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Cumulative, grid-connected photovoltaic capacity is forecast to reach 230 GW in 2017, in comparison to just 11 GW of CSP capacity. Deployment is expected to be led by China. However, while the competitiveness of photovoltaics is underscored, it is nevertheless predicted that manufacturing consolidation will continue for the next few years.

Solarcentury has reached the halfway point in its installation work on the Blackfriars rail bridge in London, the U.K. When complete, the installation is expected to be the largest of its kind in the capital and the world’s longest solar bridge.

The share of solar generated energy significantly increased in the first six months of 2012 in Germany. Around 14.7 billion kWh of electricity were said to have been produced from 1.2 million photovoltaic systems.

The final report submitted by the parliamentary panel on the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year has declared the catastrophe a “man-made disaster”. It states that the meltdown “could and should have been forseen and prevented”.

Scheuten Solar has announced its photovoltaic module production in Germany’s Gelsenkirchen will continue, following the takeover of the company by Aiko Solar Group. However, 160 jobs have been lost.

According to the CEO of Spain-based solar development company, Solarpack, finding demand for photovoltaic projects is one of the biggest challenges today. Regarding the U.S.-Sino trade case, he further believes that “everybody has to realize where their competitiveness lies.” In the following interview, Pablo Burgos discusses competitive strategies, bureaucratic hurdles, solar policies and project pipelines with pv magazine.

Germany’s Schott Solar AG has announced it will close its crystalline photovoltaic operations in the Czech Republic down. The news follows the company’s decision to exit the crystalline business.

Under a new collaboration agreement with Argentina-based Energía Argentina S.A. (ENARSA) Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente S.A. has said it will develop up to 50 MW worth of photovoltaic projects in Argentina.

The Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has walked away from a restructuring deal with bondholders after failing to gain approval from them for the measures. The company has, however, pushed ahead with plans to raise capital through two share issues and has been in successful in negotiating for a large bank loan’s maturity to be pushed back to 2014.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has said that over one GW of customer-generated solar energy has been installed in the U.S. state to date. The milestone was said to have been reached in 2011.