Chinese module giant JinkoSolar today announced that it hit record power output levels for modules based on p-type and n-type technology. Both records are confirmed by TÜV Rheinland in Shanghai.

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Indian energy company Azure Power recently announced that it has connected a 50 MW PV project in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. The company states that the completion of this project brings its portfolio of operational solar assets past the 1 GW mark.

Kyocera has announced the completion of a 29.2 MW solar project in Tottori Prefecture, to the southwest of Japans largest island. The project utilizes modules produced by Kyocera, and is built on a former golf course.

A new report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers outlines the potential for power to gas as a technology to support the addition of renewable energy capacity to the grid, and as a storage alternative with advantages over much talked about lithium-ion technology.

Chinese module manufacturing heavyweight JinkoSolar has announced the achievement of a new world record efficiency for a p-type monocrystalline silicon cell, at 23.95%. The record has been confirmed in testing by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and investment partners will provide a $30.7 million syndicated loan to finance a 30 MW power plant, which EBRD says will be the first large-scale solar installation built in Mongolia.

Chinese integrated energy company Sunpower Group Ltd today announced the securing of equipment supply contracts worth CNY 80 million (US$12.5 million) with Xinjiang Xinte Energy, a subsidiary of TBEA Co Ltd.

Researchers working on inorganic perovskites at the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan have found that doping with manganese can significantly improve the performance of wholly inorganic perovskite solar cells.

U.S. technology company, Alta Devices has launched a new gallium-arsenide based solar cell, which it says improves on the power to weight ratio of its previous cell by 160%. The cell is designed to provide lightweight, high efficiency generation for integration with cars, drones and other vehicles.