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Sunways: "Business operations back to normal"
LDK subsidiary Sunways aims to prevent insolvency proceedings, as the company announced today (Wednesday) that business operations are back to normal.
UK: DECC takes FIT appeal to Supreme Court
Following the High Court ruling at the end of January, which saw the U.K. Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC’S) judicial appeal regarding feed-in tariff (FIT) changes thrown out, the department has officially...
Poor PV demand and declining European share set to continue into 2012
Analysts at Jefferies have painted a poor picture for photovoltaic demand during the first quarter (Q1) of 2012, and "very real … demand concerns" for the whole year. Overall, they expect European and global demand to fall by 42...
SEIA pursues changes to interconnection standards
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) last week submitted a petition to have the standards for connecting smaller photovoltaic arrays to the grid changed. SEIA has sought to alter specifications that require...
Japan: 10 MW thin film power plant activated
Solar Frontier president, Shigeaki Kameda, attended a ceremony last month to activate the 10 megawatt (MW) Mt. Komekura Solar Plant, in the Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan.
Germany: New PV leasing startup aims to "make solar simple"
Following in the footsteps of companies like California-based SunRun and Solar City, a new start-up company, DZ-4, is looking to bring decentralized solar power to Germany’s masses. In the following interview, founder Tobias...
Weak solar demand fails to impact Applied Materials Q1 results
Equipment manufacturer Applied Materials has posted strong first quarter (Q1) 2012 results, including a non-GAAP operating income of US$240 million, from net sales of $2.19 billion. Sales were down $50 million year-on-year, but...
Uzbekistan inaugurates new solar energy institute
In its bid to become an "international knowledge hub and solar technology exporter", Uzbekistan has unveiled its new International Solar Energy Institute (ISEI).
$2.27 billion requested for US renewable energy industry
Having released his Fiscal Year 2013 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) budget request to Congress, President Barack Obama has requested US$2.27 billion be set aside from a total of $27.2 billion for the DOE's Office of Energy...
Hybrid solar cells with potential to push through efficiency barrier
New research from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. is developing a method by which more of sun’s spectrum can be harnessed by a photovoltaic cell. In theory, the hybrid semiconductor method could push through the...
S.A.G Solarstrom not to issue 2012 sales forecast
In light of increased financing costs and major European photovoltaic markets facing an uncertain immediate future, S.A.G. Solarstrom AG has today reported that earnings are down for 2011.
Italy: Retroactive PV proposal likely thrown out
It appears likely that the Italian government will remove the retroactive action from its Decreto Monti. While the decision means that incentives shall still be halted for photovoltaic systems larger than one megawatt (MW) on...
Germany: More FIT proposals on the table
The Germany solar incentive debate continues. While it was announced last week that there are plans to introduce a feed-in tariff (FIT) cap on photovoltaic modules, yet another proposal has suggested that only 80 percent of...
Germany plans PV FIT cap for modules
Ever clearer signals are emerging that Germany’s Federal Government is planning a new type of cap for solar subsidies. According to the latest plans, only a yearly electricity yield of between 800 and 900 kilowatt (kW) hours per...
UK STA says next PV cuts will be "destructive"
As was announced yesterday, the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has proposed yet more changes to the country’s photovoltaic feed-in tariffs (FITs). While the move has been described as a "huge step forward",...
PV manufacturing equipment market outlook not so bleak
New research has revealed that while forecasts for the photovoltaic manufacturing equipment industry are depressing, there is a 20 gigawatt (GW) opportunity to replace aging equipment over the next four years.
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