Panda Green to buy 50 MW for $30 million in China
Panda Green Energy has revealed plans to pay CNY 196 million ($29.75 million) to acquire Inner Mongolia Guorun Chayouqianqi Electricity, which owns an operational 50 MW solar plant in northern China.
SoftBank unit starts building 22 MW in Japan
SB Energy has started building a 22.4 MW solar array in Miyazaki prefecture, southern Japan.
Scatec Solar closes financing on 197 MW in Malaysia
Norway’s Scatec Solar has wrapped up financing for three solar arrays it is developing in Peninsular Malaysia, by issuing a 1,000 million ringgit ($237 million) green Islamic bond. Construction has already started on the projects, which will be finished in the next few months.
CEFC to provide $77 million for 88 MW in Australia
The Clean Energy Finance Corp. (CEFC) has revealed plans to provide A$98 million ($77.05 million) in debt finance to back the development of the biggest biggest solar project in the Australian state of Victoria.
Equis chooses Bouygues, Toho for 41 MW in Japan
Equis Energy has selected a unit of France’s Bouygues Construction and Tokyo-based Toho Electrical to provide EPC services for a 41 MW solar project it is developing in Japan.
JinkoSolar claims new 22.04% efficiency record
Chinese PV group JinkoSolar has reached a conversion efficiency of 22.04% with its practical-sized (245.83 cm2) P-type multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, which it claims is a new world record.
ReneSola posts Q2 results, outlines restructuring plan
ReneSola has recorded a net loss of $31.5 million for the second quarter of 2017, from a loss of $23.2 million in the first three months of the year.
Solenergy installs first airport PV array in Philippines
Solenergy Systems has completed a 1.64 MW rooftop solar array in the central Philippines.
Canadian Solar to list fund in Tokyo
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has approved Canadian Solar’s plan to list the Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) on the Japanese exchange’s infrastructure investment fund securities market.
Toshiba claims record efficiency with film-based perovskite solar mini-modules
Japan’s Toshiba has fabricated a perovskite solar cell mini-module with an energy conversion rate of 10.5%, which it claims is now the highest rate that has been reached throughout the world with a multi-cell mini-module.
