Vector Cuatro opens new office in Chile
The Spanish solar PV technical advisory group is expanding operations in Latin America, citing strong growth in the region. The company, part of Italy’s Falck Renewables Group, has 10 offices worldwide.
Israel advances bill to cut rooftop solar tax
The legislation aims to encourage investment in renewable energy. Supporters say the bill will help Israeli households generate clean energy and reduce their costs of living while increasing solar power generation in the country, which currently only gets less than 2% of its energy from solar sources.
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.
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.
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.
Intevac reports sale of two tools for thin-film PV in quarterly results
Q2 financials reveal thin-film equipment backlog of almost $50 million that the company hopes will be signed off before year end. Overall net loss for the quarter reaches $3.5 million.
Solar Frontier completes 30 MW solar plant at Nagasaki Airport
The installation is the biggest PV plant in Nagasaki Prefecture, and one of the largest to utilize Solar Frontier’s anti-reflective CIS solar panels.
UK: First Contracts for Difference solar farm connected to grid
The 11.94 MW solar farm has been developed by Lightsource Renewable Energy and is the first such installation to be completed under the CfD scheme.
Tesla, SolarCity could unveil merger plans as early as Monday
The consolidation of Elon Musk’s clean energy empire could be one step closer to reality: The electric carmaker and solar PV giant may soon announce plans to merge their operations.
