Monday’s announcement that China is to introduce a national photovoltaic feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme was received well by many in the industry. However, analyst opinion is that the Chinese tier-one manufacturers stand to gain the most.

The suspension of the feed-in tariff in yet another state of Australia has been met with anger and dismay by much of the solar community in the country.

To qualify for 10 percent higher feed-in tariff (FIT) rates in Italy, Conergy will now badge its modules with “Made in EU” and TüV logos.

K Road Power has announced that it will partner with Barclays Natural Resource Investments (BNRI) on the development of its utility scale solar power portfolio. K Road is currently developing 11 plants worth nearly 2.3 gigawatts (GW).

Gesolar, Sanity International Group is scheduled to complete a ten megawatt (MW) rooftop installation in Jiangsu, China by the end of 2011. This will make it the largest rooftop photovoltaic installation in China.

Suntech’s partnership with Calisolar in Ontario has resulted in two of the company’s panels qualifying for the Canadian state’s generous feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme.

As the August 1st cutoff for Britain’s original feed-in tariff (FIT) rates looms, two five megawatt (MW) power plants have been completed in England’s “sunny” south west.

Blue Chip Energy GmbH has decided to file for insolvency proceedings. Solon currently still holds 18.28% of shares in the solar cell production company.

Solar Frontier today announced that its SF130-150 series CIS (copper, indium, selenium) thin-film modules have received MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) certification through BRE Global.

Today Centrosolar Canada’s customer and value-added integrator EnviroEn-Inc. announces the launch of a 135kW rooftop FIT solar project now being installed at Dubwear headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario. Dubwear is a custom clothing provider to over 300 Canadian and US universities, travel operators, camps and corporations.