India: Only 67.25 MW of PV added in last quarter
Bridge to India has released its October edition of the India Solar Compass. The report finds that between July and September there has been a drastic drop in PV capacity addition compared to prior quarters. The key question is how viability gap funding (VGF) will impact the market under phase two of the National Solar Mission or NSM.
Little daylight evident in Sunways' Q2 figures
Sunways AG has released its second quarter figures and, like the rest of the industry, the headline numbers make for grim reading.
Germany: Ronneburg solar park inaugurated
Thuringia’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Matthias Machnig has inaugurated a 20 MW solar park installed by juwi on a former uranium ore mine in Ronneburg. This is said to be the largest photovoltaic installation in the state.
Japan: SMA will supply 70 MW project in Kagoshima City
SMA Solar Technology will supply a 70 MW solar project operated by Kagoshima Mega Solar Power Corp. in Kagoshima City, in southern Japan.
Japan: Siliken will supply Japan Railway Group installation
State-owned Japan Railway Group has picked Siliken as its photovoltaic module supplier for its first installation in Kyushu, Japan.
EPIA report anticipates a PV future for Europe
With release of its report “Connecting the sun: solar photovoltaics on the road to large scale grid integration”, the European PV Industry Association (EPIA) predicts that solar PV can provide up to 25% of the continent’s electricity supply by 2030.
PV Taiwan: China, Japan and EPC hold the key
Reasons to be cheerful and more opportunities to take advantage of. That’s the consensus of PV Taiwan 2012, which closed its doors this afternoon in Taipei.
Sumitomo invests in 550 MW solar farm
Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) and parent Sumitomo Corporation have invested in the Desert Sunlight solar farm in the Californian desert. This is Sumitomo’s first U.S. solar investment.
PV Taiwan: Oversupply remains an issue
Vertical integration or horizontal ‘dis-integration’? Consolidation or specialization? And when will manufacturing capacity ever come in line with demand? These are some of the formidable questions executives of several of Taiwans and Chinas largest solar makers wrestled with at the executive forum on the opening day of PV Taiwan.
China: GCL-Poly to supply modules for 310 MW plant
Government approval has been secured for the planned 310 MW solar plant in Datong, Shanxi province, China, and production will start from fourth quarter onwards with the facility fully operational in the first half of 2013, according to the executive president of GCL-Poly, Shu Hua.
