Thai firm B.Grimm Power Plc, through subsidiary B.Grimm Renewable Power 2 Limited, has purchased an 80% stake in a 257MW solar project in Vietnam from Truong Thanh Viet Nam Group (TTVN).

The country's total solar deployment is now just short of 24GW.

Oxfordshire-based multicrystalline wafer manufacturer PV Crystalox has settled its long-running, multi-million-euro contract dispute with a still unnamed customer.

The Middle East and Africa is set to enjoy a year-on-year PV demand increase of 170%, according to GTM Research.

Trina Solar (Vietnam) Science & Technology, part of China-based Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) member Trina Solar, has secured a US$30 million credit facility with one of Vietnam's four largest commercial banks, VietinBank.

Vast potential in India for solar-powered irrigation says think-tank, SECI extends deadline for 5GW manufacturing tender, NTPC tenders for 900kW rooftop solar project at Assam thermal plant.

BIM Group and AC Energy, the energy arm of Ayala Corporation, have signed EPC and financing documents that will increase a 30MW solar farm in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam, to 280MW in capacity.

Clean-energy incentive company Swytch has announced a partnership with Chuncheon, the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea, to spur economic growth and sustainability efforts while cutting down carbon emissions within the city.

Ameresco has completed a 2.5MW PV project for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at the El Paso Intelligence Center in El Paso, Texas. The installation stands as the first solar installation developed at a DEA site.

Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger reported first half year financial results, highlighting strong sales and a return to profitability but weak order intake, due to Chinese government solar policy changes and market uncertainties influenced by USA-China trade conflict.

Recent moves in California to develop large-scale energy storage with four hours’ storage duration are just the beginning of a move towards using batteries as a capacity resource, the president of flow battery company CellCube has said.

Up to 500MW of solar is likely to be able to compete in Ireland’s first auction to bring forward new renewable electricity projects when it takes place in 2019, according to Solar Media market research analyst Lauren Cook.