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Wholesaler of solar energy systems Donauer Solartechnik has filed for insolvency in the district court of Weilheim in Oberbayern on Monday. The attitude of the municipality Gilching, where the company is located, has been cited as a reason for this decision.

The Chicago-based company is planning to develop a mega project, in 30 MW sections, in the city of Taubaté. The huge project will cost an estimated $900 million.

Module prices are stagnating, some are even rising again. This is not a temporary phenomenon as Pierre Verlinden, Chief Scientist at Trina Solar explained at the EU PVSEC. It could continue well into 2017.

The draft guidelines for India’s state JNNSM have been released. The guidelines include a 50% domestic content requirement despite the ongoing trade complaint with the U.S., Australia and Japan.

Three of the state’s largest utilities claim that customers with battery storage systems installed alongside their rooftop PV can give no guarantee that the energy they feed back to the grid is clean.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s contingency plans, all but those activities related to protecting life and property have stalled. Contract commitments will be honored – until the money runs out.

The Pakistani state of Punjab has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with British company Pan Africa under which a 100 MW solar power project will be developed in Bahawalpur in eastern Punjab.

INRG Solar has won approval for a 17 MW solar PV park on the site of a disused World War II airbase in Turweston, Buckinghamshire, in southern England.

The deal with Energia Provincial Sociedad del Estado (EPSE) for the 70 MW facility – which will produce monocrystalline silicon ingots through to module production – is worth an estimated EUR 100 million.

The 200 MW plant is being offered on a build-own-operate (BOO) scheme, with 23 Egyptian and international companies expected to lodge bids in the tender.