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  • Commercial and industrial rooftop 'to be fastest growing UK solar market'

    05 September 2014

    Commercial and industrial rooftops have the potential to become the fastest growing segment of the UK solar market over the remainder of the decade, a listed investment fund believes.

  • Ascent sells $8m shares to existing investors

    03 September 2014

    Ascent Solar Technologies has agreed to sell $8 million shares to two existing shareholders.

  • Investing in commercial solar rooftops in the US

    29 August 2014

    After raising $130 million to refinance its first fund, True Green Capital's Panos Ninios explains why he is so bullish about commercial rooftop solar in the US. Peter Cripps reports

  • Trina Solar remains bullish about UK solar market

    27 August 2014

    Trina Solar still believes the UK is a "good target country" for investment, despite changes to solar regulation in the country which have put some investors off.

  • Hareon Solar expands in China, India and Turkey

    27 August 2014

    Hareon Solar Technology, one of the largest solar energy companies in China, has signed a series of deals to develop photovoltaic (PV) power plants in China, India and Turkey.

  • Scatec Solar plans Oslo IPO

    26 August 2014

    Norwegian project developer and operator Scatec Solar is planning an IPO to help drive its expansion plans.

  • Canadian Solar sells $60m solar plant to BluEarth

    21 August 2014

    Canadian Solar has sold another solar plant to independent renewable power producer BluEarth Renewables in a deal worth C$66.0 million ($60.3 million).

  • Foresight Solar eyes further share sales

    20 August 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund, the UK's largest listed solar energy fund, said it expects to raise further equity capital after assets funded by its existing £100 million ($166 million) debt facility become operational.

  • Australia's flagship PV project loses A$110m funding support

    19 August 2014

    Conditional funding of A$75 million ($70 million) for a pioneering concentrated photovoltaic (PV) power plant has been withdrawn by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena).

  • People moves

    14 August 2014

    The latest people moves in the industry, including new recruits for SolarCity, Impax and Mirova