SunPower buys SolarBridge Technologies
The PV group, which is majority owned by French oil and gas giant Total, says SolarBridge’s high-performance microinverter technology offers system design flexibility and a lower cost of installation.
pv magazine weekly news roundup: Oct 31-Nov 7
A busy week for solar saw SunPower connect the world’s largest merchant PV plant in Chile, Brazil unveil its first solar-only federal auction, and German solar ambitions suffer yet another blow.
SMA: Net loss grows in first nine months amidst declining orders
The leading inverter manufacturer attributed declining sales to project delays in key foreign markets and a sharp drop in European demand due to lower subsidies.
First Solar to expand manufacturing capacities, but no yieldco
In its third-quarter results, First Solar announced that it will expand manufacturing capacities in Malaysia and Ohio. The company also revealed that it will not be pursuing a yieldco vehicle at this time.
World's largest merchant solar project goes online in Chile
Etrion and SunPower have completed Project Salvador in Northern Chile, five months ahead of schedule. At 70 MW this the largest solar plant in the world which sells the electricity it generates on the spot market.
Round-the-world solar flight taxiing towards take off
The Solar Impulse story will enter its second chapter in March next year as it attempts to circumnavigate the globe using only the power of the sun.
SunPower partners on 3 GW of projects in China
The California-based company is expanding its reach in China with a second joint venture. It’s partnering with TZS, Sichuan Development, Leshan Electric Power and Tianjin Tsinlien; Plans to Utilize Leading LCPV Technology
Alevo sets up gigfab in US, expands storage operations in China
The Swiss energy storage startup is setting up a new gigawatt-scale battery production facility in a former cigarette factory in North Carolina and has signed a deal with China-ZK to sell its products and technology in China.
SunEdison signs 5 GW solar MoU with India's Rajasthan government
The U.S. solar company will develop a host of 500 MW mega-solar projects in the northwestern state of India as part of the government’s clean energy plans.
Energy storage, batteries flourish at SPI 2014
Whether it is ultimately the PV industry that pulls the battery and energy storage industry up with it as it expands, or whether battery and energy storage ultimately pushes PV along, what became clearer at the SPI 2014 show last week is that the two sectors are becoming more inextricably intertwined.
