Manufacturing

The Indian state of Gujarat is set to expand canal-top solar power generation with a new 10-kilometer long photovoltaic project.

The Munich-based project developer may have folded, but its management is looking to transfer the group’s core assets to a Swiss subsidiary with a new focus on emerging markets around the globe.

As it prepares to divide its silicon and module business units, Norwegian group REC is looking to entice wary bondholders with a new offer.

Solar is booming in Ukraine thanks to attractive FIT rates but the country’s tarnished political system is keeping foreign investors out of the country, say industry insiders.

Brazil’s industrial and economic powerhouse, which boasts twice the maximum global solar irradiation of Germany, is looking to install 1 GW of solar capacity by 2020.

Threat of lawsuits fly back and forth as Maltese developer of the OneGiga project claims the land offered by the Serbian government was inappropriate and Belgrade officials say the Maltese company broke an investment agreement.

The European manufacturers’ lobby group welcomes the announcement the anti subsidy investigation into Chinese solar products will continue in a bid to prevent the EC quietly letting the complaint disappear.

Quarterly losses from the Alternative Energy division of the U.S. power company widened to $29 million year on year but solar farms did their bit for NRG’s Yield infrastructure division.

PacWest says the Brazilian government is offering it incentives to set up a CIGS production line in the country.

The Kostanz based solar manufacturer has agreed to settle two long term wafer supply deals with a one-off payment and has rescheduled its bank debts. Sunways now expects to exit insolvency.