Solar product distributor d.light has raised another US$10.5 million, bringing its total to US$40 million in four months for off-grid ventures in Africa and Asia.
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has formerly partnered with the Solar Energy Finance Association (SEFA) to lower the cost of capital in the industry and form a single voice for organising stakeholders including developers, investors and lenders.
Brazil’s development bank BNDES and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have approved a US$750 million conditional credit facility for the Brazil’s Sustainable Energy Financing Program.
The levelised cost of rooftop and large-scale solar PV continued to rapidly decline in 2016, financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard has said.
Trina Solar investors are widely expected to vote in favour of privatisation on Friday. The move would see the company unshackled from the reporting requirements of NYSE and potentially better placed to raise equity funds. But could the loss of transparency do more harm than good?
Taiwan-based solar cell and wafer producers had been impacted by a major slowdown in PV project development in China in the third quarter of 2016. However, signs of a recovery emerged at the beginning of the fourth quarter and escalated further in November.
More than 160 UK-based NGOs, public institutions and businesses – including major brands such as Sainsbury’s and IKEA – have come out in support of solar over proposed increases to rateable values.
