Solar

Azure’s 100-MW solar plant inaugurated in Rajasthan

A 100-megawatt solar power plant developed by Azure Power was officially inaugurated at Nandia Kalan village in Rajasthan on Saturday. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated...

Kochi releases master plan for MNRE’s solar city project

Kochi, one of the 60 cities Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has selected for implementation of its solar city initiative, has submitted...

Dutch SolaRoad leads the way in clean power generation

A bike path in Krommenie, a town near Amsterdam in The Netherlands is raising hopes for an innovative approach to solar power generation and...

First Solar–SunPower yieldco 8point3 opens IPO

Clean energy companies First Solar and SunPower have announced launch of an initial public offering (IPO) of their partnership yieldco 8point3 Energy Partners. The limited partnership...

OCI Solar begins construction of 110-MW Alamo 6 project in Texas

US company OCI Solar Power has initiated construction of a 110-MW solar plant in Texas, which is part of the larger, 400-MW Alamo complex. Named...

Swiss CIGS module maker Flisom receives $10.7 mn funds from Tata, investors

Swiss solar energy startup Flisom has received $10.7 million from a group of investors, including Tata Industries, in the fourth round of funding. The company...

RET Capital to acquire Ontario solar farm with $54 mn loan

San Francisco based clean energy financing provider Renewable Energy Trust (RET) Capital is borrowing $54 million to help fund its acquisition of  a 14.1-megawatt...

Japan conceding clean energy growth pace to domestic factors

Japan, which had been powering ahead in terms of renewable energy capacity addition since the earthquake and tsunami in 2012, is apparently losing steam...