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Kyocera’s net profit falls 4.8% to $925 million in 2017 The Japanese group’s net income attributable to shareholders fell from JPY 109,047 million ($970.9 million) to JPY 103,843 million in the 12 months to the end of March 2017, partly due to declining sales from its solar business. It did not reveal its total PV module shipments for the year.
Brian Publicover
May 05, 2017
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Swedish Energy Agency pushes for more residential PV The Swedish agency has launched an initiative to spread awareness on the advantages of PV among homeowners.
Emiliano Bellini
May 05, 2017
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Brazilian utility CPFL launches unit for residential and commercial PV Brazil’s third biggest electric utility company has set up Envo, a new unit offering residential and commercial PV solutions under net metering. The offer includes a financing option with Banco Santander.
Blanca Díaz López
May 04, 2017
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Czech Republic provides incentives for solar-plus-storage The Czech government is supporting the adoption of solar-plus-storage solutions through a specific incentive program. Each kW of PV installed must be coupled with at least 5 kW of storage capacity.
Emiliano Bellini
May 04, 2017
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Video: Solar Premium booth at Hannover Messe The recent Hannover Messe brought together pv magazine and six leading partners at a special Solar Premium booth at the show’s Integrated Energy Plaza.
Ian Clover
May 03, 2017
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Eon and Google launches Sunroof platform in Germany The Sunroof platform is already available in the United States, having launched there in 2015. Thanks to Eon, the platform used by homeowners to assess the solar potential of their roofs will also be online in Germany in the near future.
Sandra Enkhardt
May 03, 2017
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Dutch pension fund PGGM invests €200 million in SolarCity’s project portfolio The Dutch fund will invest in a portfolio of solar projects of Tesla’s solar unit. The projects are spread across 21 U.S states and have a combined capacity of 275 MW.
Emiliano Bellini
May 03, 2017
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Canada’s Potentia Renewables secures $78 million financing from La Caisse Quebec’s investment fund has agreed to provide Ontario-based rooftop solar specialist with CA$ 107 million ($78.0 million) in debt financing.
Emiliano Bellini
May 03, 2017
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New South Wales sets higher benchmark range for FIT The Australian state’s Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has drafted recommendations for voluntary solar feed-in tariffs (FITs) for 2017-18. It has proposed a benchmark range of AU$0.116 to AU$0.146/kWh, from AU$0.055 to AU$0.072/kWh in the preceding 12-month period.
Brian Publicover
May 02, 2017