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  • Shell gets into U.S. solar industry with latest acquisition

    If you can’t beat ’em, acquire ’em. Shell is expanding its reach into renewable energy, signing an agreement to acquire a 43.83 percent interest in U.S. solar company Silicon Ranch Corp. from funds managed and/or advised by Partners Group. Consideration for the shares is between $193 and $217 million contingent on SiliconRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NEXTracker working on a giant 325 MW solar tracker project in Egypt

    Global solar EPC company Sterling and Wilson selected NEXTracker to supply 325 megawatts (5 blocks of 65 MW each) of its smart solar trackers to its massive project within the Benban solar park in Aswan, Egypt. The Benban solar park occupies 37-square-kilometers and, when completed in 2019, will host aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Mercom: Strong Q4 pushes overall solar funding higher in 2017

    The year-end solar installation reports for the U.S. were a bit of a downer, but private funding in solar across the globe is up year over year, according to Mercom Capital Group’s 2017 Q4 and annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector. Total globalRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Mercom: Strong Q4 pushes overall solar funding higher in 2017

    The year-end solar installation reports for the U.S. were a bit of a downer, but private funding in solar across the globe is up year over year, according to Mercom Capital Group’s 2017 Q4 and annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector. Total globalRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Massachusetts DPU approves demand charge on residential solar customers, Vote Solar challenges

    Nonprofit Vote Solar is challenging the controversial decision of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) to raise rates and create uncertainty for future solar customers in the Eversource utility territory. The Jan. 5 order by the DPU will force residential solar customers to pay additional charges that could rangeRead More — Solar Builder magazine