Americas

Led by BofA Merrill Lynch, SolarCity has secured US$250 million in a new financing facility to support the roll-out of more than 200MW of PV system installations in the US.

CPV solar cell producer, EMCORE will make the modules for a NASA satellite using its ZTJ triple-junction III-V solar cells.

Duke Energy Renewables has granted turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to Swinerton Renewable Energy for its Pumpjack and Wildwood PV projects located in Bakersfield, California.

One of Mexico’s largest retail companies, Tiendas Soriana, is teaming up with global photovoltaic company, Hanwha Q Cells, to install solar across 120 of Mexico’s supermarkets.

Renewable project developer, Invenergy Solar Development, has acquired semiconductor manufacturer Soitec’s 7MW solar plant.

PV developer American Capital Energy (ACE) has begun construction on nine solar power projects totalling 22MW on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Chile’s installed PV capacity has seen another increase in the past month, with 150MW now operational and a further 225MW under construction.

Sempra US Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development have announced they will partner on a 360MW solar portfolio in the US.

SunEdison, one of the largest PV manufacturers in North America, has completed a 24MW direct current (DC) PV power plant located in the California Desert.

The largest US solar installer, SolarCity deployed 280MW of PV installations in 2013, with plans to top 500MW in 2014 as it continues to race towards installing as much PV as possible before US tax equity incentive schemes are significantly reduced in 2017.