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Financial guidance reveals industry-leading 105% year-on-year increase in module shipments, driving net revenues to $1.8 billion for the year.

Chinese module manufacturer ReneSola has indicated that it will exit from the European Union’s minimum import price (MIP) agreement. The reason for ReneSola’s move is the European Commission ruling that Chinese companies cannot sell OEM modules under the MIP framework.

In addition to South Australia’s biggest microinverter installation, the company has signed an exclusive supply deal with EnergyAustralia that provides access to 10% of the country’s population while also expanding its engineering facility in New Zealand.

In addition to South Australia’s biggest microinverter installation, the company has signed an exclusive supply deal with EnergyAustralia that provides access to 10% of the country’s population while also expanding its engineering facility in New Zealand.

The German energy giant is shifting its focus entirely to renewables and spinning off its conventional energy business. It plans to announce details about the two new companies later this year.

The 30 MW-ac Lone Valley solar park in California’s Mojave Desert is equipped with 262 of Exosun’s horizontal single-axis trackers and represents the first collaboration between the French company and EDP Renewables.

The grid-connected solar plant atop the Mont Blanc cable car station required inverters with specifications appropriate to a site at an altitude of 3,500 meters.

The anticipated shift in the U.K. solar PV industry from large, utility-scale plants to rooftop projects has been confirmed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Investors and developers will have to wait after the elections to get a clear view of the new policy landscape, however.

Motorists could save more than $1,500 on fuel costs annually provided the U.K. creates the required infrastructure to support electric vehicles, says new study.

An importer in the Netherlands is suspected of shipping re-labled solar modules from China to Europe via Malaysia and Taiwan. According to Dutch press reports, modules from 22 different manufacturers are being held in several European ports as part of a wider investigation.