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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.

The cadmium ban will not apply to the photovoltaics (PV) industry, the environmental committee of the European parliament has said.

Intertek, a testing, inspection and certification company, has doubled its photovoltaics (PV) testing capacity at its Lake Forest, CA laboratory in the U.S.

Microinverter firm Enphase has secured USD$63 million in funding.

The largest concentrated solar array in the US has been completed.

The development of an all-back contact high-efficiency silicon wafer solar cell is about to get underway, following an agreement between Trina Solar Limited and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS).

Global photovoltaic (PV) cell production grew last year by 51% from 7.1 gigawatts (GW) in 2008 to 10.7 GW in 2009, according to a research note published by GTM Research.

Kyocera has begun manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, in the U.S. The company’s initial production target is 30 megawatts per year; to begin with the line will include solar modules ranging from 210 watts to the company’s latest 235-watt modules.