Manufacturing

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group announced today that it intends to add 300 MW in flexible CIGS manufacturing capacity in Changde City, Hunan Province. The company has not announced which of its fleet of acquired CIGS technologies will be produced at the facility.

Provisional liquidators’ powers expire as company expects to institute restructure next week. News follows signing of a 30.6 MW module supply deal in China.

New Jersey solar monitoring company processing data from almost 1 GW of installations. Demand for SolarNOC software has led the way.

Annobon Province project, at 5 MW, will be Africa’s largest. Project is being developed by three US companies on an island off Equatorial Guinea.

NY law firm says unhappy shareholders can join its class action until January 20. After floating at $18.71 per share on October 1, solar leasing company’s stock is now trading below $8.

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Chile’s latest auction results show PV competing directly with other sources of power and winning, as part of the dramatic growth of the solar market in the nation.

Collaboration includes involvement from the Electric Power Research Institute and focuses on $8 million program to leverage capabilities of energy systems integration facilities.

The Chinese telecommunications company corners an extra 2% of the global market as leading pure-play suppliers see their grip loosened, finds IHS.

The oil and gas employee says that solar and wind are not ready for prime time, but adds that he expects solar to grow faster than any other energy technology.