SolarCity raises $305million to fund projects
SolarCity has raised $305million to to fund its projects.
SolarCity has raised $305million to to fund its projects.
U.S. solar installations surged 43 percent in the second quarter largely because of a wave of utility-scale projects going into service to take advantage of a tax credit that was due to expire.
Researchers have created an interactive tool which can estimate the amount of energy which could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location.
Sungrow has revealed its latest technology after unveiling the world's first 1500V string inverter.
Silicor Materials Inc. expects to complete financing in the next two months for a $1 billion plant it says will produce solar-grade silicon for at least 40 percent less than existing facilities.
It’s like rooftop solar, without the rooftops.
The number of jobs in the solar industry has fallen by a third in the last year as installation rates plummeted, analysis suggests.
India has invited its first-ever bids for solar energy projects that include storage as a requirement as part of a trial program aimed at making the renewable resource a more reliable source of power.
An experimental solar-powered plane has left Spain for Egypt on the penultimate leg of its globe-circling voyage.
The cost of renewables technology is set to keep falling into the next decade, boosting the economic case for clean energy, according to an industry group.
Scottish homes with solar panels would have received enough energy from the sun to meet their entire electricity consumption last month, according to environmentalists.
Investec Bank said has arranged a long term financing of a portfolio of four UK projects totalling 40MW owned by Canadian Solar.
India's renewable power producer Mytrah Energy exceeded its expected target for wind power generation in the 2016 season.
Leni Gas Cuba has struck a deal with UK solar power and storage specialists CFS (Commercial Funded Solar) to assess the potential for installation and operating renewable energy and hybrid power solutions in Cuba.
Solar Kingdom has completed its largest ever roof integrated system.
A South African solar power plant has set a new African record for the continuous, round the clock supply of electricity.
Solar energy company SunEdison said it hopes to secure financing by pledging assets ahead of expected bankruptcy proceedings.
Vivint Solar was supposed to be part of SunEdison by now. Instead, the residential solar installer is seeking to accelerate construction and financing efforts that flagged during the failed $1.9billion takeover bid.
Mytrah Energy has secured a new $175million loan facility that will help push its generation capacity to more than 1,000MW within 12 months.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has bought five solar plants for £98million.
Renewable energy developers won contracts to produce 1,720 megawatts of power in Mexico during the country’s first-ever private auction, after the government ended a decades-long state electricity monopoly in 2013.
Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix to 36% by 2030 could save the world economy up to $4.2trillion a year, according to new research by the international Renewable Energy agency (IRENA).
South Africa and Saudi Arabian ACWA Power IPO-ACWA has launched a $328million solar power plant in the Northern Cape province as it looks to expand its power supply while reducing reliance on coal.
The Japanese solar market has grown significantly in the past few years as it races to meet the government’s goal of achieving 53 GW of solar PV capacity by 2030.
Electricity generating facilities expect to add more than 26 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale generating capacity to the US power grid during 2016, according the country's Energy Information Administration.