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Despite shipping a record 706 MW of microinverters, the U.S. company ended 2015 at a loss following a profit-making 2014; fourth quarter losses amounted to $15.8 million.

The solar financing company turns to Investec to secure $130 million in debt financing for solar ventures in the U.S. residential market, reports suggest.

The strategic cooperation between the storage integration specialist and Bluetech Financing Solutions will deliver plug-and-play storage solutions to Australia, Pacific Islands and GCC nations of the Middle East.

Scotland’s pro-solar stance must now shift from words to action, says the Solar Trade Association Scotland, which has published 20 ideas outlining how the government can utilize solar to transform its energy sector.

The project in Minas Gerais is an initiative of Solatio and Canadian Solar. This is the second very large project to begin construction in the nation, and will utilize modules made in Brazil.

Australian engineers last year installed a prototype solar farm in just 4 minutes. The company, 5B, believes the pre-fabricated model could meet the challenges of high labor costs in remote areas and is ideally suited to supply offgrid mining operations.

This is the cheapest power purchase agreement known to pv magazine staff.

The country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry advises solar tariffs to fall from JPY 27 to JPY 24 per kilowatt hour in line with tumbling Capex prices for solar; JPEA data reveals 21% drop in domestic solar shipments.

The Chinese solar company partners with GreenSky to offer competitive loan program to U.S. residential customers who purchase JinkoSolar PV modules.

BNEF calculates that 57 GW of solar PV was installed last year, marking an increase of around 30% on 2014. Latest figures also show that, despite factors which could have impeded growth, clean energy financing reached US$329.3 billion in 2015. Chinese and U.S. markets led the charge, alongside a host of new markets; European activity, however, decreased.