Rear-side passivated solar cells from Taiwan-based Sunrise Global Solar Energy Corporation have been verified by Fraunhofer ISE with conversion efficiencies of 20.3%.
A 145MW solar project located in Neuhardenberg, Germany, and owned by a number of unnamed financial institutions and investors has been completed and is set to connect to the grid on 8 March, 2013.
Hundreds of thousands of Scheuten Solar Holding-manufactured solar modules have been declared a fire risk by the Dutch Food and Goods Authority (NVWA).
SolarCity and American Honda Motor Co have announced a partnership aimed at making solar power more affordable to customers in the US by providing a cleaner source of electricity at a lower cost than utility-supplied power.
Chinese solar manufacturer Phono Solar and Symbior Energy, a Hong Kong-based renewable energy company, have signed a strategic cooperation to jointly develop a 40MW solar project in Thailand.
JinkoSolar Holding, a tier 1 module manufacturer with production facilities in China, has signed a module supply agreement with China Three Gorges New Energy Corp (CTGNE), a developer of large-scale renewable energy projects.
PV module and wafer manufacturer ReneSola has announced that, since November 2011, over 100MW of its PV modules have been distributed, installed and connected to the grid in Greece.
