Trony Solar’s Hong Kong listing to be cancelled
The troubled Chinese thin-film PV manufacturer has revealed that the Hong Kong market regulator will soon launch procedures to cancel its listing on the city’s stock exchange.
Buzz Lightyear: first solar-powered family car hits the market
The Lightyear One, developed by Dutch startup Lightyear, is now available for general sale at a retail price of €119,000. Company hopes to secure 200 orders by end of year.
Solartech to ramp up PERC cell production
Solartech Energy has revealed plans to expand output of passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) solar cells by installing two new production lines from August, from four at present.
China’s East Hope Group signs $300m MoU with Adani to build Indian manufacturing unit
The two industrial giants will develop a large fab at a port in the Mundra economic zone in Gujarat, which will manufacture solar power generation equipment as well as other goods.
Neo Solar Power inaugurates 200 MWp Taiwan solar module fab
The Taiwanese solar cell specialist has opened the country’s first automated high-efficiency module production facility at Hsinchu. NSP will produce its new Glory BiFi module at the site.
China’s Sinomach Group plans solar module factory in Moldova
The Chinese industrial conglomerate intends to take advantage of the fiscal incentives offered by the local government for industrial projects.
Open letter: European PV industry needs urgent measures
The PV research and upstream organizations ETIP, EUREC and Solarunited have submitted seven requests to all EU policy makers. According to the three entities, the entire PV supply chain must be preserved in Europe in order to give a future to the market and the R&D sector. The reason for the letter was the insolvency of Solarworld, which has spread fears that Europe could completely lose contact with the global market.
Heraeus signs silver paste development partnership with China’s Solar Space
The German metallization and silver paste specialist will collaborate with Solar Space on the creation of regular new dual printing and other techniques in the pursuit of optimized metallization paste performance.
China’s BYD to open PV R&D facility in Brazil
The facility at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas to become BYD’s first overseas R&D facility for PV, and will be set up with initial $1.5m in funding. Subsequent financial support will be based as a percentage of firm’s domestic net sales.
Bluecell halts solar cell production in Germany
Three years after acquiring the cell production business of insolvent Sunways, Bluecell has also given up. The 100 MW production equipment at the company’s facility in Arnstadt will be sold by the end of 2017.
