Americas

Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California, has become home to a 1.5MW tracking solar array.

The US solar PV market grew by 684MW in the third quarter of 2012, 44% more than in the same period last year, according to a report by Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research.

Bifacial and holographic bifacial solar module producer Prism Solar Technologies has received UL 1703, ULC/ORD-C1703-1 and California Energy Commission (CEC) certifications via product safety certification organisation Intertek.

Solar will play a central role in boosting the share of renewables in America’s energy mix between now and 2040, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration.

Developing renewable energy projects in India is more expensive than in either the US or Europe, according to a report released by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the Indian School of Business (ISB).

Module manufacturers Silfab Ontario and Heliene have partnered to create Helios Power Canada to provide access to larger production capacities and inventories.

Believed to be the largest solar project in the Caribbean, a 24MW project in Guayama, Puerto Rico, which was recently completed, had been supplied modules for the project by Yingli Green.

EDF Renewable Energy has sold a 12.8MWp solar energy portfolio in Long Island, New York, to asset management firm Capital Dynamics.

Solar developer NRG Energy has announced the completion of its The Sun Lights the Way project in the Boucan Carré region of Haiti.

Solar material producer 3M’s tender offer to buy all issued and outstanding shares of ceramics firm Ceradyne common stock was completed on 27 November with a price of US$35 per share.