solar industry

The British manufacturer will now source ingots from a third-party supplier and process these into blocks in the U.K.

The PV panel manufacturing facility is being built by local company Faso Energy with the support of the country’s government and Spanish equipment provider Mondragon.

The Chinese industrial conglomerate intends to take advantage of the fiscal incentives offered by the local government for industrial projects.

The Polish solar module manufacturer equipped its factory with a Matrix Assembly System MAS3.8 from the Swiss manufacturer Meyer Burger, with two STR2000 stringers and the NG3622 XLCP laminator.

Xavier Daval, the president of the French solar association SER-SOLER, spoke with pv magazine about the necessity of creating a large European industrial group specialized in solar module production. Leaving solar manufacturing to China and the United States, Daval said, would make Europe energy dependent for the next decades.

The German equipment provider has posted positive numbers for the first quarter of this year. The company also reports high interest for its new PV production machinery.

Q1 sales increased by 37% compared to a year earlier. The company also posted a positive Ebit for the first time in five years.

The Bonn court has confirmed to pv magazine that Horst Piepenburg was named temporary administrator for SolarWorld. Meawhile, the company’s German units also filed for insolvency.

German PV equipment providers were able to increase their sales by 20% in the past year. Demand for solar production equipment, however, is slowing.

The U.S. microinverter manufacturer reported a lower than expected revenue in the latest quarter, with shipments decreasing slightly year-on-year. The company, however, was able to strenghten its cash position after implementing a restructuring plan in the previous quarters.