India plans $25bn renewables investment funds
Business website outlines plans for state-owned bodies to create five $5bn funds. Government-owned institutions concerned yet to comment on investment plan.
Tea party and environmentalists unite in Florida
Republican launches petition to open up power sale market in the state. Tory Perfetti wants solar system owners to be able to sell power directly to consumers.
China Sunergy could lose NASDAQ listing
Xinjiang manufacturer warned over missing filing. Company has until March 9 to persuade New York exchange it will submit form.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
Big predictions, the U.S. public embraces solar, which is likely to come more and more from China, the Indian government punishes lack of punctuality and there’s some positive news from Egypt.
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.
