Markets & Policy

Three projects are planned for different parts of the province of Rioja, in the northeast of Argentina.

The GCL Group plans to buy a 51% stake in Australian solar power system supplier One Stop Warehouse; company sets up $95 million fund with Bank of Suzhou Co. to invest in the solar industry.

JA Solar took advantage of the rise in the global solar market in 2015, with growth in revenue, sales and operating margin, which has encouraged the company to expand its manufacturing capacity through 2016.

Following stalled legislation, members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives are turning up the heat on leadership to pass a bill.

The project holds a PPA with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for electricity delivery at US$59 per megawatt-hour.

The green investor takes 50.1% of the 24 million EUR hybrid renewable energy storage project on the Portuguese island, which, once completed, will allow the island to be totally powered by renewable energy, except for prolonged periods of unfavorable weather.

Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered aircraft, will continue its round-the-world journey in mid April, after being grounded at Kalaeloa airport in Hawaii for eight months.

The XSX microinverter is manufactured in Slovakia and is being launched to serve the European solar market; product adds to the Dutch company Autarco’s single-branded solar energy systems.

The battery storage system will make up part of a PV project in Kenya, which, with $2.5 million invested, is the largest solar investment in Kenya to date.

Biggest energy suppliers in Western Australia now offers customers off-grid power supply to avoid the outages caused by natural disasters, such as bushfires.