Updated: US-based high-efficiency module manufacturer Suniva, majority owned by Chinese diversified renewables firm Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) is to carry out a number of unspecified job cuts across its operations, according to a company statement.
Major flat panel display manufacturer AU Optronics Corp reported a significant reduction in its solar business unit’s losses in 2016, after receiving a US$170.1 million cash payout from SunPower to exit its joint venture (JV) manufacturing operations in Malaysia, last September.
Since Wacker Chemie opened its new 20,000MT polysilicon plant in Charleston, Tennessee in 2016, there was a good chance that the German-headquartered chemicals firm could overtake incumbent market leader, GCL-Poly.
Last month, Maryland achieved a clean energy victory when the legislature voted to override governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the Clean Energy Jobs Act in a 32-13 vote.
Brisbane-based renewable energy investor Lyon Group will soon start building a AU$1 billion (US$767 million) solar-plus-storage farm in South Australia - the world’s largest.
PV and polysilicon manufacturing equipment specialist centrotherm photovoltaics reported 2016 revenue at the higher end of previously withdrawn guidance that was pulled on fears of PV manufacturers withdrawing capital expenditure plans when PV demand drastically weakened in China in the second-half of the year.
Colorado will continue to push ahead with renewable energy despite president Donald Trump’s order eliminating many restrictions on fossil fuels, governor John Hickenlooper has said.
Vertically integrated PV power plant developers such as First Solar and SunPower are losing ground to dedicated PV tracker firms, according to the latest analysis from IHS Markit.
Enel Green Power México (EGPM), a subsidiary of Italian power giant Enel, has broken ground on the largest solar PV plant under construction in Latin America standing at 754MW in North Mexico.
Residential solar company Sunrun announced Wednesday that it is expanding its residential PV services to Wisconsin, with the company claiming to be the first national residential solar company to serve the Midwest.