India’s Heavy Engineering enters solar module production
The Indian industrial conglomerate is currently planning to build a 150 MW vertically integrated PV panel manufacturing facility.
EU excludes Topray Solar and BLD Solar from minimum price undertaking
The EC said the two PV module makers have violated the undertaking for the minimum price of solar products imported from China.
NPC Incorporated posts 346% revenue growth in first nine months of fiscal year ending 8/2017
The Japanese equipment provider also reported a profit of JPY 446 million ($4.0 million) for the first three quarters of the current fiscal year.
India: Premier Solar establishes 200 MW solar module manufacturing facility
The Indian manufacturer is reported to have completed a fully automatic solar module manufacturing plant in Sangareddy district of the Indian state of Telangana.
Open letter for preservation of EU solar industry receives further support
More than 100 research centers, associations and companies have signed the letter.
SolarWorld: short-term solution from investor seems possible
The provisional insolvency administrator of the German module manufacturer is now in talks with a potential investor for the acquisition of the company’s German manufacturing facilities in Freiberg and Arnstadt. Around 1,200 employees will be transferred to a transitional company.
REC Silicon’s polysilicon sales rise 18% sequentially in Q2, net loss increases
The Norwegian polysilicon producer saw its revenue drop slightly Y-o-Y to $61.0 million in the latest quarter. Average solar grade polysilicon prices, on the other hand, dropped by 6.9% from the previous quarter.
SolarWorld announces lay-off plan
The company said that continuing it’s business operations is possible only with reduced staff. Production must keep going in the interest of possible future investors.
Egypt: German consortium plans 1 GW vertically integrated solar factory
A first agreement to start a feasibility study for the project, which also includes the construction of a giant solar plant, was signed in the presence of the country’s minister of energy Mohamed Shaker.
Indian government issues draft quality order on solar modules
The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has forwarded to the World Trade Organization a draft quality order on solar modules announced by Energy Minister Piyush Goyal a week earlier.
