Manufacturing

The Chinese photovoltaic module manufacturer has announced that Anthea Chung will be succeeded in her role as chief financial officer at the company by Min Cao.

U.S.-basedP2 Solar has said it will install a 7.3 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic plant in Bulgaria. When complete., it is expected to achieve a 20 year gross revenue of USD$76.5 million.

Phoenix Solar AG is to build a 4.7 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic park in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Construction has begun on an eight megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar project, located near Palm Springs, California.

Conergy has completed a five megawatt (MW) photovoltaic park in England’s Nottinghamshire. Having received planning consent on May 24, the Hawton project was installed in just six weeks.

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has posted two world solar cell efficiency records in as many months raising the mark on a mass-produced, crystalline silicon solar cell to 19.4 percent.

ReneSola Ltd has revised its second quarter 2011 guidance downwards as a result of falling photovoltaic wafer prices and a “challenging” module market.

Yingli has experienced positive growth in the U.S. solar market, with module shipments having notably increased. It also announced the opening of a new R&D facility in San Francisco.

A new record efficiency level has been set for Copper-Indium-Gallium-(di)selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic devices at 16.36 percent by California-based company XsunX.

Underlining its commitment to the Indian market, Proinso has signed two new agreements, which will see it supply equipment to photovoltaic projects worth 33 megawatts (MW) in India.