Long Island exhausts NY-Sun residential solar block grants
The latest information from New York City, Long Island and Westchester show a boom in installations, as Long Island reaches 139 MW of installed residential solar.
Solar funding is down as part of overall clean energy investment lull in Q1
BNEF finds that while weakness in solar stocks impacted the overall environment, investment in small- to mid-scale solar was up 4% year-over-year.
US: New standardization initiative could save billions for solar users
Sponsored by the U.S. Energy Department, the Orange Button initiative is expected to reduce the cost of capital as a result of improved access to solar data, which would lower risks and result in savings of nearly $9 billion over the next 10 years, according to SGIP.
Germany: Solarwatt acquires storage specialist e-Wolf
The German battery technology start-up boasts the storage experts behind Formula 1 team Toyota Racing’s kinetic energy recovery system (KERS). Solarwatt expects the acquisition to reduce storage system costs over the long run.
US community solar programs could reach 1.5 GW by 2020
Community solar could potentially capture 2% of the U.S. solar market, according to a new report by Navigant Research.
Italy's Carlo Maresca to build 50 MW solar PV plant in Iran
The construction and green energy company inked the solar farm deal on the sidelines of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s visit to Iran last week.
Wacker opens US polysilicon production site in Tennessee
At $2.5 billion, the new site is Wacker’s largest single investment ever. The German chemcial giant is expecting muscular growth global PV capacity to spur demand for high-grade polysilicon.
ReneSola signs 81.5 MW of module supply deals in China
The Chinese module producer signs agreement with TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis to supply 56.5 MW of its 305 W, 310 W and 315 W modules to the company; 25 MW supply deal also agreed with China Foma Group.
Solar Frontier supplies modules for California farm projects
Staten Solar has selected Solar Frontier modules for more than a dozen solar PV projects on California farms. The EPC company employed its own levee-mounted racking systems for the unique plants.
France eyes threefold solar target increase by 2023
Industry body Conseil Superieur de l’Energie approves increase in solar PV target to 20.2 GW by 2023, up from anticipated 10.2 GW cumulative capacity by the end of 2018. Wind target also revised upwards.
