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Chinese module manufacturer Suntech announced that it has increased the efficiency for its mass production multicrystalline PERC cells to 20%, transferring its recent laboratory success to the production line.

The yieldco’s first statement regarding its 2016 financials shows plenty of cash, but Global is remaining in the red overall.

A new report examines China’s clean energy investments, which go well beyond its borders, as well as its increasing dominance of PV production and the lithium-ion battery value chain.

IFC is picking up an equity stake in Hero Group’s renewable energy division, which it says will enable it to build 1 GW of solar and wind plants in India.

Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) expects to post a loss of 923 million yuan ($133m) in 2016, as its fortunes sank throughout the final six months of the year.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) announced today that 2.3 GW of new solar projects will be tendered by the corporation shortly, while the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TENGEDCO) has just begun the tendering process for 500 MW of solar PV within the state.

In the past eight years under President Obama, the solar industry has advanced from a tiny niche market to the country’s largest energy employer – though more work remains to be done.

Argentine public administration documentation will incorporate this policy and events for the diffusion of renewable energy deployment will be developed.

A standout year for solar installation in India has seen solar PV increase its share of total electricity generated in the country and its share of the renewable energy generated in the country, which now stands at 13%, with this expected to dramatically rise again in 2017.

The tender is for the supply of electricity between January and May 2017, to cover the needs of a public agency.