Lightsource acquires 469 solar installations in the UK
The British solar developer has purchased 1.32 MW of residential solar PV installations from Ecos Solar Nine as it continues its pivot towards O&M and PV monitoring in the U.K.
Leclanché storage pipeline grows to 450 MWh as 2016 revenue rises 56%
The Swiss vertically integrated storage solutions company reports 2016 annual revenues of $27.6 million and 2017 order backlog of 85 MWh of new utility-scale storage projects.
pv magazine & partners join forces with Hannover Messe
Along with initiative partners Huawei, sonnen, Suntech, S.A.G, innogy and First Solar, pv magazine will be exhibiting as part of the Integrated Energy Plaza at the 2017 Hannover Messe. The Solar Premium exhibition space will herald solar PV’s arrival as a major energy player at the iconic industrial trade show.
Hevel Solar completing pre-commissioning of 160 MW heterojunction fab, achieves 21.75% cell efficiency
Russia’s Hevel Solar has achieved 21.75% cell efficiency after upgrading to heterojunction (HJT) technology. Hevel says that its fab will have a capacity of 160 MW when completed.
UK urged to adopt flexible electricity system to support renewables, finds new UKERC report
The U.K. Energy Research Centre has called on the British government to invest in greater grid flexibility if it is to make renewable energy sources cost-effective. Solar Trade Association calls the report “timely”.
Greek PV installations grind to a halt in 2016
2016 was a bad year for Greece in terms of newly added PV installations, and this is not the only bad news. The country’s electricity sector is nearing disaster, following the government’s incompetent economic and electricity policies.
SolarWorld creates JV for its lithium mining project in Germany
The German solar manufacturer announces partnership with Bacanora Minerals for mining lithium in the Ore Mountains near the company’s Freiberg site; JV to be called Deutsche Lithium GmbH.
Centrotherm books €80 million in cell equipment orders in three months
German PV equipment supplier centrotherm booked a €45 million (US$48 million) monocrystalline solar cell equipment order today, bringing its total bookings for the last three months to €80 million ($85 million).
Fraunhofer ISE reclaims multicrystalline PV cell efficiency record with 21.9%
German solar research institute Fraunhofer ISE has reclaimed the multicrystalline PV cell efficiency record, achieving 21.9%. Fraunhofer researchers deployed n-type high-performance multicrystalline technology to produce the record-setting PV cell.
EU member states vote for 18-month extension to anti-dumping measures
The European Commission’s proposal to extend the anti-dumping measures for Chinese PV manufacturers by a year and a half has been put to the mediation committee. The final decision will be published on 4th March. A proposal to extend the measures by only 12 months also failed in the Appeals Committee.
