said it would restart FBR polysilicon production at its Moses Lake facility in the US this month, with full-production planned to be resumed in June, 2016.

The head of Vivint Smart Home is set to step in to lead Vivint Solar, following the departure of CEO Greg Butterfield from the residential installer, announced yesterday.

New Hampshire officially passed a bill on Monday that expands the state’s financial incentive for solar by raising the existing cap on net metering.

Integrated PV module manufacturer SolarWorld has reported preliminary first quarter 2016 sales of €212.6 million on product shipments of 341MW.

Solar Impulse 2, the ‘zero-fuel’ aircraft, landed in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, completing the first leg across the US in its around the world flight.