SMA suffers price pressure in all markets and segments
Last year, the German inverter maker achieved record shipments, despite a decline in turnover. The company expects further price pressure in 2017.
India: Azure Power commissions 130 MW of solar in Karnataka
The Indian independent power producer takes a giant step in building up its presence in the Indian state of Karnataka with a 130 MW project.
Ghana’s new government relaunches solar program
The Ghanaian government has resumed plans to promote large-scale solar and wind projects, as well as distributed generation, in order to solve a crisis in Ghana’s power system. Competitive bidding for power capacity procurement will be introduced in the frame of a reviewed Renewable Energy Act.
Hevel producing heterojunction solar cells with Singulus technology
The Russian PV manufacturer aims to produce 160 MW of heterojunction solar cells annually at its fab in Novocheboksarsk. Hevel says it has upgraded its production from thin-film to crystalline modules.
India: Hindustan Cleanenergy commissions 50 MW solar plant in Punjab
Hindustan Power’s clean energy arm is growing its solar portfolio in the sunny state of Punjab with a 50 MW power plant.
Anheuser-Busch commits to 100% renewable energy
With $46 billion in annual revenue, the beer giant may be the largest company to date to take a 100% renewable energy pledge.
Commercial production of REC TwinPeak 2 BLK2 Series begins
The Singapore-based PV manufacturer is taking the uniformly black-colored version of its TwinPeak solar module to the factory floor.
SolarWorld seeks to drastically reduce costs
The German PV module maker has confirmed its financial results for 2016. The company reiterated its outlook, which forecasts that it will become profitable again in 2019.
El Salvador signs contracts for four PV projects at $51.48/MWh
Four PV projects totaling 119.9 MW were awarded in the second auction for renewable energy projects held in the Central American nation in January.
Huadian Fuxin posts $293.6 million profit in 2016
The Chinese renewable-energy developer’s consolidated installed PV capacity rose to 977 MW in the year to the end of December, on 177.3 MW of annual capacity additions.
