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The International Energy Agency has heralded the beginnings of a global shift to low carbon energy sources, but reiterated earlier calls for bolder action in the pending COP21 climate talks in Paris.

US residential PV installer RGS Energy continues to battle limited cash issues as sales decline and the company remains loss making.

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.