India poised to introduce dollar bidding for solar contracts in July
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to attract further foreign investment by inviting bids for India’s first dollar-linked solar power contracts next month.
Pilot production begins on Daqo's $150 million ramped up polysilicon capacity
Pilot production has begun on Daqo New Energy’s newly added 6,000 MT polysilicon capacity in China. The aim is to increase this to 12,150 MT. The company has said it will achieve polysilicon production costs of US$12/kg “in the near future.”
SunEdison inaugurates 50 MW PV plant in India
SunEdison has inaugurated its 50 MW Dammakhedi solar PV plant in Madhya Pradesh, India. The project was completed two months ahead of schedule.
Advanced Energy confirms exit of solar inverter business
The U.S. precision power conversion company has taken the decision to shutter its solar inverter business after grappling with poor sales in the sector for the past few quarters.
Yingli announces project bonds for Chinese public; will create online financing portfolio
In an interesting move, Yingli Green Energy has announced the issuance of project bonds to the Chinese public. The China-based solar manufacturer intends to widen its portfolio of new online financing products going forward.
Solar plane makes second attempt at longest leg of journey
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has passed the point of no return after taking off from Japan on Sunday, journey expected to take five days and five nights should all go to plan.
NEXTracker signs 1 GW supply agreement with Blattner Energy
The Californian tracker specialists will supply its single axis trackers to Blattner Energy, a diversified power generation contractor.
CEO interview: Innovations in solar technology; PERC the new PV benchmark
Goetz Fischbeck, CEO of Smart Solar Consulting, casts his eye across the solar PV cell and module technologies featured in pv magazine’s 50 Array Changing Technologies free download, available now. In addition to the importance of cell-level innovations, he discusses production equipment upgrade investments and how PERC is set to become the new benchmark solar technology.
Powervault raises $1.1m in crowdfunding for its storage platform
The U.K.-based tech startup hopes to take on Tesla in the British home storage market, and has raised 700,000 pounds on investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.
Egypt unveils 50 MW PV project and 50 MW module fab
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb inaugurates 50 MW solar panel production facility at weekend, Italy’s Building Energy signs MoU for 50 MW solar projects in north of country.
