Manufacturing

The Chinese solar giant is increasing its EPC operations in the face of growing solar demand at home. The company is planning to build three 100 MW projects in Hebei Province.

The first phase of the UniSource Energy Service solar park consists of a 4 MW array. When complete, the plant will supply power to some 91,000 residents.

Ontario’s feed-in tariff continues to attract solar projects. Greenhouse operator Vine Fresh Produce’s new 2.3 MW rooftop installation, constructed by Sentinel Solar, employed more than 9,000 high-efficiency JinkoSolar modules.

EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger called for a fundamental reform of Germany’s renewable energy law during a speech in Berlin.

JFE Engineering has begun work on a 21.7 MW plant in Japan’s Hokkaido Prefecture. The project is one of five solar plants being financed by Sparx Group with a combined capacity of 38.1 MW and cost of nearly $150 million.

More and more electricity generated via renewable sources are finding its way directly to the electricity power exchange.

China’s LDK Solar managed to improve revenue and narrow its hefty loss in what its CEO says is an improving market environment. However, the group remains straddled by billions of debt.

After supplying modules to more than 30,000 projects in North and South America, including 28,000 homes, 3,000 institutions and businesses, and 50 utility-scale projects, Yingli Solar has exceeded 1 GW of delivered capacity.

Sales of microinverters will increase by a factor of four in the next four years in view of growing demand in foreign markets, according to a new report by market research firm IHS.

Hong Kong-based PV developer Goldpoly has signed a deal with GD Solar and other companies to purchase new solar power plants in China with an electricity generation capacity of 400 MW.