Ben Willis

Nine of Europe’s biggest energy companies have called for reforms to Europe’s energy system that would see subsidies for established renewable forms such as solar scaled back.

Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology, ISC and IVV are working to develop a flexible weather-resistant PV encapsulation film aimed at building-integrated PV (BIPV) applications.

A Paris-based centre for recycling solar modules has abandoned its operations in PV waste management, citing increasingly difficult regulatory and market conditions.

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) in Canada has published draft rules for the next round of its feed-in tariff (FiT) programme, which opens for bids in the autumn.

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.

Laos-based Sunlabob Renewable Energy has been awarded a contract to provide training to PV engineers in the Pacific island state of Kiribati.

German environment minister Peter Altmaier has predicted new PV capacity in Germany will fall to around half what it was last year.

South Korean polysilicon manufacturer OCI has shelved plans to expand one of its production lines.

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.

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