Meyer Burger reshuffles board, Peter Pauli steps aside as CEO
The Swiss solar technology provider confirms management and board changes that include appointment of Hans Brändle as new CEO from January 1.
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Sweden made some sweet solar sounds this week, while Tesla finally dotted the Is and crossed the Ts on its SolarCity acquisition, and India deepened its solar love affair.
India increases its solar exports 66% YoY, says Mercom
Analysis by Mercom Capital Group finds 66% growth in Indian-made solar cells and modules between April-August this year; export figure dwarfed by imports, which topped $763 million during that period.
Six polysilicon manufacturers could be wiped out by end of 2018
A new polysilicon market outlook report from Bernreuter Research predicts a rise in competition in the market, which will drive prices down and push some manufactures out of business, in the face of falling demand from the solar industry and increasing capacities.
Turkey: a new wave of solar PV deployment?
Turkey recently installed its largest PV project; the first of 600 MW of solar farms that have been tendered in the country. But does this mean that those 600 MW of solar PV will actually be installed in Turkey?
Tesla/SolarCity completes PV and battery system to power Samoan island
The 1.4 MW solar and 6 MWh battery system will supply power to the 600 residents of Ta’u, replacing the island’s diesel generators.
China supplied 84% of India’s imported solar cells and modules in FY 2016
New and renewable energy minister Piyush Goyal confirms that 84% of solar cell and module imports into India in the last fiscal year came from China. These imports amounted to $1.96bn in value.
Battery storage may have started mass market take-up in Australia
A community-based program to encourage the uptake of solar and battery storage in Australian homes and businesses has been so successful that the promoters believe the battery storage sector may be in the early stages of mass-market uptake.
Trina Solar Q3 revenue contracts 22.9% sequentially as shipments fall short of guidance
The Chinese solar developer posts expected contraction of revenue and shipments in wake of module price slump and general market headwinds facing the firm.
Skytron Energy chosen by Sonnedix to monitor 57.6 MW Puerto Rican solar plant
The German-based tech group has been commissioned by the EPC to provide monitoring and supervision technology to the Oriana solar plant, which is the largest in the Caribbean.
