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American mounting system manufacturer Sunlink has told pv magazine at this year’s Intersolar North America trade show that it has bought California-based Blue Oak PV Products. The company declined to disclose the amount. The acquisition means it can expand its equipment range for building solar energy arrays.

On Semiconductor Corporation and Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. have signed a definitive purchase agreement providing for the acquisition of Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and other assets related to Sanyo Electric’s semiconductor business, by On Semiconductor in a cash and stock transaction. The purchase price is around USD$366 million (¥33.0 billion).

Satcon Technology Corporation has been selected by Enfinity to install two power stations at one of France’s largest photovoltaics (PV) solar farms in Les Mees, Alpes-Haute-Provence.

Conergy Greece has completed nine solar parks on Crete. The installations are located at different areas of the island in the Prefectures of Chania and Lasithi, and are expected to produce around 1.2 megawatts (MW) annually.

Canasia Solar Corp. is to install a solar module manufacturing facility in the London, Ontario region in Canada. The plant will initially have a 50 megawatt (MW) per annum capacity and will expand to a total build-out of 200 MW.

Spain has opened the world’s largest solar power station, meaning that it overtakes the U.S. as the biggest solar generator in the world. The nation’s total solar power production is now equivalent to the output of a nuclear power station, reports the Guardian.

As an expected 20,000 solar devotees gather in San Francisco, the U.S. for the Intersolar North America trade show and conference, it is clear the industry’s mood is in an upswing. With global solar shipments up 92 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same quarter a year ago, and research firm iSuppli projecting a 92.9 percent increase in installations for the full year, attendees say it has become easier to be optimistic.

Photovoltaics (PV) module shipments increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in the second quarter of this year, to 3.7 gigawatts (GW), thus generating USD$7.1 billion in revenues, according to IMS Research’s latest quarterly report on the solar cell and module market.

STR Holdings, Inc. has announced that the one gigawatt (GW) expansion of its Malaysian plant has become operational, in order to meet growing global market demand. The company has also announced it is to add a further one GW of production capacity, due to be installed during the third quarter of next year.

Asia-Pacific photovoltaics (PV) markets are poised to make a significant contribution to global PV market growth this year, according to the Solarbuzz Asia and Pacific Major PV Markets 2010 report, following improvements in the policy environment in most of the key countries in the region.