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Two US PV manufacturers have announced milestones in the outsourced production of their equipment, suggesting the ‘fab-less’ and ‘asset-lite’ business model exist in the PV industry.

The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has set a new solar target for 1,400MW of solar by 2015.

US federal agency the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has said it will keep open land designated for solar projects for future development despite its failed bid last week.

High profile solar developments have taken place recently in Dubai, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as lofty ambitions begin to bear fruit.

An area focusing on renewable heating as well as a three-day forum on the topic will be added to offerings at Intersolar Europe at next year’s show.

According to the latest NPD Solarbuzz PV Equipment Quarterly report, solar PV module production is set to reach the 50GW milestone in 2014.

Exosun, with its Exotrack HZ horizontal single-axis tracker, has become the first manufacturer of solar tracking systems to gain compliance with UL3703 certification standards.

REC management has revealed that demand for both its polysilicon and PV modules remained strong in the third quarter of 2013.

The chief executive of PV manufacturer REC, Ole Enger, is to step down in December after 4.5 years as the company relocates key management from Norway to the US.

Hawaiian Electric Company has selected the US’s largest PV installer SolarCity to develop a 15MW utility-scale solar power plant on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu.