BBOXX raises $20m funding to boost African off-grid solar presence
The London-based solar systems provider has secured investment from a consortium of backers, including Engie SA, to help support its expansion plans in Cameroon and the Ivory Coast.
GCL-Poly agrees to buy $150 million of SunEdison's manufacturing business
The Chinese company will buy three of SunEdison’s manufacturing businesses involved in polysilicon and cell production, amid rumors that it is also planning to make a bid for SunEdisons controlling stake in TerraForm Power.
Storage shows its worth in UK's first Enhanced Frequency Response auction
A total of 1.4 GW of projects were put forward under the 200 MW tender, with energy storage projects taking positive steps forward, says Renewable Energy Agency.
Brazil mulls request for amicable cancelation of 670 MW of solar awarded in first tender
Following the devaluation of the Brazilian real against the U.S. dollar, six companies that won PPAs in 2014 may now be able to cancel the solar development contracts. Small penalties likely to apply.
Berkeley Lab: U.S. PV contract prices fall to at or below $50/MWh in 2015
The national labs latest report finds ongoing declines in PV system prices, with residential system prices falling to $4 per watt in 2015.
Berkeley Lab: U.S. PV contract prices fell below $50/MWh in 2015
The national labs latest report finds ongoing declines in PV system prices, with residential system prices falling to $4 per watt in 2015.
BREAKING: SolarCity to lay off 108 workers in the SF Bay Area
The company will eliminate 80 employees from its San Mateo headquarters and another 28 from its offices in San Francisco.
EU reimposes AD solar duties on three more Chinese companies
Osda Solar, Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance and Shandong Linuo Photovoltaic Hi-Tech all deemed to be in breach of the terms of the MIP undertaking.
Trina Solar back to sequential growth with revenue and sales increases
The Chinese PV manufacturing powerhouse posted another set of impressive quarterly results, which saw significant sequential and year/year growth in revenues and sales, during a quarter in which the company broke a number of cell efficiency records and started ramping up production from its Thailand facilities.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
Massive movement in LatAm as Chile lowers the PV price bar and Argentina sets its solar sights high. Elsewhere, SolarCity continues to grab the headlines.
