JinkoSolar posts third-quarter increases in sales, profit as it reviews sale of downstream biz
The company currently has 15 projects totaling 488.5 MW under construction. It is also planning to gradually increase its percentage of distributed generation project construction in 2015. For the full year, JinkoSolar expects total solar module shipments of between 2.9 GW and 3.2 GW.
LG Chem partners with Siemens on battery storage systems
Just days after Daimler announced that it would halt production of its in-house battery cells and instead use LG Chem cells for its electric and hybrid vehicle batteries as well as for stationary storage solutions, the South Korean chemical giant said it would collaborate with another major German player on industrial battery storage systems.
Serbia inaugurates 2 MW solar farm while rejecting PV
While the country’s solar PV tariff is very good, a separate renewable energy production law allocated an extremely low quota for PV plants, including 6 MW for ground-mounted installations and 4 MW for rooftop, by 2020.
Sunnova raises $250 million in funding round
The third-party solar provider notes that this is the largest funding round by a residential solar service company in the United States, and brings its total funding to half a billion dollars.
NRG announces strategic focus on renewable energy, DG and storage
The American energy company has announced carbon goals and an intensified focus on renewable energy and distributed generation at the ground-breaking of its new headquarters in New Jersey.
Indian solar market to more than double to 1.8 GW in 2015
Mercom Capital’s strong 2015 outlook follows on a dismal 2014, with only 800 MW forecast by year’s end. This optimistic forecast is influenced by a variety of factors, including moves by the Modi administration.
US Ex-Im Bank signs $1 billion agreement to support clean energy exports to India
Ex-Im Bank Chairman Hochberg Signs $1 Billion Memorandum of Understanding to Support U.S. Clean Energy Exports to India
Announces the MOU at the India-US Technology Summit in Noida
Spain's Mondragon Assembly takes over Gorosabel Group's solar business
Mondragon plans to increase the development of new products in the Gorosabel range while offering technical support and repair services to the equipments already installed around the world.
Inside Meyer Burger's new HJT pilot line
Interview: On Monday the Meyer Burger Group and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) inaugurated their Swiss-Inno pilot line for heterojunction technology (HJT) in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Christophe Ballif, head of the CSEM’s PV-center, will lead research efforts on the line, representing the culmination of a decade’s research into the technology in the Swiss town. Ballif spoke to pv magazine about the project.
SolarWorld taps Enphase as global microinverter supplier
According to the deal, the companies will share market channels and jointly develop products.
