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Colorado has provided funding to GRID Alternatives to build a series of community solar installations for low-income residents, many in rural parts of the state. The non-profit has already constructed a 24 kW array.

Sunny skies and favorable conditions throughout the summer has boosted the total share of solar in the country’s overall energy mix.

Japanese electronics corporation to begin selling home batteries across Europe, putting company in direct competition with Tesla, for whom it makes lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries.

The U.S. company is expected to begin producing panels in the South American country next year for use in planned solar installations.

Compliance and waste management scheme PV Cycle, together with representatives of Trina Solar, SunPower, Solar Frontier, JinkoSolar, aleo solar and Conergy denounce solar “free-riders” that neglect their waste management responsibilities.

The Taiwanese PV conductive paste maker is planning to add a PV plant to its growing portfolio of solar installations in Japan.

The Tier-1 Chinese solar firm has been awarded contracts for five solar PV projects located in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state; combined the projects will add 185 MW of solar capacity to the country.

The Hong Kong-based solar park developer, owner and operator will use the fresh capital for its project pipeline in Japan; it will also benefit PV development in the Americas and Asia.

Citing a long list of breached obligations, the European Commission is set to remove Chint Solar and Sunny Energy from the minimum price undertaking.

Partnership with Namene Energy aims to develop 100 MW of utility-scale solar and 50 MW of commercial solar in Ghana and neighboring countries over next few years.