• China
    23 Jul 2015

    Canadian Solar Completes Construction and Financing Loan from Manulife

    Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company ("Manulife") has agreed to provide approximately C$52.8 Million (US$40.8 Million) in construction and term financing to Canadian Solar for the Aria solar plant located in Springwater, Ontario, Canada. The Aria project will be acquired by Concord Green Energy Inc. ("Concord") after commercial operation. BowMont Capital and Advisory acted as the Financial Advisor to Concord. Developed by Canadian Solar, the 9MW AC Aria solar power plant is under construction, with grid connection expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • India
    22 Jul 2015

    Welspun Renewables Commissions Maharashtra’s 52MW Solar Project

    Welspun Renewables has commissioned Maharashtra’s first mega solar capacity under the PPP (Public Private Partnership) model. The one of its kind 52MW (DC) power plant can be a good model for realizing Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji’s 100GW solar capacity vision by 2022. The Baramati project will generate enough green energy to power 240,000 households. Estimated 83,220 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions will be mitigated each year.
  • China
    22 Jul 2015

    Yingli to Build a 50MW Solar Power Plant in Shanxi Province, China

    Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli China was selected to develop and construct a 50MW solar power plant in Datong City, Shanxi Province, China.
  • United States
    21 Jul 2015

    SunEdison Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Vivint Solar

    SunEdison, Inc., Vivint Solar and TerraForm Power, Inc. today announced that SunEdison and Vivint Solar have signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which SunEdison will acquire Vivint Solar for approximately $2.2 billion, payable in a combination of cash, shares of SunEdison common stock and SunEdison convertible notes. 
  • China
    21 Jul 2015

    Canadian Solar Completes Three PV Plants Totaling 5.2MW in Japan

    Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that it completed construction and grid connection of three of its solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in Japan, with a total of approximately 5.2MW, including the 2.2MW Tsukuba Stones Solar Power Plant in Kasama City, the 2.0MW Tomigaoka Solar Power Plant in Isa City and the 1.0MW Isa City Solar Power Plant in Isa City.
  • United States
    21 Jul 2015

    Duke Energy Begins Construction on 13MW PV Plant in North Carolina

    Construction has started at Duke Energy's solar facility at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Onslow County, N.C.
  • China
    20 Jul 2015

    Trina Solar Receives UL1500V Certification for its PV Modules

    Trina Solar Limited today announced that its TSM-PE05A and TS-PE14A polycrystalline modules ("the Modules") have received UL1,500V certification from Underwriters Laboratories ("UL").
  • China
    20 Jul 2015

    ReneSola to Supply 20MW of Solar Modules for Projects in Germany

    ReneSola Ltd today announced it has agreed to provide 20MW of solar modules to an EPC company in Europe. The modules will be used in several utility-scale projects in Germany.
  • United States
    20 Jul 2015

    Array Technologies and Swinerton to Execute 1GW Pipeline

    Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) and Swinerton Renewable Energy have entered into a agreement to supply and install more than 1GW of solar tracking projects in the United States. The pipeline involves over a dozen utility-scale projects across varying geographies.
  • China
    17 Jul 2015

    Trina Solar to Supply 51MW Modules to Tea Plantation PV Power Project in Yunnan

    Trina Solar Limited today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply 51MW of its Dual Glass Modules to Yunnan Electric Power Design Institutehe, the EPC provider for the agricultural PV power plant project located in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province in China. The plant will be used to power equipment in tea plantations, and will be the first of its kind within China.