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A global coalition aimed at driving investment in clean energy R&D looks set to be finalised by the middle of this year, the UK’s special envoy on climate change has said.

New York is to invest US$5 billion in clean energy over the next decade under plans outlined yesterday by the state governor Andrew Cuomo.

The UK and Germany appear to be increasingly at odds over the future of the solar price undertaking between the EU and China.

The first of the annual round of PV market reports of 2016 has pegged deployment last year at 51GW. The figure falls short of most 2015 forecasts and looks set to reopen the perennial debate about the big-picture market data available to the global solar industry.

Taiwan’s installed solar PV capacity has reached 728.4MW, according to the latest government statistics.

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission has voted unanimously to press ahead with new net metering rates for solar owners in the state.

Hilary Clinton has weighed into the escalating fight to save solar in the US state of Nevada in an interview, condemning in particular a move to apply retroactive charges for PV systems.

Last year saw a number of emerging solar markets begin to fulfil their potential, setting up some promising prospects for 2016. Josefin Berg, senior solar analyst at market research firm, IHS, discusses the emerging-market highlights of 2015 and what to expect in 2016.

China’s government is apparently pressing ahead with plans to trim feed-in tariff rates for on-grid solar from early 2016.

Quercus Assets Selection, an investment company focusing on renewable energy, and Swiss Life Asset Managers, have acquired Antin Solar Investments (ASI) along with its 77.1MW solar PV portfolio in Italy through a competitive bidding process.