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Schoolchildren and villagers across Rwanda will receive 300 solar home systems as part of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’S) World Environment Day (WED).

A research collaboration agreement has been announced between the Sanyo Electric Group and the University of California, San Diego, the U.S. which will see a number of solar energy research projects undertaken.

BlueChip Energy has started on stage one of the Rinehart Solar Farm, a 10 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) facility in Central Florida, the U.S. It is expected to be one of the state’s largest private solar plants.

Nevada-based Hybrid Energy Holdings, Inc. has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOS) with KS IP Holdings, LLC (KS-IPH) to acquire and develop a select group from KS-IPH’s Solar Energy Technologies portfolio. The transaction is valued at USD$18 million.

Third generation thin film developer Solexant Corp. has secured USD$41.5 million during the first close of a Series C financing round, following the “successful completion” of a two megawatt (MW) pilot line operating at the company’s headquarters.

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd has announced a contract for wire saws and wafer inspection systems worth over CHF 25 million (around USD$21 million or €18 million) with Chinese manufacturer JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.

IBC Solar has broken the one gigawatt (GW) mark in module sales.

The outlook for the international photovoltaics (PV) market continues to be positive, with “significant” growth predicted.

Alongside grid-connected photovoltaics (PV), grid-independent PV (off-grid) will be among the main focal points at this year’s Intersolar Europe, taking place in Munich, Germany from Jun 9-11.

A mediation committee concerning the cuts in the promotion of solar energy has been convened by Germany’s Bundesrat upper house of parliament. A key industry figure has said that people should not expect the cuts to be smaller though.