Americas

DE Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Bright Plain Renewable Energy BPRE) have bought five solar farms in Tulare County, California from Macquarie Capital.

Businesses from across the spectrum of the US solar industry have been recognised by the Intersolar NA AWARD programme.

Energy company E.ON’s solar subsidiary, E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC&R), has completed its US first projects, in Arizona.

PV system integrator, Phoenix Solar, has signed a contract with solar developer Silicon Ranch for a 38.6MW solar plant near Atlanta, Georgia.

SolarWorld has confirmed it will lay off 100 people from its plant in Hillsboro, Oregon.

GE Ventures, part of global power equipment giant General Electric, has taken part in a US$15 million equity investment in leading US solar rooftop installer Sungevity.

PV equipment specialist, Spire Corporation, has been delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange after failing to restore its share price to the US$1.00 per share minimum after 360 days.

The gulf in confidence separating the downstream and upstream solar markets continues to grow as investments in third party lease companies continue to boom, according to second quarter data released by the Cleantech Group yesterday.

Module manufacturer Canadian Solar’s project development subsidiary has sold a 10MW solar plant to energy provider TransCanada Corporation.

Silicon Valley giant Apple is planning a 20MW solar installation to power a new data centre the company is building in Nevada.