US Department of Energy backs solar with further $46.2m for SunShot Initiative
The funding is for 48 identified solar projects spanning two SunShot programs designed to advance solar power technologies in the U.S.
SolarWorld Americas receives $6m cash lifeline
The U.S. arm of the troubled solar power company can expect to receive a $6 million infusion of cash from its lenders, which have also permitted the sale of non-operational assets.
Enertronica to issue €16 million convertible bond
Net proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the company’s international expansion and the relaunch of Elettronica Santerno, the unit specializing in inverter production.
GCL New signs $5.2 million deal to manage 353 MW
Group unit Suzhou GCL Operation has agreed to provide operation and management services for 353 MW of solar capacity owned by PV investor Suzhou GCL-Poly throughout China.
Interview: China’s Growatt talks markets, inverter service and storage
Felix Fang, Growatt’s Marketing Director, talks to pv magazine about the Chinese firm’s central and string inverter technology, global expansion, post-sales service and the growing importance of storage.
Algeria’s 4 GW solar tender delayed, again
The country’s new minister for renewable energy said that a special committee for the tender will be now established, and that the results of the review will be published together with her new action plan for renewables.
Burkina Faso to host its first solar module factory
The PV panel manufacturing facility is being built by local company Faso Energy with the support of the country’s government and Spanish equipment provider Mondragon.
India’s 1 GW Kurnool solar park on verge of grid synchronization
Commissioning of the ultra-mega solar plant due tomorrow following completion of final developers’ portions of capacity. Kurnool solar park will become world’s largest operational PV plant.
STI Norland chosen as tracker partner for 36.7 MW Brazil solar farm
The Spanish tracker and mounting specialist will supply 202 of its STI H1250 trackers to the Assú V solar park in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte.
Neo Solar Power sells multicrystalline solar cell fab
The sale of the Taiwanese company’s Zhunan fab for around $41 million is part of wider transformation strategy towards monocystralline PERC production.
