Solaria files IP lawsuit against GCL over module production infringement
The Californian solar module developer alleges misappropriation by China’s GCL Solar over trade secrets pertaining to its patented production technique.
JA Solar latest Chinese firm to withdraw from EU price undertaking
Solar company becomes latest Tier 1 player to voluntarily remove itself from the European Union’s minimum import price undertaking.
China regulators may cut solar subsidy by 13% in some regions, say reports
The National Development and Reform Commission is mulling a 13% reduction in the tariff of solar PV plants located in China’s least sunny regions, according to Bloomberg.
Video tales from SPI: talking backsheets and 1,500v with Coveme
In the first video of the latest series of pv magazine LIVE reports, Jonathan Gifford discusses 1,500v module production and the U.S. solar market with Coveme.
Bank of America may be interested in bailing out SunEdison
Court documents reveal potential “enthusiastic interest” from the Charlotte, N.C. banking giant to provide money to the cratering solar installer.
Japan mulls introduction of clean energy power exchange
Power exchange solely for renewable energy could deliver boost for solar electricity as more and more Japanese companies seek to ‘green’ their image, whatever the costs.
European researchers achieve 17.8 percent perovskite/CIGS mini module
Scientists from three research groups in Germany and Belgium have produced a perovskite/CIGS PV mini module with a conversion efficiency of 17.8%. The result marks the first time that the efficiency of a perovskite/CIGS stack PV module has surpassed that of perovskite and CIGS semiconductors. The researchers note that the technology could achieve efficiencies exceeding 25%, “in the next years.”
China FIT payment wheels begin to turn as United PV gets $195m
The Chinese solar power developer says that 16 of its completed solar PV plants have received backdated subsidy payments under the government’s 6th batch of renewable energy subsidy catalog.
First US presidential debate: Candidates spar over solar energy
pv magazine presents a news analysis of the role solar energy played in the first presidential debate.
IBC Solar to sell 37 MW of its solar pipeline in Japan
Germany-based solar developer signs framework agreement to offload some Japanese PV assets for EUR 90 million to Spanish investment firm BRUC Capital.
