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Market research firm IHS remains bullish on the global solar PV market in 2016, forecasting installations to reach 69GW in 2016.

PV manufacturing equipment specialist Amtech Systems said its long-standing CFO, Bradley C. Anderson would be retiring at the end of March, 2016.

The Indian state of Odisha plans to set up solar energy projects in 198 villages as part of India’s rural electrification programme.

India’s ministry of railways has issued tender documents for 50MW of rooftop solar plants with another 100MW in the pipeline.

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

US energy company Southern Company and utility technology provider PowerSecure International have both approved a definitive merger agreement through which Southern Company will acquire PowerSecure.

Solar power company Canadian Solar announced that it has agreed to a financial agreement in which Goldman Sachs Japan will establish a US$26 million project finance bond for the 10.2MW Aomori-Misawa solar power plant in Rokunohe-cho, Kamikita-gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Solar cell and module manufacturer Suniva has agreed to a partnership with DMSolar, a leading solar distributor in Mexico.

Struggling renewables firm SunEdison has partnered with Chinese state-owned enterprise, Jinneng Group to build a 1.5GW integrated n-type monocrystalline heterojunction production facility in Shanxi Jinzhong Industrial Park, Shanxi, China.

Just hours after Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn looked poised to buy a majority stake in Japan’s Sharp, the deal has been delayed, according to various reports.