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REC Group has risen rapidly in the U.S. residential sector, growing its market share five-fold in one year. It expects to grow this share further in 2015. The company has benefited from both technology innovation and political factors.

Led by the charge of Tesla’s headline-hogging Powerwall announcement, the selection of storage technologies unveiled at this year’s Intersolar Europe was refreshingly innovative, says IHS’s Sam Wilkinson.

At this year’s Intersolar Europe, BYD introduced a solar PV module without EVA, which promises an extended service life and improved efficiencies. Production is expected to reach up to 500 MW in 2016. It also unveiled a new battery and two energy storage systems.

The head of Sharp Corp.’s energy business on Monday told reporters in Japan the company would not “quit or sell” its solar business, but would instead return to profit.

The head of Sharp Corp.’s energy business on Monday told reporters in Japan the company would not “quit or sell” its solar business, but would instead return to profit.

$265 million sale to Canadian Solar follows tough few years for the Japanese manufacturing giant.

The kerfless wafer maker has announced both efficiency improvements and operational milestones in advance of the launch of its first mass production facility.

The company has launched an integrated energy management system and an AC storage solution at the Solar Power International trade show. These products will be available for residential and commercial PV systems in the second half of 2015.

Despite a booming market in Japan, the world’s fourth-largest inverter maker has expanded to the United States, and IHS says that it expects more inverter companies to follow suit.

Meyer Burger will ship the systems in late 2014 and the first half of 2015 to Hanwha Q-Cells facilities in Germany and Malaysia, to enable increased cell efficiencies.