Struggling US solar rooftop installer RGS Energy has been successful in renewing a revolving line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank and existing loans with Riverside Fund III, division of the firms largest shareholder, Riverside Renewable Energy Investment.
The deployment of small and utility-scale solar projects in urban and suburban parts of California could meet the state’s energy demand five times over, a new report compiled by the Carnegie Institution for Science has claimed.
Sunnova announced the beginning of the EZ Own programme, which it claims will allow homeowners to have a solar power system with no upfront or maintenance costs.
Leading US installer SolarCity has partnered with power company MP2 Energy on a programme to increase access to solar power in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
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.