Americas

Canadian Solar has signed an agreement with Deutsche Bank for a CAD$104 million (US$99.5 million) loan.

Additional funding has been released for residential solar under the San Diego California Solar Initiative (CSI) programme.

Haraeus and DuPont have announced the end of their trade dispute over metal pastes used in the manufacture of solar panels.

Investor, Prudential Capital Group, has acquired a stake in a 130MW California PV project owned by independent power producer, Tenaska.

Hemlock Semiconductor continued to report positive financial results in the third quarter of 2013, despite the imposition by China of anti-dumping duties on imported polysilicon, notably from the US.

US federal agency the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has said it will keep open land designated for solar projects for future development despite its failed bid last week.

Exosun, with its Exotrack HZ horizontal single-axis tracker, has become the first manufacturer of solar tracking systems to gain compliance with UL3703 certification standards.

The chief executive of PV manufacturer REC, Ole Enger, is to step down in December after 4.5 years as the company relocates key management from Norway to the US.

Hawaiian Electric Company has selected the US’s largest PV installer SolarCity to develop a 15MW utility-scale solar power plant on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu.

The head of the US’s solar trade body has called on the industry to unite against efforts to disrupt the country’s deployment of solar technology.