One of the major trends in the last few years in the pv industry has been a steady move downstream. A number of the world's largest PV module makers followed the lead of Canadian Solar and First Solar and got into PV project development. The next step was to actually own the projects being built. This time SunEdison led the solar industry, by holding more and more projects, which it put into a "yieldco" vehicle. This model has spread rapidly, with more and more developers and module makers forming yieldcos and/or holding more assets. Today global PV developer Conergy announced that it too will begin owning the PV projects which it has built and selling the electricity that they generate. This will start with five utility-scale PV projects in North Carolina which total 28 MW. Conergy completed these projects earlier this month, and will sell ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...