Manz refines its CIGS fab
After a three-year R&D program, the German solar company has finalized its new fab, which promises to reduce CIGS manufacturing costs by 10%.
Yingli Solar shipped 3.2 GW of PV modules in 2013
Financial results released today reveal the solar company increased its shipments by 40.8% last year, cementing its place as the world’s leading module supplier.
Second delay for Shunfeng-Suntech acquisition
Investors hit by a profit warning last month are given fresh cause for concern. Shunfeng has now pledged to reveal details of the acquisition on Friday.
Baoding Tianwei pledges to make July payment
The prime candidate to follow Chaori Solar into a Chinese default insists it will meet its obligations over a 2018 note. But brokerage has voiced concerns about Tianwei’s ability to roll over its bank loans.
Iowa raises solar tax credits
As investors contemplate the eventual expiration of the federal investment tax credit, the state of Iowa has raised the credits available for residential and business installations. Minnesota has prepared America’s first methodology for calculating a solar tariff.
Texas utility secures rock-bottom price for solar
Under the unprecedented agreement between Austin Energy and SunEdison, the utility will buy solar power for less than $0.05 per kilowatt hour.
Loop Solar targets 3 GW off-grid market
Indian solar lamp supplier Loop Solar says the country’s off-grid solar lighting market will explode over the next five years. The company says the market will grow despite, rather than because of, a federal incentive scheme.
First Solar completes Japanese project
U.S. solar player First Solar has announced completion of a 1.3 MW solar project in Japan. The Arizone company has full ownership of the Kitakyushu-shi scheme.
Japan rebalances its solar market
The nation’s previous overreliance on residential installations has been corrected as the commercial and utility segments have grown more rapidly during the country’s 18-month solar boom.
Centrosolar fails to get quorum for creditors' meeting
The German solar supplier will try again to persuade creditors to back a partial debt-for-equity swap, on April 14. The Munich company plans to continue with just its American subsidiary in future.
