Centrotherm continues self-administration
The represented creditors, as part of the reporting and verification meeting called by the Ulm court in Germany, have unanimously resolved that the company should continue in self-administration.
EU call to end environmentally harmful state subsidies
The draft EU Environmental Action Program (EAP), which would guide the union’s environmental policy up to 2020, calls for state subsidies to environmentally harmful activities to be phased out and also demands a taxation shift in emphasis from laborer to polluter.
Taiwan increases PV target to 130 MW; decreases tariffs
The Bureau of Energy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced that it will increase its PV installation goal from 100 to 130 MW in 2013. Tariffs will however fall.
SolarWorld says it did not receive federal subsidies
SolarWorld has made a statement that it has not received any federal subsidies for the development of its solar manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, Oregon or for the redevelopment of its now-closed Camarillo plant in California.
Applied Materials announces new head
Applied Materials Inc. plans to combine two business units, Energy and Environmental Solutions (EES) and Display, under one leader, Ali Salehpour effective as of November, 29.
Updated: India officially initiates anti-dumping investigations
Indias Ministry of Commerce has officially launched anti-dumping investigations into imported solar cells from China, Taiwan, Malaysia and the U.S. The investigations will decide if retroactive duties should be imposed.
Chile: environmental approval sought for almost 300 MW
Two solar energy developers in Chile submitted Declarations of Environmental Impact (DIA) for three new photovoltaic projects worth more than US$600 million to Chiles environmental evaluation service (SEA) over the last ten days.
Malaysia: 20 MW solar quota postponed
The release of a new 20 MW quota for small-scale photovoltaic installations in Malaysia has been postponed until Q1 2013. The FIT quota is for installations smaller than 500 kW and was scheduled to be released on December 17th.
SunEdison signs 85 MW of PPAs
Photovoltaic integrator SunEdison has announced the signing of 85 MW of PPAs, with utilities in California. The five PPAs in total have been signed with Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric and Riverside one the first Californian municipal utilities to sign a PPA of this size.
US: Installed price of PV systems continue to fall
The latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual PV cost-tracking report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) states that PV power system installed prices fell “substantially” in 2011 and through the first half of this year.
