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Power and steam from new plant will be used in manufacture of polysilicon. GCL Poly says today’s opening will drive down price further.

Definitive merger agreement with SunEdison yieldco vehicle TerraForm Power will see the company acquire Vivint Solar’s 523 MW U.S. residential PV portfolio.

Indian manufacturer Rolta Power and Chinese counterpart Zhenfa want two per cent of India’s 100 GW, five-year market. The two companies have reportedly signed an MoU.

Complex Chinese company issues a typically opaque stock market update. Supply deal to supply itself with its own panels has been torn up.

EV charging points to be installed at state department buildings. And DG generators can be bundled for retail on wholesale electricity market.

German manufacturer achieves 21.7% efficiency. The new technology will be incorporated in a 300 W-plus module debuted ‘in the fall.’

As the Chinese government tries to shore up ailing solar, and other, stock prices, Daqo has been handed a six-year boost by its local provincial bank.

It’s all about the batteries, stupid! Plus Yingli shift some stock, solar betrays its working class roots and watch Thailand go.

Taiwanese show booth’s energy saving measures would reduce consumption by 75% for two-storey building in China. Shunfeng has promised similar city-wide solutions.

Reviewing this year’s Intersolar North America, Deutsche Bank concludes that global solar demand is “robust,” despite the “worse than expected” recent U.S.-Sino tariff decision. Yieldcos are set to continue to boost the industry, while inverter competition is said to be intensifying.