SunFunder, the US solar financing company dedicated to funding off-grid solar projects in developing countries, announced Wednesday that it had completed its Series A equity round of funding, raising $2.5 million. The announcement came following investments from Schneider Electric, Better Ventures, and a private family foundation based in Palo Alto. This latest announcement … [continued]
While Germany, Italy, and even Spain (for some time) have nurtured their solar markets, France has fallen a little behind in the solar race. Compared to 37.5 GW of solar capacity installed in Germany, France only has 5 GW to date. Currently, solar meets less than 1% of electricity demand in France (which, … [continued]
Mexico energy reform has led many analysts to think fossil fuels will benefit the most – but here are three reasons solar energy will outshine all others.
A partnership between three energy companies will develop 250 MW of distributed solar power in Mexico as part of the country’s push towards renewables.
By Anders Hove. It started with a mystery: what happened to the huge amount of distributed solar China was supposed to deploy in 2014? We were a well-selected bunch of curious cleantech investigators: Alan Beebe and three of his colleagues from EY’s cleantech practice, a solar finance expert from a … [continued]
Originally Published in the ECOreport Last week, Schneider Electric’s MicroGrid Lab opened in Burnaby BC. It is one of the world’s largest grid support and solar inverter test labs. The MicroGrid was built to support the design and testing of Schneider Electric’s revolutionary SE1 1500V platform. This lab can test inverters of … [continued]
Renew Economy By Matthew Wright We know solar works, we know it is a billion dollar industry, but how is it going to evolve in the future? To answer this question we only have to look at the activity around batteries and the talk of grid independence, which is pervading … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. Analysts at French-based energy components company Schneider Electric have concluded that extending or expanding Australia’s renewable energy target would lead to lower electricity prices, lower carbon emissions and increased competition. Reducing, or removing the renewable energy target – as many incumbent generators, industry lobby groups, … [continued]
A 5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project owned by Astonfield Renewables has become the first solar power project in India to receive an A class credit rating. The project has been given A- credit rating by Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL), a division of the McGraw Hill Corporation and whose … [continued]
The tipping point between electric vehicles and gasoline power is still far away in the distance, but the changeover has been accelerating with lightning speed over the past couple of years. The raw sales figures only tell a small part of the tale. What really matters is the way that … [continued]
