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.
Despite increased shipments and sales reported in its second quarter (FY) results, China Sunergy has been forced to lower quarterly and full-year guidance due Chinese banks tightening credit facilities, restricting the company’s ability to purchase materials and products for production.
German project developer SAG Solarstrom has insisted it is weathering continued difficulties in Europe's PV market despite posting a €6.9 million (US$9.3 million) loss for the first nine months of the year.
The European solar market is set to stabilise in the final quarter of 2013 as it recovers from 18 months of turmoil, according to the latest data from the consultancy NPD Solarbuzz.
Enphase Energy has cited the roll-out its fourth generation microinverter and an expanding commercial rooftop as factors behind its record quarterly revenue posted this week.
Skytron Energy is to install a power control system in a 50MW Romanian photovoltaic plant, allowing the plant to provide frequency stabilisation without energy storage equipment.
