Americas

The first official visit by a Canadian prime minister to the US in 19 years yesterday saw climate change take centre stage and a pledge by the two countries to collaborate more closely on renewable energy.

The US trade body formerly known as the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) is to undergo a rebranding and drop ‘solar’ from its new name.

International solar PV EPC firm Phoenix Solar has reported preliminary 2015 financial results with revenue of €119 million, up 250% from the prior year.

PV industry leader JinkoSolar announced that it has provided 24.5MW of solar modules to Gransolar — a specialist construction company that focuses on renewable energy projects.

China Sunergy (CSUN) has been ordered to de-list from the NASDAQ stock exchange after failing to regain compliance.

Record installations expected in 2016 will put the US within a stone’s throw of challenging China’s position as the world number one solar market this year.

Oriana Energy, a subsidiary of Sonnedix Group, announced today that through a partnership with Yarotek, it has started construction on a 45MW PV solar plant in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

Renewable energy firms SolarCity and NRG Energy plan to install rooftop solar on 184 stores and distribution centres of major grocery chain Whole Foods Market in the US.

The Southern Company has acquired a 120MW project in Texas currently being built by First Solar.

PV module manufacturer SolarWorld has started producing its first bifacial Bisun modules at its US manufacturing facility in order to test their capability against standard modules using advanced p-type mono-PERC cell architecture.