The largest solar farm in the UK, the 33MWp plant in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, has been sold by Hazel Capital Solar and SAG Solarstrom for £43.7 million (US$70 million) to institutional investor Foresight Solar Fund.
German research and development institute Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics (Franuhofer CSP) has announced that it will develop an LED-based solar simulator with Wavelabs Solar Metrology Systems after the two companies signed a cooperation agreement.
Having been granted a provisional liquidation order in the Cayman Islands, Suntech Power Holdings has also appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to support its restructuring efforts.
Thin-film developer Ascent Solar (Ascent), has released financial results for the third quarter of this year in which the company reported that product revenue was up by US$102,000 over the previous quarter.
Jinko Solar has become the latest module manufacturer to have its modules certified by the Japan Electrical Safety & Environmental Technology Laboratories (JET)
Hoku Materials’ never-used polysilicon plant in Idaho has sold at auction for US$5.3 million. The company had invested an estimated US$700 million in the facility.
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents all investor owned utilities in the US, has been urged to confess or condemn the use of so-called “dark money” to pay for campaigns against solar net metering.
