John Parnell

Oil major Shell has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 70.5MW portfolio of unsubsidised solar projects in Italy.

The largest independent solar power developer in the US, 8minutenergy, revealed a change of ownership over the weekend.

Seraphim Solar will establish 500MW of solar cell manufacturing capacity in South Africa. The expansion plans also include facilities for 200MW of half-cut cell module assembly in the country.

ExxonMobil will power operations at its Permian oil field in Texas with 250MW of wind and 250MW of solar power.

Inverter manufacturer GoodWe has reorganised its operations in Europe with an independent German subsidiary established in Munich.

The US government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has provided US$6 million of debt for a commercial and industrial scale solar fund.

Canadian Solar has declared the US bifacial module market open for business as it claimed to make the first substantial delivery of the double-sided panels to a customer in Oregon.

UK-based developer Eco Energy World (EEW) has sold 54MW of ‘ready-to-build’ merchant solar projects in Australia.

French energy giant ENGIE has signed power purchase agreements for two solar power plants in Senegal.

Remote mines, cement factories and shopping malls are a major catalyst for commercial and industrial (C&I) PV in Africa. A new survey from consultancy THEnergy aims to capture the progress so far and the scale of the opportunity to come. The firm's managing director Dr Thomas Hillig explains more, including how you can help assist the work.