German PV equipment sales up 39% in first six months
Booming business in Asian is driving sales in the sector, which is also seeing increased momentum from the U.S. and emerging markets, the German Engineering Federation reports.
SunPower produces one billionth solar cell
The US solar company’s production milestone follows announcement of a new 350 MW manufacturing facility.
ZSW sets 21.7% thin film efficiency record
Scientists at Stuttgart’s Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research have regained the gong for CIGS efficiency, improving upon the previous record of 21%.
Vivint Solar targets IPO of $371 million
The financing target sees the residential solar installer step up its efforts to gain a greater share of the US leasing market.
Study: Solar customers may be better off using self-generated power
A U.K. smart grid project investigates whether solar PV owners could benefit from using their generated energy instead of exporting it back to the grid.
SPI Solar buys Hawaiian assets
The takeover of joint venture and acquisition of addition projects has given SPI a pipeline of 17.5 MW in Hawaii.
Innotech Solar acquires Tripod Energy, Italian PV assets
The Scandinavian-German PV module maker says the acquisition will strengthen its cash position and provide reliable operating revenues from the two PV plants Italy.
EU PVSEC opens as the Netherlands reaches 1 GW solar landmark
The 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference began today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
With 12 GW pipeline, PV markets in Middle East, Africa show strong growth potential
While South Africa and Israel have until now driven PV demand in the region, an increasing number of Middle Eastern and African countries are entering the solar market, according to NPD Solarbuzz.
Mission Solar Energy opens high-efficiency PV cell and module facility in Texas
The fab is the third commercial-scale crystalline silicon PV cell factory in the United States, and will use n-type mono wafers for high-efficiency PV. The plant will supply OCI’s 400 MW portfolio of solar projects in Texas.
