John Parnell

Away from the fanfare and highly tweetable soundbites, the reality of SolarCity's acquisition of Silevo is less flashy, less immediate and less clear. Finlay Colville tells PV Tech why it will be business as usual for Chinese manufacturers and why the acquisition is far from being the industry game-changer that many have portrayed it to be.

Retroactive changes to Italy’s feed-in tariff (FiT) are “illegitimate” and could face similar legal challenges to those seen in Spain, according to a major PV investor.

Potential new US trade duties could increase the cost of Chinese panels in the US by an average of 14%, enough to hamper or even entirely cancel some projects, according to GTM Research.

The PV materials manufacturer DuPont has completed a 4.5MW array at its Cernay facility in France.

US thin-film manufacturer First Solar and German EPC firm Belectric have connected 34.5MW of solar farms in the UK.

The Chinese government has announced changes to tax rules for distributed PV as it looks to make up ground on its 8GW target for 2014.

Tata Power Solar has completed 62 rooftop projects in Gujarat totalling more than 3MW including 750kW that is grid competitive.

India’s domestic solar manufacturing sector will collapse by the end of the year unless the government adopts the recommended anti-dumping duties, according to the CEO of Tata Power Solar.

The Spanish cabinet has approved a renewable energy bill that will retroactively cap the returns of PV investors.

German EPC firm IBC Solar is stepping up its attention on the Middle East market.