Americas

Specialist PV tracking systems supplier NEXTracker has been awarded a contract to supply California-based PV EPC firm, CalCom Solar with 100MW of tracker systems that will be used in projects primarily for the EPC firm’s agricultural and water systems businesses.

Residential installer SolarCity has expanded access to its solar bonds in the US.

Canada has become the latest country to impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese solar imports.

Tier-one PV manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS has continued its push into the US market after securing a module supply deal with juwi solar.

Main Street Power Company has been acquired by global power company AES Corporation, with AES netting 100% of Main Street Power’s shares.

Analysts have given a mixed response to the deal announced yesterday between US solar giants, First Solar and SunPower, to form a joint yield-co vehicle.

Major renewable energy development company SunEdison expects significant US market growth post-ITC, contrary to the general view that the US PV market would be hit hard by the tax benefit reduction.

ABB, an inverter company, has been selected to supply more than 45 of its ULTRA central inverters to the second-largest installation of its kind in South America.

Another phase of a 400MW Texas photovoltaic plant, constructed by a partnership between developer OCI Solar and local utility CPS Energy, has been completed, bringing 5.5MW onto the grid in San Antonio.

Israeli micro-inverter manufacturer SolarEdge has filed papers for a US$125 million flotation on the NASDAQ stock exchange.