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A Deutsche Bank specialist in renewable energy investing will join US-based solar project developer and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Pristine Sun.

Major merchant solar cell producer Gintech Energy Corp reported a 0.6% increase in sales for the month of October 2015.

Taiwan-based wafer producer, Sino-American Silicon (SAS), has reported sales in October 2015 of NT$2,335 million (US$71.3 million), down 5.59% on the previous month.

Renewable energy development company SunEdison has finished construction on New Hampshire’s largest solar power plant — a 942kW DC facility for the town of Peterborough.

Boviet Solar USA, a subsidiary of Powerway Group Co., has announced that its parent company has acquired Berkenhoff GmbH.

Market research firm IHS has forecasted a slowdown in global solar PV demand growth in 2016 but the market is expected to reach around 65.5GW, compared to 58.7GW forecasted for 2015.

Leading PV manufacturer Trina Solar has set a new world record conversion efficiency for p-type multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells.

Imec and Kaneka are expanding their collaboration on solar cell technology to incorporate life science and thin-film electronics.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has received a petition with more than 130,000 signatures calling on it not to enact controversial proposals to reform net metering in the state.

PV and electronics equipment manufacturing and automation specialist Manz AG has reported revenue in the first nine months of 2015 of €169 million, in line with lower guidance due to order delays and cancellations of around €140 million.