Markets & Policy

Polysilicon manufacturer Goldpoly New Energy Holdings will rename itself the United Photovoltaics Group. The company’s Zhongli Changzhou subsidiary acquired a 45% stake in three Chinese plants at the weekend.

Sigmar Gabriel will head a combined economy and energy ministry in Germany’s new coalition government with a focus on lowering energy prices and boosting industrial output while rebooting the energy transition.

Yingli is partnering with two Chinese hydropower firms on three projects in Algeria in what it calls a “new approach” to PV project development.

The two subsidiaries were unprofitable and missed sales targets, said the company. A recent purchase of some of parent group Bosch’s solar operations left aleo in the cold.

The EUR 16 million project is seeking to develop more efficient and more stable materials for low-cost, industrially applicable printing and coating methods for various types of solar modules.

In what may soon become a growing trend in India, Delhi International Airport has installed a large-scale, ground-mounted
solar system on its grounds.

The world’s largest power utility joins the Desertec Industrial Initiative via its subsidiary, China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI).

After weeks of contract uncertainty and cash flow shortfalls, the struggling solar supplier has today filed for insolvency, and will be unable to make its impending corporate bond interest payment.

The country’s Department of Energy (DoE) says it is on track to meeting its target of tripling its renewable energy capacity by 2030.

The American renewable energy company will operate Zep Solar as an independent business unit following the multimillion dollar acquisition.