SunPower, First Solar and SunEdison cornered 44% of North American O&M market in 2015: IHS
Analysis by IHS reveals how the three solar firms captured almost half of the operations and maintenance market last year, which grew to more than $300 million.
Masdar and EDF pin hopes on new record low tariff for 350 MW Abu Dhabi solar plant
Days after the Abu Dhabi-based clean energy developer won a tender to develop 800 MW of solar in Dubai, the company has teamed with France’s EDF to bid for a 350 MW plant in Abu Dhabi.
Dow Elastomers expects rise in demand for new encapsulant materials
Video: Michael Shoemaker, Global Strategic Marketing Manager for The Dow Chemical Company, talks encapsulants with pv magazine’s Ian Clover, highlighting what technological advancements Dow Elastomers is bringing to the market.
China's Shinetime withdrawn from EU MIP undertaking
Commission finds that the Chinese solar firm breached the Minimum Import Price agreement by allegedly selling below the set MIP level.
North American leaders to set out target of 50% "clean" electricity by 2025
Obama, Trudeau and Peña Nieto will be presenting the target, which will include nuclear and carbon capture and storage, at a summit of the three leaders.
Brazil postpones the July solar auction
Authorities have not given a new date for the auction scheduled for July 29, in which 9 GW of PV projects are participating. The sector attributes the postponement to the change in government, and while it acknowledges a risk, does not expect the auction to be cancelled.
Two new EPC contracts for SPI Energy in China
The Shanghai-based PV solutions provider signed the two contracts for projects totaling 62 MW once they are completed, which adds to their growing reputation and presence in China.
KfW Development Bank to fund two floating solar projects in India
The German-based development bank has agreed to build the projects as part of a study to assess the potential of floating parks within India, and to show the technical practicality of large-scale solar.
20 MW under construction in Senegal; 600 MW more in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020
Global private equity firm Denham Capital and African renewable energy investment company GreenWish announced a partnership to develop, build and finance a portfolio of 600 MW of renewable energy projects across sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.
IDB finances 54 MW merchant solar project in Chile
Solairedirects project is one of the few merchant solar projects to be built to date.
