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Greece: More details emerge for 10 GW Project Helios
During a conference held in Brussels last week, George Papaconstantinou, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of the Hellenic Republic, unveiled Greece’s plans for the massive 10 gigawatt (GW) photovoltaic project.
SMA opens Japanese sales subsidiary
SMA Solar Technology AG has officially opened its new photovoltaic sales and service subsidiary in Japan’s Tokyo. While the small system market will be focused on initially, the German manufacturer will offer inverters to larger...
BP Solar no more
Solar-industry pioneer BP-Solar has halted all of its solar operations, while continuing to pursue other renewable-energy technologies such as wind and biofuels. The decision to abandon its solar efforts was made in December...
4 of top 5 PV module manufacturers are China-based
According to IMS Research’s latest quarterly report, four of the top five photovoltaic module manufacturers are based in China, thus underlining the country’s increasing dominance on the global solar scene.
China: Rethinking PV on a global scale
China's first major solar tradeshow of the year, CIPV Expo 2012 in Beijing, ended this past weekend with continued optimism over the further development of China's solar industry, despite Germany’s support cutbacks, announced...
Singulus plans to finance larger solar projects
Over the weekend, German company Singulus Technologies announced that it will issue a corporate bond with a volume of up to €60 million. The proceeds of the bond issue will finance larger solar projects.
Australia: BP Solar withdraws from 150 MW project
Details have emerged today that BP Solar will withdraw from the consortium that was successful in bidding to install the Moree Solar Farm, under a Government solar program. The photovoltaic power project is partly...