• USA
    13.01.2017

    GameChange Solar 6MW System Powers up Caribbean Island

    GameChange Solar announced that a 6MW Pour-in-Place™ Ballasted Ground System is about to ship to the Caribbean. This system, which will support approximately 20,000 solar modules, is going to become a significant part of the island's energy infrastructure. It will replace a large amount of expensive imported oil and help to significantly decrease the island's cost of energy and associated pollution.
  • Deutschland
    13.01.2017

    SolarWorld AG Invests in German Wafer Production

    SolarWorld AG will invest a double digit million Euro amount to increase its manufacturing quality of solar wafers. At its German site in Freiberg, SolarWorld is operating solar wafer plant, which will soon be equipped with diamond wire saws by Meyer Burger. Diamond wire saws increase the output and production speed. At the same time, costs are decreased and resources saved by reducing material losses. The result: solar wafers which SolarWorld will use for the production of solar cells at its site in Arnstadt, Thuringia.
  • Deutschland
    13.01.2017

    BayWa r.e. Acquires British O&M Service Provider

    BayWa r.e. has acquired the stand-alone operations & maintenance (O&M) service business that was previously part of the Green Hedge group of companies.
  • 12.01.2017

    Solar Trade Volume from Arabic Speaking Countries Doubles

    Thanks to economies of scale and technological advances, the cost of solar panels has been constantly dropping. Previously solar technology was only attractive in markets that were subsidised by government support – but thanks to the prices falling so far, now in certain very sunny countries the technology has become attractive even without government subsidies.
  • Schweiz
    12.01.2017

    Meyer Burger Awarded Orders for MB PERC Cell Technology from Asian Customers

    Two existing PV customers located in Asia have awarded Meyer Burger contracts with a combined value of about CHF 20 million for the delivery and installation of the MAiA 2.1 technology platform with the upgrade cell technology MB PERC.
  • USA Indien
    12.01.2017

    NEXTracker Partners with CleanMax Solar to Deliver Solar Power in India

    NEXTracker™ announced today it has partnered with CleanMax Solar to supply 30MW of its NX Horizon single-axis trackers to a project in Tamil Nadu. The grid-connected project will deliver energy to a major IT consumer in Chennai, under a long-term contract with CleanMax Solar. Set up under the Group Captive Scheme, 100% of the electricity generated will be consumed in Tamil Nadu. The system is expected to be operational by the end of Q1 2017.
  • China
    11.01.2017

    Sungrow Wins a Contract Supplying 200MW PV Inverters in Japan

    Sungrow has recently signed an agreement with Blue Capital Management Co., Ltd for the supply of 200MW of central inverters in Japan.
  • USA
    11.01.2017

    Duke Energy Renewables Acquires 3 California Solar Projects from SunPower

    Duke Energy Renewables announced today it has acquired three solar power projects from SunPower Corp. totaling 55MW.
  • China
    10.01.2017

    GCL-SI to Invest in Vietnam for 600MW Solar Cell Production

    GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced its investment in Vina Cell Technology Co., Ltd., in trade for up to 600MW production capacity.
  • China
    09.01.2017

    ReneSola Awarded 13MW of Solar Projects in Poland

    ReneSola Ltd today announced that it won 13 solar utility projects in southern Poland, each with a capacity of 1MW.