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The Germany-based company’s Japanese unit is joining Sunny Health and JFE Engineering Corporation to build the solar power plant on abandoned golf course at the site of the 2011 earthquake.

Insolvent Munich group Centrosolar will make some $3.5 million from the sale of the PV mounting systems subsidiary. All of Renusol’s employees will remain at the company.

The conference proffers a taster of the themes and trends of the forthcoming Intersolar Europe Exhibition, which begins tomorrow.

Of the 144 countries with renewable energy support policies and targets in place, 95 are developing nations. The rise of developing world support contrasts with declining incentives and growing uncertainty in Europe and the U.S., says REN21.

The Taiwanese manufacturer told Indian investigators it had only one subsidiary connected to its exports to India. Ministry of Commerce officials, however, uncovered other relevant units in Taiwan, China, the U.S. and Japan.

Research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory finds that solar panels made in China have a higher overall carbon footprint during manufacturing stage.

Kingston-based Sofos Jamaica completed the 1.6 MW rooftop facility atop the Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton Hotel last week, which has become the island’s largest PV facility.

President Barack Obama’s long-awaited clean air rule would seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by an average 30% of 2005 levels by 2030. Coal-power plants are likely to be the most heavily hit.

The agency’s first three published reports focus on PV performance and the impact of PV module failure of both crystalline silicon and thin-film technologies.

Interview: Markus Elsässer, CEO of Intersolar Europe organizer Solar Promotion, discusses the expected trends and highlights at this year’s event.