The US Department of Energy has announced that five additional military bases will be included under SunShot Initiative’s Solar Ready Vets programme, which connects skilled veterans to careers in the solar energy industry through an intensive, hands-on training course. DOE is also awarding US$10 million under the Solar Training and Education for Professionals (STEP) funding programme.
NEXTracker has received certification for compliance with Brazilian domestic content rules for its manufacturing operations, opening access to favourable credit lines for the company.
Brazil’s newly-appointed minister of mines and energy Fernando Coelho Filho has told members of the electricity industry that renewable energy will be one of his focus areas in the coming weeks and months.
Duke Energy has received regulatory approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to develop solar facilities in both Davie and Union counties in North Carolina.
US designer and builder of single-axis PV trackers, NEXTracker, ranked as the leading supplier of trackers in North America last year, raising its market share by 22% over 2014, according to IHS.
The US-headquartered Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will help to finance 100MW of solar projects in the Northern Argentinian province of Jujuy.
German lithium-ion based energy storage system maker Sonnen, says it achieved an undisclosed “seven-figure sales number” in the US in the first quarter of this year.
Brazilian public bank Banco do Nordeste (Northeast Bank) has expanded the financing options available from its Northeast Constitutional Financing Fund (FNE) to include solar PV projects, wind farms, small hydro and biomass sources utilization plants.
US residential PV installer Sunrun reported better than expected first quarter 2016 results, despite the fallout from Nevada as installations grow year-on-year.
