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China-based PV energy provider (PVEP) Panda Green Energy Group said it expected to report a net loss for the first half of 2018 of around RMB 80 million (US$11.7 million).

JA Solar will provide 404MW of modules for a major project in Mexico.

A Saudi Arabian conglomerate has taken a 50% stake in the German developer and PV investor Greencells.

Japanese investment bank Daiwa Securities Group has established Daiwa GI Green Fund LLC – also known as the ‘Solar Fund’ – jointly with GI Capital Management and Daiwa Real Estate Asset Management in order to make greenfield investments in mega- and large-scale solar projects in Japan.

Project developer ReneSola will sell a 206.8MW portfolio of Chinese distributed generation projects to the Canadian investor Brookfield Asset Management.

Zola Energy, one of two US-headquartered providers of off-grid solar-plus-storage solutions to the African continent profiled in Energy-Storage.news’ recent Global Storage Opportunity 2018 report, has obtained US$20 million debt financing.

French developer Neoen has reached financial close on the 128MW Numurkah solar farm taking the firm’s Australian portfolio beyond 1GW.

Terra Firma is selling the 334MW Italian solar platform RTR for €1.3 billion (US$1.5 billion) to F2i.

NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) has added a total of 692MW of PV power plant projects, including Distributed Generation (DG) programs to its renewable energy project pipeline.

China-based integrated PV module manufacturer Wuxi Suntech Power Co has recently renewed its 25-year module performance warranty cover with Munich Re Group and Ping An Insurance, the fifth consecutive year, Suntech has cooperated with the both insurance companies, since 2014