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Researchers at Aalborg University are working on a new approach at capturing a broader spectrum of sunlight using new, high-temperature materials that can withstand 800 degrees Celsius and convert sunlight into electricity.

Last year 56 MW of solar PV was installed, which brings the nation’s cumulative capacity to 170 MW.

The two Chinese companies are making movements on significant capacity increases for their mono-crystalline products.

The installation is the biggest PV plant in Nagasaki Prefecture, and one of the largest to utilize Solar Frontier’s anti-reflective CIS solar panels.

The Spanish company was awarded the project by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority for a 37.6 MW plant in Arizona, which will be the company’s second utility-scale solar plant in the United States.

Solarworld CEO Frank Asbeck speaks to pv magazine in his first extensive interview on the recent finding against the company in its legal dispute with Hemlock Semiconductor. A supremely confident Asbeck explains why he doesn’t think the judge’s decision changes the case at hand, while still expecting a settlement with Hemlock, and why any final decision will not affect the company’s American subsidiary nor the German company.

Russia’s largest integrated solar company, Hevel LLC, has begun construction on a 15 MW solar PV plant in Russia’s Saratov Region, as the company continues to expand both its project pipeline and its manufacturing capability.

The Canadian material exploration company has acquired the intellectual property for the PUREVAP process, as well as a pilot plant from PyroGenesis, to produce solar grade silicon metal from quartz.

The project is located in the municipality of Usagre, in the southwest of Spain.

The microinverter maker has pursued price reduction to gain market share, but has not turned a profit since Q3 2015.