Soltec Solar, the third largest photovoltaic solar tracker maker in the world, has secured a financing package worth €100 million to continue its global expansion on five continents. The company has recently increased its visibility in the United States with the opening of its Livermore, CA, testing site for bifacial solar panels.
Solar public market funding rose to $1.8 billion across 14 deals compared with $1 billion raised across 23 deals during the same period in 2017. At the same time, large-scale project funding announced during the first three quarters of 2018 crossed $11 billion for the development of 137 projects.
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Investors from other parts of the world are putting money behind Japanese solar projects as the country tries to move beyond the legacy of Fukushima.
Raising the capital to install a 657-kW solar PV system at the Pinnacle Charter School is the first joint project for D-Sun and Mosaic as they look to leverage their respective expertise and resources to scale up their online distributed solar energy financing platforms.
Sixteen organizations spanning the US solar industry, including the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have launched a group effort that should result in opening up large, new pools and lower the cost of capital for the US solar energy industry.
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SMPA customer interest in buying solar PV panels at the Paradox Valley site has been “a bit overwhelming,” according to project developers. Due for completion in October, the 1-MW project should be able to supply clean, renewable electricity for some 200 average homes. […]
Solar energy leasing has fast become a major conduit for institutional investors to participate and spur adoption and growth of solar PV on rooftops of US homes. Clean Power Finance has quickly risen to become a leading player in the field.
China Development Bank is stepping up its international lending to leading Chinese solar power companies even as the industry is being rocked by a glut of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and heightened uncertainty of government support in key markets. LDK and its US subsidiary SPI Solar announced CDB is providing them financing totaling $64 million to carry out solar PV project development in California and New Jersey.
