Solar Markets & Finance News

RGS Energy (Real Goods Solar Inc.), a prospective competitor to Tesla's solar tile roof system has just recently caught Chapter 7 bankruptcy, having stopped working to raise further capital on long-standing operating losses.

The United States Department of Energy (DoE) revealed on Wednesday a US$ 125.5 million bundle for a variety of innovative solar R&D initiatives.

Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in Japan for solar PV systems have actually now been provisionally set by the national Ministry of Energy Trade and Industry (METI) for the next financial year, which starts in April.

In a quote to extend its long term partnership to renewables portfolio, Adani Group on Thursday got in into binding contract to sell its half of the stake in solar energy possessions for about USD 510 million to Total Gas & & Power Service Solutions SAS (Overall).

Sunnova is releasing a new item that bundles financing for roof replacements with its solar or solar + storage system under a single finance agreement.

The airports of Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget will be supplied with solar energy by French solar company Urbasolar and energy supplier GazelEnergie. The PV plants connected to the agreement are now in development and will begin providing power in 2021.

TGC has actually closed on $42.8 million in financial obligation financing and $41.1 million in tax equity financing for a 70 MW community solar portfolio located in New york city State.

Canadian Solar has actually signed a multi-year module supply arrangement with Lightsource BP to provide 1.2 GW of high effectiveness polycrystalline solar modules

The Swiss-headquartered technology corporation is reorganizing, stimulating the figures. That effect was magnified by acquisitions and sell-offs in 2015 with ABB announcing in July it would hand over its inverter service to Italian company Fimer.

Soltage and Basalt managed funds have revealed their entrance into the Oregon power market with a 40 megawatt (MW) solar portfolio.

Tokyo-headquartered developer Japan Renewable Energy Corporation(JRE )has partnered with a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing(SMFL )for three solar PV jobs with a combined overall of 200MW capability that are under construction in Japan'' s Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures.

Spain is poised to host yet another major subsidy-free solar setup, an additional indication that foreign gamers wish to sidestep power purchase contracts (PPAs) completely.

The project will operate at a profit in part thanks to an emissions plan introduced by the province of Alberta on January 1. The plant will have the ability to sell its carbon certificates.

The coronavirus outbreak in China could raise solar module costs in the near term as manufacturers have actually already begun experiencing wafer and solar glass shortages. Production rates are likewise being affected by an extended brand-new year holiday introduced by the authorities as a step to deal with the infection, and the requirement employees from infected areas quarantine themselves for two weeks.

The South African utility is seeking deals for the supply of 1,383 320 W polycrystalline modules and installing structures, to be used for the construction of 4 off-grid PV projects at its proving ground.