Americas

PV project developer, Strata Solar has secured a 160MW module supply deal with China-based BYD that includes the supply of batteries that will be used with some its utility-scale projects planned for 2014.

The liquidators of Suntech Power Holdings are to investigate the planned sale of the company’s main Chinese manufacturing unit to Shunfeng Photovoltaic International for possible legal breaches.

The number of PV projects set to compete in Brazil’s forthcoming national energy auction has been trimmed from 152 to 88, according to the country’s energy agency, EPE.

President Obama has set all US government agencies a 20% renewable energy generation target by 2020.

SolarCity is to offer business customers an energy storage unit option using technology from electric car manufacturer Tesla.

Distributed generation (DG) projects expected to be completed in 2013 by SunEdison have received further financial support from asset-based financing firm, De Lage Landen, a subsidiary of Rabobank Group.

Alterra Power Corp, a renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, has sold a 10% stake in a 50MW solar power plant in Ontario to a consortium headed by Fiera Axium Infrastructure.

Canadian gold producer IamGold has announced that it will build a 5MW solar power plant at its Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname, South America.

PV equipment specialist, Spire Corporation said that its founder, Roger G. Little would retire at the end of the year and serve only as chairman.

US solar installer SolarCity will almost double its presence in California by opening 10 new operations centres in the state by the end of 2013.