Markets & Policy

Recent order cancellation shaves EUR 12 million from the German tooling supplier’s electronics division, prompting revenue forecast revisal below previously stated figure of EUR 320-340 million.

German battery specialist Younicos, together with Samsung SDI, to collaborate with U.S. utility Duke Energy on creation of 36 MW storage plant in Texas.

The U.S. solar installer’s Homebuilder Program has been updated to include new Tesla Powerwall-backed storage systems for new build properties, Californians offered new fixed-rate pricing.

Japanese electronics company Kyocera enters joint venture to construct solar plant on abandoned golf course in Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture.

U.S. solar lease provider Sunrun has released pricing for its first securitization of residential solar leases. The company plans to raise US$111 million through two note issuances.

Emirates Insolaire LLC has completed what it says is the world’s first installation of colored solar panels – a 12 kWp building façade in Switzerland. To date, it has executed three projects, all in Europe. With commercial-scale operations starting this year, the BIPV company has big plans for the future, including capacity ramp ups and entry into new markets.

First mandatory report from the Committee says that “urgent action” is required in the new Parliament if the U.K. is to keep its emissions reductions on track.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to attract further foreign investment by inviting bids for India’s first dollar-linked solar power contracts next month.

The Spanish inverter specialist supplied its Ingecon powerstation central inverter to a 40 MW solar PV plant located in the county of Lincolnshire, England.

Pilot production has begun on Daqo New Energy’s newly added 6,000 MT polysilicon capacity in China. The aim is to increase this to 12,150 MT. The company has said it will achieve polysilicon production costs of US$12/kg “in the near future.”