France gets a step closer to solar roads
French energy minister Ségolène Royal has inaugurated a manufacturing plant that will produce the so-called “Wattway” paving, made of solar PV. One of its pilot projects will be a 1 kilometer solar road, built in the same region as where the plant is located.
Capital Stage to take over Chorus Clean Energy
Chorus is advising its shareholders to accept the takeover offer from Capital Stage, which Capital Stage, which currently operates 600 MW of solar and wind assets in Europe.
Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul provides credit lines for renewables
Renewable energy projects will be able to access the credit lines of BRDE and Badesul, as part of a series of measures implemented by the regional government to promote renewables.
Tesla: Gigafactory is "on schedule" to support 2017 Model 3 roll-out
Elon Musk gave scarce information on developments at the world’s largest battery factory in Tesla’s Q2 results.
Amtech reports dip in quarterly solar equipment orders and revenues
The equipment makers most recent quarter ending June 30 represents a slow-down from the previous quarter, but nine-month figures still show growth from a year ago.
University of West of England to install largest single rooftop PV array in UK higher education sector
The university in Bristol has announced plans for a 450 kW solar installation atop its Enterprise Zone and Robotics Laboratory. Once complete the array will be the largest on any university in Britain.
JinkoSolar signs three PPAs for 188 MW of solar in Mexico
The Chinese solar power firm has signed long-term power purchase agreements with Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission for three solar projects awarded in April’s inaugural power auction.
TMEIC building Indian inverter fab, eyes global expansion
Japanese inverter supplier has begun construction on its fifth overseas manufacturing facility as it targets growth in emerging markets of LatAm, MENA and Australia.
H2 2016 solar slowdown will preface 10% global contraction in 2017, says GTM
Analysts expect installations in China, U.K. and Japan to slow over the second half of the year, but U.S. project spillover and India’s large pipeline will hold course despite global slowdown forecast for 2017.
A lot of skepticism: Mercom's Raj Prabhu on the pending Tesla/SolarCity merger
On Sunday, the boards of Tesla Motors and SolarCity agreed to the terms of Teslas acquisition of the solar company. And while this deal still is still awaiting votes by shareholders of both companies to go forward, there are indications that this may come soon. pv magazine USA spoke with Mercom Capital CEO Raj Prabhu about the evolution of this deal, and what to expect.
