Agrivoltaics developer Pristine Sun Corporation has secured US$250 million in financing to develop and expand its projects in California, Texas and Louisiana, as well as further afield across the continental US.
For large, utility-scale European PV projects, the key to growth and success in the coming years may be in partnerships and consistency across both engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks, as legislators and utilities lag behind the industry’s rapid growth.
The considerable expansion of Poland’s solar PV market looks set to continue, with interconnection issues standing as the only impediment to growth, according to panellists speaking at the Solar Finance & Investment Europe 2023 conference.
PV tracker solutions provider Nextracker has launched its investment roadshow after submitting an initial public offering (IPO) to the US stock market Nasdaq last month, seeking to raise up to US$534.9 million.
Norwegian renewable energy solutions provider Scatec has signed an agreement to sell its 42% equity share in a solar plant in South Africa to a subsidiary of a fund managed by asset manager Stanlib Asset Management Proprietary Limited.
The future of solar module deployment may be rooted in mass, rapid deployment rather than precisely tilted, steel-mounted and spaced-out panels extending over acres of land. So says Australian company 5B, which manufactures accordion-style folding solar arrays that arrive at a project site flat-packed and ready to be deployed.
Solar investors believe that Europe can be a competitive market for PV manufacturing and compete with the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as ESG and energy security concerns will drive money to the continent.
Energy risk management company and assurance provider DNV has acquired Australian solar data specialist Solcast to strengthen its solar forecasting services.
Solar electricity generation in the EU grew significantly last year thanks to a rise in adoption in major countries, according to a study conducted by energy think tank Ember.
