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Majority of Americans anticipate positive solar impact in near future

Belief in the transformative power of solar energy growing among most sections of U.S. society, finds Harris Poll.

Ghana spurs PV development across country

The International Development Association is bankrolling an ambitious project to install PV in schools and community centers across the West African nation.

SMA founder Günther Cramer, 62, dies

The company’s founder, longstanding chief executive officer and chairman of the supervisory board has passed away after a long illness.

TerraForm buys 26 MW of DG solar plants from SunEdison

SunEdison has unloaded 21 distributed generation solar plants to its yieldco subsidiary for $47 million. TerraForm expects $5 million in annual “cash available for distribution” from the assets.

South Korean researchers develop new and improved perovskite formula

The blend addresses the technology’s inherent instability problems and reportedly delivers the highest-efficiency perovskite cell to date, according to IEEE Spectrum.

California adopts pioneering advanced inverter standards

State utility commission’s decision will modify interconnection rules in order to secure the benefits offered by advanced inverters.

Scatec Solar to build Google-backed 104 MW plant in Utah

Google and Prudential Capital Group are financing the Red Hills solar power plant to the tune of $157 million. The Norwegian integrated independent solar power producer will manage and operate the PV facility.

Google and Prudential Capital Group fund 104 MW Utah solar plant

Internet giant Google has provided the tax equity finance and Prudential the debt financing for a combined US$157 million investment in Scatec Solar’s 104 MW Utah Red Hills utility scale solar array.

Deutsche Bank predicts growing solar margins in 2015, despite oil price

In its 2015 outlook for investors, Deutsche Bank predicts a year of growing margins and stable supply and demand dynamics for the year. Diverse demand drivers in the U.S. will be a key highlight, while project financing and permitting progress in China balances potential weakness in Japan.

Brazil: Pure Energy secures $10 million for new module fab

Brazilian development bank BNDES is financing 75% of the reported $17 million, 40 MW-capacity project in the northern state of Alagoas. The decision marks the first time the bank has financed a PV module factory.

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