John Parnell

Energy giant Total has said it wants to be a top three player in the solar energy industry within the next 20 years.

Wacker Chemie has officially opened its 20,000MT polysilicon plant in Tennessee with production now ramping up toward capacity.

Rhone Resch has resigned as CEO and president of the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) after 12 years in charge.

PV Tech has launched a range of membership packages to give readers access to leading market analysis, networking events and a range of tools to develop your solar business and research.

China’s banking regulator has asked the country’s development bank to pay out loans to indebted solar manufacturer Yingli Solar.

US residential installer SolarCity has closed US$150 million of financing to fund the deployment of commercial solar and storage systems.

SolarCity’s request that its Silevo modules be excluded from the scope of the US trade case against Chinese products has been rejected in a preliminary ruling made on Monday.

Yingli Solar has settled its anti-trust lawsuit with Solyndra for US$7.5 million with the possibility of further payments, dependent on its US shipment levels.

The project division of cell manufacturer Neo Solar Power (NSP) has completed the initial 34MW phase of a plant in the Dominican Republic.

A decision on whether or not to include SolarCity’s Silevo products in the scope of trade duties on China has now been confirmed for 4 April.