Breaking: World record low price entered for solar plant in Abu Dhabi
A consortium of JinkoSolar and Marubeni put in the bid of 2.42 cent per kWh for a PV plant that was initially set at 350 MW, but pv magazine understands it may be significantly larger.
San Francisco approves green roof mandate
San Francisco has become the first city in the U.S. to approve such an obligation, which requires all new construction projects to have 30% of their roof space set aside for green roofs and/or solar panels, while one of the Californian citys most iconic buildings also gets a solar makeover.
Nevada regulators "grandfather" existing net metering customers under old rules
The ruling reverses the most egregious aspect of the state’s dismantling of net metering, but will do little to revive its distributed solar market.
India: Imported solar module prices plunge to 36 US cents per watt-peak
Analysis by Bridge to India finds that the average cost of solar PV modules imported into India has fallen by almost 15% over the past three months, prompting severe concerns for local manufacturers.
Lawsuits attempt to stop Tesla acquisition of SolarCity
An investor has filed for an injunction to stop the merger, in one of the four lawsuits challenging the deal
Japan's JRE to invest in 100MW of PV
Japan Renewable Energy (JRE), a Tokyo-based renewables investor backed by Goldman Sachs, has announced plans to invest an undisclosed sum in the development of two solar projects in the southern part of Fukushima prefecture.
Enphase surveys U.S. distributors for Q1 2017 AC battery deliveries
Enphase Energy announced at SPI 2016 that it has begun canvassing its U.S. distributor network to gauge interest for mass orders of its AC Battery system, which was test marketed in Australia over the past year, culminating in 70,000 units in shipment process there.
NREL takes lead on $30m consortium to improve PV technology performance
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory will lead a consortium comprising Sandia National Laboratories and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the development of new solar module materials.
China Singyes to spin off materials unit
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings has confirmed that it has received formal approval to list shares of its Singyes New Materials subsidiary on the Hong Kong stock exchanges secondary board.
Cubico adds 50 MW UK solar park to its portfolio
The investment firm has acquired 11 solar PV projects from developer British Solar Renewables totaling 120 MW over the last eight months, the most recent being the purchase this week of a 50 MW solar farm.
