Materials supplier DuPont has partnered with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to debate quality standards for India’s PV market to ensure safety, reliability and profitability of solar projects in the country.
Japanese electronics firm Kyocera has partnered with a Brazilian engineering company to provide solar-powered lighting to 73km of highways in Rio de Janeiro, in a project funded by local authorities.
PV manufacturing equipment specialist centrotherm photovoltaics said that Hans Autenrieth and Peter Augustin are to set down from the management Board of the company at the end of the year.
Renewable energy development company SunEdison has signed off on a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Rialto Unified School District in California for 8.4MW of solar energy.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited expressions of interest (EOI) for energy storage demonstration projects to integrate renewables, recognising that the technology “has the potential to become highly attractive for both grid-connected and off-grid renewable energy applications”.
Indian private sector bank Yes Bank has raised INR3.19 billion (US$49.4 million) from the issue of Green Infrastructure Bonds to International Finance Corporation (IFC) Washington to fund renewable energy projects including solar and wind power.
After a slow start to its year of recovery and return to profitability, international PV integrator Phoenix Solar reported second quarter revenue 300% above the prior-year period, driven by its EPC business in the booming US market.
Solar panel developer and manufacturer SunPower plans to spend around US$1.5 billion on 1GW of solar projects in Chile over five years, the company has confirmed.
London-based asset management group Foresight Solar Fund has said the UK “remains an attractive market” despite recent policy changes and confirmed it will pursue a 300MW pipeline in the second half of this year.
