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First Solar targets greener solar panel production

U.S. thin film solar producer publishes first ever Corporate Sustainability Report, highlighting its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly during the panel production process.

US solar PV revenue grew 21% last year to $22.6bn

Nearly 1 MW of solar PV – enough to power more than 160 homes – was installed almost every hour in the U.S. in 2015. Navigant Research forecasts cumulative installations to reach above 100 GW by 2022.

Patagonia creates a $35 million fund for rooftop PV

The U.S. corporate embrace of solar continues as apparel brand Patagonia creates a $35 million tax equity fund that will bring rooftop solar to more than 1,500 households.

Abengoa strikes $2bn creditor deal to ward off bankruptcy

The Spanish clean energy developer has agreed a restructuring loan of around $2 billion for a 55% stake in the company with a consortium of creditors as it seeks to stave off insolvency.

The pv magazine weekly news digest

Vivint Solar closes the door on SunEdison, India charts a course towards 4 GW of additional PV this year, while the U.K. solar market gathers at Ecobuild to ask: where do we go from here?

Syntegra Solar commissions 98 MW of new PV farms in the Philippines

Four new PV power plants with 98 MW combined capacity were successfully energized within the past two weeks in Negros, Philippines, Syntegra Solar announced today.

Ontario awards 140 MW-AC of utility-scale solar PV projects

Prices for winning solar projects came in at CA$141 to 178 per megawatt-hour. BlueEarth and SunEdison were awarded the largest capacities.

California utilities seek net metering 2.0 changes, repeal

Less than six weeks after regulators approved a successor program to net metering, California’s three big IOUs are already seeking to modify or overturn the decision.

Ecobuild London: UK pins hope on commercial rooftop PV

Day two of London’s Ecobuild show saw industry figures and property owners look towards commercial rooftop PV to keep the UK solar industry’s immediate future alive.

Obama furthers climate agenda with $500 million payment

The U.S. president began to make good on his climate change pledges with a $500 million down payment to the Green Climate Fund, in the same week that he hosts the Canadian Prime Minister to team up against climate change.

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