Natcore and MX Holding form JV to boost Italian PV panel producers
U.S.-based Natcore Technology Inc. and the Italian MX Holding S.p.A. are looking to form a joint venture (JV) aimed at developing new technologies for a consortium of Italian photovoltaic panel producers. They will also open a new manufacturing facility.
Solar cell manufacturer Arise Germany announces insolvency
Arise Technologies Deutschland GmbH (Arise Germany) has entered structured insolvency. Failure to secure adequate financing for the development of its solar plans was cited as the primary reason.
Singulus joins CIGS machinery market
German solar machinery supplier, Singulus has entered the growing thin-film market with a new Copper-Indium-Selenium and Gallium and Sulphur (CIGS) thin-film solar cell processing system.
SunPower to build 5 MW Hawaiian solar farm
SunPower is set to build a five megawatt (MW) solar farm in Hawaii, after receiving the go ahead from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to sell the generated electricity to the Hawaiian Electric Company.
Suntech hits five GW milestone
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Suntech claims to be the first manufacturer to have produced five giawatts (GW) of solar modules that have been installed by customers and partners.
Centrosolar reports positive Q3 EBIT, but reduces full year targets
Germany-based Centrosolar Group AG posted a positive third quarter (Q3) EBIT, but falling revenues. Overall, the company has revised its full year guidance downwards.
IPC awarded USD$2.5 million for solar inverter development
Ideal Power Converters (IPC) has been awarded USD$2.5 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E) to develop lighter and cheaper solar inverters.
TSMC Solar progresses 300 MW CIGS fab
Taiwanese photovoltaic manufacturer, TSMC, announced today that it has completed the “equipment move in” stage at its CIGS fab in Taichung, Taiwan.
Two US PV landfill projects announced
PVNavigator, LLC is set to install a 3.1 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic system at a landfill in New Jersey. In related news, Tioga Energy and Chevron Energy Solutions have said they will build a 1.15 MW system atop a capped Californian landfill.
Phoenix Solar halves revenue and earnings outlook
In what may be a sign of things to come, photovoltaic system integrator Phoenix Solar has dramatically revised down its revenue and earnings outlook for 2011.
