The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) filed a suit in Hawaii state court on Wednesday to challenge the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) decision to shut down the state’s net metering program.
France-based renewable energy company Tenergie has successfully refinanced its 54.4MW of solar assets for €150 million (US$166 million) with a bank syndicate led by Credit Agricole Group.
Bangalore-based real estate developer Embassy Group is planning a 200MW solar PV plant in the Indian state of Karnataka, according to Embassy Energy chief executive Anshul Singhal.
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has received 95 expressions of interest from international energy companies for the third phase of its Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park.
Tech giant Apple will build 200MW of solar in China and work with its supply chain partners in the country to develop a total of 2GW of clean energy capacity.
US residential solar installer SolarCity has said global expansion remains on its agenda despite the premature demise of its exploratory foray into the UK market via subsidiary Zep Solar.
Energy storage is likely to be a near future “game changer” for Australia and could make the country the world leader in solar-plus-storage, a new report claims.
PV tracking specialist IdeemaTec Deutschland has said it has secured over 50% of the tracker market in Jordan and won around 101MW of projects in the country to date.
Canadian Solar, one of the six members of the Silicon Module Super League (SMSL), has completed a further four small PV power plants in Japan, totalling 8.6MWp.
