Ben Willis

Testing company TÜV Rheinland has equipped its photovoltaic laboratory in Cologne, Germany, with a high resolution electroluminescence inspection system from MBJ Solutions.

Concerns that the widespread development of large-scale solar PV would have a negative impact on global biodiversity have been downplayed in a report by WWF and FirstSolar.

A team led by Ames Laboratory in the US is to undertake research into solutions to the shortage of materials that are essential in the manufacturing of renewable energy equipment.

German PV module manufacturer Solar-Fabrik has announced the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer Martin Friedrich.

The south-eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has issued a tender for up to 1GW of solar capacity to be built in 2013.

German PV manufacturer Conergy is building three rooftop PV plants on the Canary island of Fuerteventura, totalling 500kW.

The boards of Taiwan-based PV manufacturers Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar have approved the second stage of the planned merger of the two companies.

Chinese manufacturer Suntech is to supply 25MW of polycrystalline solar modules to Italian EPC SunSystem for two PV projects in Romania.

French solar technology start-up company Solaire 2G has signed a partnership agreement with Belgian module producer Soltech.

Chinese solar technology company Clenergy has won a bid to build a 30MW PV plant in Alar, in the desert region of Xinjiang, China.