JP Casey, PV Tech Power Magazine Journalist Profile

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Finding creative solutions to Europe’s solar PV financing challenges

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

“You need to be creative,” Elena Donzelli, PPA transaction manager at Pexapark told PV Tech Premium at this year’s Intersolar Europe event, held in Munich in May. Her comments came not in response to matters such as policy impact or project design, but an aspect of the European solar sector perhaps not often associated with creativity: financial mechanisms.
Suntech faces renewed crisis, initiates pre-restructuring creditor claims

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

On 16 June 2025, the China Enterprise Bankruptcy and Reorganization Case Information Network published a notice regarding creditor claims for the pre-restructuring of the Wuxi Suntech Solar Power Company, together with a ruling from the Xinwu District People’s Court of Wuxi City.
Hybrid solar could sidestep Turkish grid constraints, add 8GW of capacity

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

The addition of solar panels to existing wind and hydroelectric plants in Turkey could help sidestep growing grid capacity issues, and add 8GW of new capacity to the country’s energy mix.
Dimension Energy secures finance for 112MW community solar portfolio

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

US community solar developer Dimension Energy has secured US$360 million in financing to develop a 112MW portfolio of community solar projects across six US states. The construction and term financing arrangement will be used to support the development of 28 projects across Delaware, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and will expand Dimension’s operating portfolio that currently boasts more than 700MW of capacity.
T1 Energy secures tax abatement, selects construction firm for Texas solar cell factory

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has selected a local construction company and secured a tax abatement package to aid the development of its 5GW cell manufacturing factory in Texas. The company, formerly known as Freyr Battery, selected the Milam County site in Austin, Texas, for the G2 Austin cell facility earlier this year.
Shade-resistant and segmented solar modules

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

Shading has traditionally encumbered the rooftop solar sector with its susceptibility to shadows cast from obstacles like chimneys, trees, antennas and other buildings. However, a collaboration between German module manufacturer Aesolar and the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP) could change the rooftop PV industry’s approach to shading with an innovation designed to mitigate its negative effects.
EIB invests €1.6 billion into 2.2GW Spain-France interconnector

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest €1.6 billion (US$1.85 billion) to support the construction of the Bay of Biscay interconnector, which will increase the electrical exchange capacity between France and Spain by 2.2GW. The project will consist of more than 400km of connection infrastructure, including subsea cables and transformer stations in both Spain and France, and will increase the exchange capacity of the two countries’ grids from 2.8GW to 5GW.
World Bank provides US$600 million loan for 540MW of new Indonesian solar and wind capacity

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

The World Bank has approved a loan of around US$600 million to support the development of 540MW of new solar and wind capacity in Indonesia.
Yaskawa America to build US$180 million manufacturing facility in Wisconsin

1 week ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

Yaskawa America has unveiled plans to move its headquarters to the US state of Wisconsin, and invest US$180 million in expanding its operations in the state. The company is the American subsidiary of Japanese manufacturing firm Yaskawa, which produces products for the robotics and solar industries, including solar inverters.
More technologies, more trust: Changing PPA priorities in Europe

2 weeks ago | pv-tech.org | JP Casey

At this year’s Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit, hosted in London in May by PV Tech publisher Solar Media, much was made of the role that the power purchase agreement (PPA) has come to play in the European renewables sector.