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A hybrid solar system has been planned to provide five remote villages in the Kinabatangan district in Malaysia with electricity.

REC officially launched its REC Partner Program for distributors today. Building on the success of the first introduction at the REC Partner Summit, the program is now being rolled out throughout Europe.

Hyundai Heavy Industries and French company Saint-Gobain are set to build Korea’s largest thin film solar cell factory.

Delta Energy Systems and LTi REEnergy have agreed to cooperate in the development as well as production of central inverters for the North American market.

U.S. states and utilities are likely to face a number of challenges in meeting aggressive solar energy targets, according to Ryan Wiser, co-author of a new study issued from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

First Solar, Inc. has signed agreements with seven “key” customers for a 380 megawatt (MW) increase in orders for next year over previously announced volumes.

Isofotón is now back on a path to growth after suffering a serious collapse in business as a result of the global financial crisis. CEO Angel Luis Serrano talks to pv magazine about the strategy of the Spanish solar cell and module manufacturer.

(Update) “In operational terms we have survived.” This was the statement made by Dieter Ammer, departing chairman of the Board at Conergy AG at the General Meeting of Shareholders, according to a report by the press agency dpa-AFX.

For the first time since U.S. President Jimmy Carter was in office in 1979, solar panels are set to be installed on the roof of the White House.

U.S.-based Georgia Power has announced it has received approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for a new tariff, which will nearly double the amount of solar energy the company purchases to supply its Green Energy Program.