Solutronic insolvency evidence of overcrowded German inverter market, say IHS
Intense price pressure and a rapid decrease in solar inverter shipments has pushed domestic suppliers to the brink, according to analysts.
Inaugural solar co-op project comes online in Toronto, Canada
The city’s first community-based solar project created in collaboration with SolarShare and Bullfrog Power has begun generation renewable solar energy.
Canadian Solar commences construction on Canada's largest PV project
The 100 MW Grand Renewable Solar Project in Ontario is being developed by Samsung Renewable Energy and is expected to be operational by 2015.
Batch I guidelines for Phase II of India's National Solar Mission approved
A draft proposal to introduce a change to the payment of the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) assistance announced earlier this month has now been approved.
New 7 million solar energy research center launched in Wales
Swansea University, with the financial backing of the Welsh government, has launched the Ser Solar Initiative at Baglan Energy Park, which will be chaired by Professor James Durrant.
Walmart and Costco top commercial solar users in US, SEIA study finds
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in the U.S. publishes its latest Solar Means Business report, finding that the country’s two largest retailers are committed to solar power.
Gehrlicher Solar's search for investors continues
The US subsidiary of the photovoltaic company Gerhrlicher Solar has already been sold. But the German company is now in insolvency proceedings. Operation and maintenance businesses will initially still carry on though.
Germany: EEG levy increases in 2014
The EEG levy will rise to 6.24 Euro cents per kWh in 2014. This is an increase of almost 20%. The transmission system operators, or TSOs, bank on a levy contribution of 23.6 billion next year with this.
More Italian headaches for Suntech
The former Chinese giant has revealed the seizure of more solar parks developed with the backing of the tarnished Global Solar Fund investment vehicle. Administrators have been appointed to 27 seized assets.
Turkey: small-scale solar rules released
By doubling the size of projects for which FITs are available, the Turkish government has finally fired the starting gun on solar. ‘We have been waiting five years for this.’ says Enerparc’s Ertug Babatas.
