Markets & Policy

The California company says Ascent’s CIGS cell technology, coupled with Vanguard’s extreme environment thin film coatings and array design, provides an ideal solution for next generation, large-area space solar arrays.

The company has requested that U.S. authorities investigate the effects of the alleged cyber-hacking and interception of thousands of its emails containing secret financial, production, R&D and trade litigation details.

Company CEO Georg Hotar predicts Italy will have a high price to pay if it goes through with the plans, which he calls a “reckless attack on investors.”

The California-based group is looking to expand operations in China’s utility-scale PV sector, which it expects to soon be one of the largest in the world.

The German renewable energy group says the addition of Martifer Solar USA will advance its PV project activities in the U.S., where it is already active in the wind farm sector.

GTM Research finds that SolarCity has again increased its market share, under a trend of ongoing consolidation by the largest companies in the U.S. residential market.

Illinois has passed legislation to use existing funds to put online more PV, as the state tries to catch up to its ambitious renewable energy goals.

Third-party-owned solar companies are fighting back against the second additional cost that the government of Arizona has imposed on distributed solar PV in two years.

In addition to the distribution agreement, IBC Solar and Moroccan renewable energy company Sun Energy and Water Technologies (SEWT) plan to set up a network of well-trained experts by providing training courses to local installers.

The Doha-based solar group says the agreement will accelerate Qatar’s renewable energy production and