Suniva partners with DMSolar in Mexico
The Georgia-based company is expanding its footprint in Mexico, where the market is hungry for high-quality and high-powered U.S.-made solar PV products.
SolarCity unveils smart energy home system in Hawaii
The California company’s Customer Self Supply program offers a customized combination of solar, battery storage, smart electric water heater and Nest Learning Thermostat.
Electricity prices to rise despite oil and gas plunge
Despite falling oil and gas prices, the retail price of electricity is likely to continue an upward trend. A new Deutsche Bank Market Research study looks at the factors behind the trend.
Denial of Appaloosa injunction clears the way for SunEdison to acquire Vivint
A judge’s rejection of David Tepper’s attempts to block SunEdison from transferring Vivint assets to yieldco TerraForm Power is good news for the belated deal.
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Developments in the U.S. continued to make headlines this week as utilities across the country carry out systematic attacks on net metering and a California city weighs a PPA for possibly the lowest solar power price on record.
SunEdison and Jinneng Group to build 2 GW of heterojunction PV cell and module capacity
China’s state-owned Jinneng Group and SunEdison are investing in an n-type mono heterojunction cell and module factory.
Update: Foxconn deal for Sharp delayed, tolls death knell for its solar business
Taiwan-based Foxconn’s $6.2bn bailout of Sharp is first ever foreign takeover of a major Japanese electronics company; move could spell end for troubled Sharp solar business.
2015: 57 GW of solar PV installed, clean energy investment hits highest ever levels
BNEF calculates that 57 GW of solar PV was installed last year, marking an increase of around 30% on 2014. Latest figures also show that, despite factors which could have impeded growth, clean energy financing reached US$329.3 billion in 2015. Chinese and U.S. markets led the charge, alongside a host of new markets; European activity, however, decreased.
E.ON and Solarwatt to partner on electricity storage system
German utility giant will develop own storage system with Dresden-based Solarwatt GmbH based on MyReserve technology; first models to be rolled out in Germany over coming months.
Vivint shareholders approve SunEdison acquisition
Green light from Vivint shareholders should see the merger with U.S. renewable energy developer SunEdison close before the end of the first quarter.
