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Major US utility Duke Energy has acquired a majority stake in US PV installer, REC Solar for an undisclosed sum.

PV equipment specialist Singulus Technologies said it had received contractually agreed payments for CIGS thin-film equipment believed to be for Hanergy’s planned capacity expansions in China.

After a strong recovery in solar cell shipments at the end of 2014, Taiwan-based cell producer, Gintech Energy reported a 29.8% month-on-month sales decline for January, 2015.

The falling cost of solar energy could have as much impact on energy markets as the so-called “shale revolution”, according to a new report.

The largest merchant solar cell producer, Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported a dramatic drop in sales for January 2015.

Hanwha SolarOne has completed the acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS.

First Solar has announced it has set yet another world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 21.5% efficiency certified at the Newport Corporation's Technology and Applications Center (TAC) PV Lab.

Capacity additions for residential, commercial and utility-scale solar all declined in 2014 in Germany, but the ongoing slowdown of German PV deployment has been felt most keenly in the small commercial segment of the market, according to research out today.

Insolvent PV equipment and wet processing specialist, RENA GmbH has been acquired by Swiss private equity firm, Capvis for an undisclosed sum.

ABB has provided central inverters to an unnamed 70MW project in South America.