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ZNShine sells off majority stake in project in Xinjiang in return for EPC contract for next phase of 50 MW scheme.

Winning tender announced for second phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The Dubai scheme will have a 1 GW capacity by 2030.

SolarAid’s parent company has teamed up with East African Solar to form Solarcentury in East Africa, a venture to design and build installations in the area.

The sale of Oslo-based REC Solar to Bluestar Elkem is set to go ahead, after shareholders approved the move in an extraordinary general meeting of the company last night. The sale will be completed in March.

NRG Energy has told investors of its plans to surf the wave of DG and renewables… whilst maximising returns from its fossil fuel generators.

Belgrade government hopes to entice energy project investment, and impress the EU, by liberalizing electricity market but is still only aiming for 10 MW of new solar.

How the incompetence of politicians gave the world large scale PV and Angela Merkel says it is time for a ‘respite from solar’, Germany’s gift to the world, but developers who head to Greece will have all their prayers answered, as long as they vote for the right party.

Researchers at California’s Stanford University have developed what they claim to be a new technique for the production of perovskite tandem cells, in combination with either a c-Si or CIGS semiconductor layer. In a key development, the researchers have used an innovative method to apply a transparent electrode to the cell without damaging the fragile perovskite active layer.

The somewhat cynical wording of the German chancellor was like a punch in the gut to the solar industry. Speaking at the German Renewable Energy Federation’s new year reception in Berlin, Angela Merkel said she shared the skepticism about capacity markets. Overall, however, she offered few clear positions.

The government’s budget is expected to include nearly $40 million aimed at lowering the cost of solar power generation.