Germany: EU Commission assesses EEG
The EU Commission is assessing the renewable energy policy or EEG in Germany. EU Commissioner Joaquín Almunia sees the EEG with a critical eye.
Signet Solar U.S. bows to the inevitable
The U.S. parent company of Germanys Signet Solar which went bankrupt in June 2010 has followed suit more than two years later.
ReneSolar announced Q3 results
ReneSolar has announced that the company has exceeded guidance figures with a record solar wafer and module shipments of 533 MW. This represents an increase of 5.8% from Q2.
1,050 First Solar employees still seeking jobs
The job agency has advised First Solar employees to immediately look for new job opportunities. The First Solar plant in Frankfurt/oder will definitely be closed at the end of the year.
More PV R&D projects win SunShot funding
With QBotix having secured US$1 million and Stion $2 million from the U.S. Energy Department’s SunShot initiative, a further seven projects to secure support in the current round of funding focus on PV, storage and grid integration.
FITs can unlock Africa's untapped renewable energy potential
A new policy guide has been launched by the World Future Council, Heinrich Böll Foundation and Friends of the Earth UK for African decision makers at the UN climate summit COP 18 in Doha.
Centrotherm continues self-administration
The represented creditors, as part of the reporting and verification meeting called by the Ulm court in Germany, have unanimously resolved that the company should continue in self-administration.
EU call to end environmentally harmful state subsidies
The draft EU Environmental Action Program (EAP), which would guide the union’s environmental policy up to 2020, calls for state subsidies to environmentally harmful activities to be phased out and also demands a taxation shift in emphasis from laborer to polluter.
Taiwan increases PV target to 130 MW; decreases tariffs
The Bureau of Energy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced that it will increase its PV installation goal from 100 to 130 MW in 2013. Tariffs will however fall.
SolarWorld says it did not receive federal subsidies
SolarWorld has made a statement that it has not received any federal subsidies for the development of its solar manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, Oregon or for the redevelopment of its now-closed Camarillo plant in California.
