John Parnell

China Sunergy (CSUN) has been ordered to de-list from the NASDAQ stock exchange after failing to regain compliance.

The Southern Company has acquired a 120MW project in Texas currently being built by First Solar.

The incumbent energy industry must play its part in developing the energy transition instead of “protecting the past”, SolarPower Europe’s president Oliver Schaefer has said.

SunEdison has settled its dispute with Latin America Power (LAP) for US$28.5 million. The planned acquisition has now been cancelled.

Panasonic claims to have set a new module efficiency record of 23.8%, a full percentage point higher than the previous record c-Si record.

Skytron energy will provide monitoring and supervision for around 20MW of PV projects in Japan.

The founder of defunct module maker QSolar has broken his silence to defend himself as a legal case against him in Canada escalates.

As another big US CSP project bites the dust having previously rejected the suggestion that it should re-apply as a PV project, John Parnell explores whether CSP, especially power towers, risk becoming the Betamax of solar energy.

The extension of solar investment tax credits (ITC) will support steady growth in US PV deployment, according to a new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

European solar manufacturers have joined a protest in Brussels calling for the European Union not to grant market economy status (MES) to China.