Markets & Policy

Hanwha SolarOne will pay $1.2bn to acquire Germany’s Hanwha Q CELLS stock as ongoing disputes between China and the U.S. and EU force a strategic rethink.

Message from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announces initiation of investigation against alleged dumping of PV modules and laminates originating from China.

The Chinese giants have teamed up with Solventia Solar Energy and Kasikornbank to sign a memorandum of understanding that will provide turnkey solar power solutions throughout Thailand.

Capital Power will pay $114 million for US subsidiary’s renewables portfolio. Element Power US has 15 MW North Carolina PV project among its four North American solar schemes.

Astrum Solar will introduce a solar loan “nationwide” in the U.S. residential PV segment, in partnership with Hudson Clean Energy. The Simple Solar Loan Program will require no down payment and is a “long term” financing option.

Solar employs almost 73,000 workers among the 431,800 working in advanced energy in the state. Rise in AE job numbers far outstrips general state and national employment rises.

Stanford professor says peel-away solar cells could revolutionize BIPV. Chinese academic is working on scaling up the technology.

MicroPlanet emphasized its various attempts to break the Australian market in trading update. According to the figures, no sales were registered in Q3.

Chinese module producer JinkoSolar has announced that it has achieved a 306.9W output from one of its Eagle+ PV modules. JinkoSolar employed a number of innovative materials to achieve the power output, which was verified at TÜV Rheinland’s Shanghai testing facility.

Trina rules the world, oil is cheap as chips, Germany retreats from solar and Abengoa switches on 250 MW. It’s all here with all the week’s solar news in one handy article.