Americas

US installer Vivint solar has purchased Trinasmart modules from Chinese manufacturer Trina Solar, the company confirmed.

Japanese CIS thin-film manufacturer, Solar Frontier, is to acquire the entire US project pipeline of Gestamp Solar in what the company said marked its first step towards becoming a significant global downstream player.

PV OEM power distribution products producer Bentek has increased its manufacturing capacity by 40% with the opening of a new facility in San Jose, California.

Specialist PV tracking systems supplier NEXTracker has been awarded a contract to supply California-based PV EPC firm, CalCom Solar with 100MW of tracker systems that will be used in projects primarily for the EPC firm’s agricultural and water systems businesses.

Residential installer SolarCity has expanded access to its solar bonds in the US.

Canada has become the latest country to impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese solar imports.

Tier-one PV manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS has continued its push into the US market after securing a module supply deal with juwi solar.

Main Street Power Company has been acquired by global power company AES Corporation, with AES netting 100% of Main Street Power’s shares.

Analysts have given a mixed response to the deal announced yesterday between US solar giants, First Solar and SunPower, to form a joint yield-co vehicle.

Major renewable energy development company SunEdison expects significant US market growth post-ITC, contrary to the general view that the US PV market would be hit hard by the tax benefit reduction.