Sharp, Softbank propose JV for solar EPC
Japanese firms to form a joint venture to enable expansion of Softbank’s solar engineering, procurement and construction services, as well as O&M, from next year.
San Diego utility expects to hit net metering caps in mid-2016
SDG&E’s numbers show that existing installations and pending applications take up 74% of available capacity in the program, as utilities and solar advocates fight over the details of net metering 2.0.
San Diego utility expects to hit net metering caps in mid-2016
SDG&E’s numbers show that existing installations and pending applications take up 74% of available capacity in the program, as utilities and solar advocates fight over the details of net metering 2.0.
European researchers develop perovskite-HJT solar cell
A research team from the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Ècole Polytechnique Fédérale (EPF) has developed a method to produce perovskite-heterojunction crystalline silicon tandem solar cells. Having produced an 18% efficiency cell with the technique, the researchers say with light trapping wafer texturing efficiencies as high as 25 to 30% could be achieved in the future.
Wafer shortage looms: IHS
IHS is warning of a short-term wafer supply shortage. Strong end market demand from China and the U.S. is coinciding with a period in which manufactures have expanded module output without having done so with wafer capacities.
SolarCity to slow growth and focus on cost reduction
The leading residential solar installer in the United States has announced a shift in strategy in its Q3 results, in preparation for a drop-down in the U.S. investment tax credit at the beginning of 2017.
Germany: 150 GW PV capacity viable with just 40 GW storage
Study by Agora Energiewende finds Germany’s electricity system can easily support four-times as much solar PV as currently installed, provided affordable battery storage of 40 GW is integrated into energy mix.
Superblock shareholders warned over planned $407m Thai solar investment
Thailand’s securities regulator and stock exchange issue warning to shareholders of solar company Superblock that a planned $407 million solar investment is flawed.
Trina signs $1.57bn financing deal with CITIC
The Chinese solar company agrees package with CITIC Financial Leasing and CITIC Bank for credit facilities, foreign currency loans and variable-term loans to support the company’s business objectives.
Singulus records weak Q3 bookings, losses continue in 2015
German production equipment supplier Singulus has recorded weak sales in Q3, 2015. With order intake of only EUR 11.3 million for the quarter, the company looks likely to sustain further losses in 2015.
