The provincial government of Gauteng in South Africa is to spend over ZAR11 billion this year (US$1 billion) installing solar on all state-owned buildings in the province.
Solar polysilicon manufacturer Hemlock Semiconductor has filed a US$700,000,000 lawsuit against Green Energy Technology (GET) over an alleged breach of a long-term supply agreement.
Trina Solar has said geographic diversification and pricing stabilisation helped it decrease its losses and post stronger than expected shipments in the second quarter of 2013.
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to hold its first competitive auction for public land for solar project development later this year.
