?Upsolar signs North American distribution agreement
Upsolar has signed a six megawatt (MW) distribution agreement with Focused Energy for next year.
GCL-Poly signs 10 GW supply contract with JA Solar
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited has signed a long-term supplementary wafer and polysilicon product supply contract with JA Solar Holdings Co., Limited.
Manz Automation records strong solar orders
Manz Automation AG has secured new orders worth a total of more than 50 million, much of which has come from automation and process equipment for the manufacture of crystalline solar cells.
Market diversity a key trend for next year
According to the photovoltaics (PV) analysts, market diversity will be one of the key trends next year, with a number of emerging countries making up the expected shortfall of installed capacity in Germany.
China Sunergy and Pythagoras Solar create BIPV partnership
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. and Pythagoras Solar have signed an agreement with the aim of capitalizing on the growing building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market through the use of Pythagoras’ transparent photovoltaic glass units (PVGU).
Sharp to begin mass production of new crystalline cells
Sharp Corporation has announced it will begin mass production of its new single crystalline solar cell.
Meyer Burger acquires SGS Slicing Solutions
Swiss company Meyer Burger Technology Ltd has completed the acquisition of U.S.-based SGS Slicing Solutions, Inc. and SGS Machine Tool, LLC. for an undisclosed financial sum.
California: 250 MW solar ranch to be installed
A 250 megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) power plant is to be installed in California, the U.S. following an agreement between NRG Solar and SunPower Corp.
Trina to increase production capacity, following strong third quarter
Trina Solar has said it will increase its annual in-house production capacity of ingots and wafers to around 1.2 gigawatts (GWs) and its photovoltaics (PV) cell and module production capacity to approximately 1.7 GWs in 2011.
OPV cell achieves record 8.3 percent efficiency
An organic-based photovoltaic (OPV) cell has been verified by the National Energy Renewable Laboratory (NREL) as having demonstrated a record-breaking 8.3 percent efficiency.
