renewables

Adequate training and employing people with different skills are some areas US solar companies are working on, as these are crucial to driving the solar industry to succeed.

The European Parliament has voted to accelerate the adoption of renewable power generation on the continent.

Canadian PV manufacturer Heliene has secured US$170 million to grow its existing module assembly plant with two new 300MW lines.

Norwegian solar ingot manufacturer NorSun has announced its decision to temporarily stop production and lay off employees due to the influx of "exceptionally low price" Chinese solar modules.

Dimension has announced the closing of a US$237 million financing, which will support a 120MWdc distributed generation portfolio.

Multiple European cell and module manufacturers, start-ups and solar PV component suppliers have published an open letter via the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC), urging the EU to take actions to safeguard the European PV manufacturing industry threatened by "unsustainably low-priced PV modules" from Chinese module manufacturers.

Israel will add 2GW of renewables to its grid, according to the country's Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the Electricity Authority

Canadian renewables firm Westbridge Renewable Energy will complete the first transaction of one of its five definitive agreements with Greek developer Mytilineos’ subsidiary, Metka.

More than 50% of solar PV plants with a capacity of over 100MW are in good and even excellent condition, according to Zeitview.

Solar real estate company SolaREIT and alternative investment manager AB CarVal have closed an investment of up to US$250 million to grow its renewable land, lease and loan financing solutions.