SunEdison said that its high pressure fluidized bed reactor (HP-FBR) technology being ramped at its new joint venture facility in Korea will provide source polysilicon to enable 400 watt peak PV panel performance at a cost of US$0.40 per watt peak by 2016.
The Japanese government has confirmed that it will review the current feed-in tariff programme for solar and wind, due in part to fears over lack of available grid connection and a bottleneck of large-scale projects.
First Solar has welcomed a new US$1 billion loan agreement between the US Export-Import Bank and the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA).
Leading inverter manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology has moved to offer PV operators and owners free access to its online monitoring platform with its latest range of Sunny Boy Inverters.
PV module inspection systems specialist, pi4 said it received multiple orders for electroluminescence (EL) testers from customers in Mexico, India, France and South Africa.
PV project developer General Energy Solutions Inc and subsidiary of Taiwan-based solar cell producer, Neo Solar Power (NSP) has sold 71 Taiwan located PV power plants with a total capacity of 22.5MW to Chailease Finance Co.
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