The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Germany wants to delay by several months planned cuts to that country’s feed-in tariff, reports Reuters. Previously announced cuts to the tariffs led industry analysts to revise down demand estimates for solar equipment, denting solar stock prices. Following news of the proposed delay, Jefferies analyst Paul Clegg upgraded some solar stocks, according to Barron’s Eric Savitz. About half the world’s solar electricity is generated in Germany.

Billionaire Ted Turner will team up with Southern Company, an Atlanta-based electricity provider, to develop solar energy projects in the American southwest, according to Green Tech Media. Turner — who in 2007 sold Turner Renewable Energy to thin-film maker First Solar for $34 million — is the largest individual landholder in America. Some of the projects may be sited on his land.

Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM) on Monday complied with a Public Regulation Commission deadline by submitting its renewable energy procurement plan and related documents, reports Business Week. Last year, PNM was rebuked by homeowners, solar energy advocates, and others, for resisting the connection of non-PNM-owned renewable energy projects to the grid. The utility’s new plan could lead to nearly 80 megawatts in new solar energy projects, the equivalent amount needed to power 26,000 homes.

Did someone say micro-inverters? Enphase announces a new 123-kW solar installation at the Truckee Sanitary District in California.

A $4 million federal grant will enable The Solar Energy Consortium, a New York-based nonprofit, to install a solar farm at Stewart Air National Guard Base, relays MidHudsonNews. The solar installation will be the largest in the Hudson Valley to date.

Finally, “solar suitcases”– mini solar generators — are at work in Haiti, powering small pieces of operating room equipment, blood bank refrigerators, communications devices and laptops. Related, see this post on mobile solar power solutions from GetSolar’s Margaret Collins.