JA Solar completes $70m Malaysian fab
The Chinese solar company has confirmed that production at the facility in Bayan Lepas will begin in the next couple of weeks. Fab is JA Solar’s first outside of China.
GermanyÂ’s electricity export prices higher than import, reports Fraunhofer ISE
Data disproves claims by critics of the Energiewende that Germany is ‘dumping’ excess power on to neighboring countries, finding instead that its exported energy may earn the country EUR 2 billion in 2015.
Trina connects two-thirds of 300 MW solar plant in Yunnan, China
The vertically integrated solar firm has successfully connected 200 MW of the plant, and hopes to finalize completion on schedule.
STA drafts one-pound-plan to save UK FIT
The U.K.’s Solar Trade Association has prepared an emergency plan to save the country’s feed-in tariffs at meaningful levels. A brief of the plan has now been presented and full details are expected to be released tomorrow.
Arizona halts hearing into new solar fees, opens value of solar docket
Regulators in Arizona have ended an inquiry into new fees on solar customers and opened a new docket on the value of solar, following solar industry allegations of improper influence by APS on commissioners.
GTM Research finds opportunities for PV manufacturing in the United States and India
The company’s latest report finds that China and Southeast Asia are still the most attractive locations, but that the geography of manufacturing is diversifying, as is demand.
IdeemaTec to supply 101 MW of solar trackers to Jordan
The German tracking and mounting company signs supply agreement with Jordanian government for the delivery of 101 MW of its safeTrack Horizon tracking systems.
Solar Frontier to cut panel production costs by 20%, plans overseas fab
Japanese thin-film producer Solar Frontier is hoping to cut panel production costs at its fab in Miyagi prefecture to $0.40/W as it eyes increased competitiveness in the face of sustained Chinese price pressure.
China-owned CIGS manufacturer Avancis breaks ground on 1.5 GW fab
The CIGS production facility is being built for CNBM, the building materials company that owns Avancis, and partners for a total investment of $1.62 billion.
Octopus Investments sells GBP 400 million of UK solar PV projects
The Royal Bank of Scotland and Investec Bank have closed the syndication of a GBP 400 million acquisition facility used to purchase a portfolio of 522 MW of solar PV projects located in the south east and west of the U.K.
