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Japanese telecoms giant Softbank has revealed a plan to build a 5.8MW solar farm in Hiroshima through its renewable energy projects division, SB Energy.

Leading US PV installer SolarCity has broken ground on its new 1GW fab in New York State, where it will manufacture modules with Silevo, the West Coast start-up it acquired earlier this year.

PV equipment supplier centrotherm is to cut 50 jobs from its headquarters in Blaubeuren, Germany as part of a restructuring process.

Utility Duke Energy has announced partner companies have been chosen to help build three solar power projects in the state of North Carolina.

Japanese module manufacturer Kyocera has joined the industrial partner programme of Belgian nanoelectronics research institute imec.

Mission Solar Energy has announced the opening of its N-Type solar manufacturing facility in Texas.

IKEA will extend its residential solar offering into eight new markets in the next 18 months following the success of the scheme in the UK.

A couple of companies have highlighted wet chemical texturing processes for PERC cells that avoids using isopropyl alcohol (IPA) that is intended to offer a low-cost alternative for high-efficiency solar cells at EU PVSEC.

Energy storage may not be cost effective in Germany in helping the transition to a higher grid penetration of renewable energy until that penetration level reaches as high as 90%, according to a leading think tank.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a €23 million (US$29.5 million) loan for solar development in West Africa.