A new survey shows that Australians continue to support renewable energy and the mandatory Renewable Energy Target (RET). On the back of the news, two NGO have launched a campaign to pressure the government to maintain the RET – the mechanism under which the country’s deployment of solar largely depends.

Solar crowdfunder Mosaic is encouraging Americans to nominate community buildings on which they would like to see solar installed, on its #PutSolarOnIt national day of action today.

Sunverge Energy has picked up a AUD$3.8 million grant to develop its lithium battery and energy management software system. The grant comes from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Michael Liebreich, the founder and Advisory Board Chair at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) may run to be the next mayor of London. Bookmakers have Liebreich ahead more established politicians.

Global equipment supply industry association SEMI has published its Q1 2014 PV equipment market statistics, showing that the book-to-bill ratio broke above parity.

Solar crowdfunding pioneer Mosaic has introduced a solar loan product, for up to 20 years, for U.S. residential PV customers. Mosaic believes the product will meet growing demand not met by solar lease providers.

American CIGS manufacturer Stion Corporation has announced plans to ramp its production ahead of expected tariffs on Chinese solar modules imported into the U.S.

U.S. thin film giant First Solar is targeting operations and maintenance (O&M) business in Europe as it seeks to re-energize its European operations.

The Intersolar Europe trade show continues on Thursday in Munich with some exhibitors reporting reduced traffic on last year. However, a significant level of optimism remains.

The Amsterdam-based team is developing a platform that will offer virtual net metering, allowing investors to compare the production of their share of solar installations against their domestic electricity production.