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Growing demand from Japan’s booming residential market as well as the mega-solar sector proved lucrative for the electronics giant, which achieved profitability after a hefty loss a year earlier.

The U.S. government agency says a greater prevalence and diversity of loan products could enable higher rates of solar adoption in regions where third-party finance is currently lacking.

The California solar provider achieved record bookings of 136 MW and increased its 2014 guidance to 500-550 MW deployed. The company is on track to meet its one million customer target by 2018.

The German company raised its group-wide shipments by 41% to 154 MW compared to 109 MW a year ago.

The Arizona-based thin film module maker reported 404 MW in new bookings in the first three months of 2014, including the 53 MW Shams Ma’an project in Jordan. It will next build 42.76 MW in California.

The new company took over all the invested capital and intangible assets, including patents, trademarks and brands, of the insolvent Gehrlicher Solar AG.

A one-off windfall from a restructured solar sector deal resulted in stratospheric profits for the polysilicon giant.

Anti-dumping duties of 42% will apply to German, Italian and Spanish companies, including Schmid, Joint Solar Silicon, MEMC Electronic Materials and Siliken Spain.

The CIGS production line supplier tripled its revenue last year, returning to the black after a difficult 2012.

News comes just one week after an offer to purchase the inverter business was lodged, and mere days after a German court opened insolvency proceedings.