finance

Tax equity has been hailed the ‘biggest hold back for the market so far’ according to Sunnova CEO John Berger, and other finance experts.

IDFC acquires 45MW India plants, Colorado Energy Office opens community solar array and Mato Grosso Do Sol ditches ICMS for solar self-consumption.

A coalition of finance experts spoke to PV Tech and revealed ways the industry can work to make the technology more widespread to those all-important conglomerate companies.

Leading US residential installer SolarCity announced yesterday that it has partnered with Credit Suisse to finance more than US$300 million in solar projects.

Despite regulatory ambiguities, the general consensus from industry stakeholders at this year’s Solar Energy UK | Clean Energy Live exhibition is that Africa’s solar sector is ripe for new entrants, posing a significant opportunity that should not be missed.

SolarCity announced Wednesday that it has agreed to a partnership with Citi to create two separate funds that will finance more than US$347 million in solar projects.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Canadian government have partnered up to finance Jordan’s latest US$76 million solar plant.

A number of finance experts have confirmed that securitisation may be feasible in the near future for the US solar market, due to the maturity and low-risk nature of the industry.

Post-Brexit the world is not on fire. To learn more about the realities of the new normal, PV Tech publisher Solar Media has convened a cross-channel group of experts overseen by the law firm Eversheds and chaired by veteran energy journalist Terry Macalister. Here, he forms his first view on the mood of the assembled investors, operators and policy experts in the forum.

PV plant developer Sonnedix has acquired a 11.2MW solar portfolio including three proejcts in Italy from investment firm Trading Emissions.