Ben Willis

China’s Ministry of Commerce has said it will extend a probe into imports of solar-grade polysilicon from Europe by six months.

The increase in global carbon dioxide emissions slowed last year because of a shift towards renewable energy usage, a major new study claims.

The head of the US’s solar trade body has called on the industry to unite against efforts to disrupt the country’s deployment of solar technology.

AVACO, a specialist manufacturer of sputtering (PVD) vacuum deposition equipment and atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment, has announced the development of a new concept buffer layer deposition for photovoltaic cells.

German inverter manufacturer Solutronic has filed for insolvency in a German district court.

Energy efficiency has been described as the world’s “first fuel” in efforts to cut carbon emissions and promote energy security in a major new report from the International Energy Agency.

Thin-film PV manufacturer and project developer First Solar is to construct a 250MW solar power plant in Riverside County, California, for a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources.

Japanese thin-film manufacturer Solar Frontier is to introduce its SolarSets range of standardised PV systems to the Italian residential market after agreeing a distribution deal with P.M. Service.

France is to lend €100 million to South Africa’s national utility Eskom to support the development of solar energy in the country.

Investment in clean energy in the third quarter of 2013 was down 20% year-on-year, marking a “worrying” loss of momentum in the sector, according Bloomberg New Energy Finance.