Americas

March 3, 2016
Arizona utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is planning an additional 1.1GW of renewable energy capacity by the end of 2030, which would bring its total renewables capacity to 1.5GW.
March 3, 2016
PV microinverter producer Enphase Energy has secured more than 20MW of orders with long-standing customer, Spruce Finance for its owned and operated residential solar systems in the US.
March 2, 2016
Major PV metallization paste producer Heraeus Photovoltaics has launched a new family of low-temperature Ag-pastes at the PV Expo show being held in Tokyo.
March 2, 2016
Foresight Solar Fund has added to the woes of SunEdison, revealing that the two parties are in advanced negotiations to settle a claim over underperformance at three UK project sites.
March 1, 2016
The major connection between Chile’s Northernmost and Central grids, which will provide a larger market for the high concentration of solar PV in the country’s north, is expected to be complete by mid-2017, according to a leading industry figure.
March 1, 2016
Revisions to Brazil’s net metering scheme for small-scale distributed generation renewable energy systems, came into force today (1 March).
March 1, 2016
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of multinational conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway, has confirmed that Elon Musk contacted him directly about the Nevada net metering row and was "unhappy".
February 29, 2016
Major PV energy provider SunPower has said its recently launched ‘Helix’ Roof product was able to be installed by at least two and a half times faster than competing commercial rooftop systems, after consultancy DNV GL undertook a ‘Mounting System Installation Efficiency Test’ in December 2015.
February 29, 2016
PV manufacturer China Sunergy (CSUN) has been threatened by the NASDAQ that its shares could be de-listed due to non-compliance with the US$1.0 minimum trading price rule.
February 29, 2016
Market research firm IHS remains bullish on the global solar PV market in 2016, forecasting installations to reach 69GW in 2016.

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