Europe urged to begin mass-decommissioning of fossil fuel plants in new EEA report
The European Environment Agency has called on Europe’s governments to ramp up the pace of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants across the continent in order to avoid a carbon lock-in.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
A week in which Europe showed its solar strength, the U.S. flashed its impressive PV pipeline, and pv magazines video content proved a hit.
Cease coal imports, embrace affordable solar, urges Indian power minister
Piyush Goyal uses platform at two-day energy and mines conference to urge power generating companies to no longer import coal, calls for better balance with affordable renewables, such as solar.
Boom time: the pv magazine USA week in review
Its a complicated time in the U.S. solar industry, with a booming market, especially for utility-scale solar and increasing public interest, but also collapsed PV module prices and shifts in production.
Centrotherm narrows outlook as customers delay orders
German solar equipment manufacturer says it can no longer sustain its earnings forecast for the year as steep declines in the price of solar cells prompt investors to postpone investments in production equipment.
GT appoints Greg Knight CEO, reinforces focus on polysilicon
The solar and polysilicon equipment maker hasnt said what will become of its Merlin cell interconnection technology or its Hyperion ion implant technology.
All Energy 2016: Five key takeaways
A utility scale segment bursting to life, battery storage providers of all sizes moving in amongst the backdrop of a fierce political debate about the role of renewables in a historic blackout: This week’s All Energy trade show and conference was anything but boring.
Meyer Burger secures further sizable equipment orders
The Swiss solar production equipment specialists announced that it has received two orders for its silicon wafer cutting equipment worth CHF 15 million (USD 15.35 million), just a week after the company initiated a major restructuring program.
JA Solar announces facility expansion in Malaysia
The Chinese PV manufacturer initiated its Phase Two expansion at its 400 MW production facility on the Malaysian island of Penang, which should increase the production capacity to 1 GW per year, as it continues its global expansion in various PV markets.
Construction begins on largest solar rooftop array in the Middle East
The huge 22 MW PV array is being installed by Green Energy Tomorrow on the roofs of various facilities at DP World in Dubai. Once it is completed, it will be the largest solar rooftop system in the region and will support the United Arab Emirates (UAE) drive for increased renewable energy.
