Americas

The US department of commerce makes final ruling in China solar trade case giving some firms rates of 165%.

A Chinese billionaire and one of the countries’ leading sportswear brands have invested US$140 million in project developer, SPI Solar.

SunPower has invested US$20 million into energy management software firm Tendril.

Global solar developer, SunEdison, has closed a US$146 million debt facility to build 81.7MW of solar in the Central American country, Honduras.

A 37.4MW solar power plant has received final approval for construction from the Mexican government.

The TA Acacia Project, a 28.4MWdc plant in Lancaster, California developed by Canadian Solar was supplied with SG800MX PV inverters from Sungrow USA Corp, the US subsidiary of China’s largest PV inverter company, Sungrow Power Supply Co.

SolarWorld has claimed that talks to find a settlement in the US-China trade row ended in July however PV Tech understands hopes for a deal have not been entirely extinguished.

South Korean PV module manufacturer, S-Energy, via its US subsidiary, has contracted Gehrlicher Solar America to design and install 7,000 S-Energy PC8 72-cell modules at 12 school facilities within the Lynwood Unified School District in Los Angeles County, California.

North American operations and maintenance service provider EDF Renewable Services has agreed to contracts for 454MW of wind and 134MWp of solar power that will be added to the company’s portfolio in Canada.

PV project developer and EPC firm, SPI Solar plans to acquire and develop the 9.9MW Beaver Run Solar Farm in Lafayette, New Jersey.