Americas

Renowned environmentalist and solar advocate, Marina Silva, is now out of the race to become Brazil's next president, having gained just 21.32% of the vote in the first round of the race.

Canadian Solar has sold three large-scale solar PV plants to TransCanada, the oil and energy infrastructure company that is also behind plans for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.

Vivint Solar, the second largest residential installer in the US has confirmed its IPO pricing of US$16 per share.

The 500MW Palen concentrating solar power (CSP) project has withdrawn its planning application less than a week after authorities said it had to be scaled down.

India and the US are close to signing a billion dollar financing deal for renewable energy projects, according to reports.

According to market research firm NPD Solarbuzz, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has around 1GW of PV projects currently under construction with a pipeline of projects totalling over 22GW at all phases of development.

Spanish PV developer Solarpack has inaugurated a 25MW project in Chile that will provide power for a mining company.

TMEIC, the inverter manufacturing alliance between Toshiba and Mitsubishi, has become the latest growing Asian inverter supplier to enter the US market.

Japanese thin-film manufacturer Solar Frontier could build a factory in New York state, its new president has said.

US residential leasing and installation provider Sunrun has announced a major plan to add 800 new employees across the country and open or expand its operations in four states.