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Tokyo-based M. Setek, a unit of OEM manufacturer AU Optronics, has reveaeled that it is to cease production of polysilicon for the solar industry, focusing instead on the production of ingots.

2016 begins with an egalitarian slant as solar markets of all shapes, sizes and regions garner attention, much of it extremely positive.

Just over a week after Nevada’s Public Utilities Commission took the decision to scrap retail-rate net metering, SolarCity has announced 550 jobs will go in the U.S. state. The rooftop solar PV installer has also closed its training center in West Las Vegas.

Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has announced it will be working on a 640 kWh energy storage system in Somerset, the U.K. The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has applauded the news, stating the country is set to see considerable storage growth in 2016. Government policies are currently a barrier, however.

Solar PV electricity generation has surpassed hydro in the UK for the first time in 2015. EnAppSys has revealed the impressive result in a report this week in which it concluded that renewables growth in Britain is causing, “the continued fall in power supply from coal-fired power stations.”

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) have signed an MOU to deploy 500 MW of solar PV projects over a three year period.

Value of solar struck in third German tender is nearly half a euro cent below unit price determined in the second tender round; bidders given 24 months to realize their solar parks.

The Chinese solar developer energizes five additional solar power plants in the U.K. to take its British portfolio to 63.1 MW of PV capacity.

Renewable energy arm of the Enpee Group confirms it has placed an order with a reputed European manufacturer for a 100 MW solar cell line to be shipped in Q2; company intends repeat order in Q3.

With an international agreement in Paris on emissions reductions inspiring ambitious renewable energy goals, an extension of the U.S. Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and record low prices for installed PV, 2015 was a positive year for the global solar industry.