ET Solar Group announced that it has signed an MOU with EnergiMidt under which is will be the Danish company’s major PV module supplier. The MOU forms the strategic tie between the two companies and will be prominently utilized for EnergiMidt’s 2013 rooftop PV project requirements.
Bloomberg has reported that JFE Holdings was awarded a contract from Mitsui & Co. and Tokio Marine Asset Management, which will see the company build three solar plants in Japan through subsidiaries. Four of JFE Steel’s units will provide for the Japanese solar plants with a combined 8.3MW capacity.
First Solar noted that, in its opinion, Australia is four years behind the US in the development of large solar farms. In a report by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, it was reported that the company is looking to help Australia build up its solar industry, specifically with a 10MW project that First Solar is partnering on with General Electric.
Mondragon Assembly launched their new Tabber & Stringer TS 1200 Plus tool. The technology has a NET capacity of 1300 solar cells soldered per hour. The TS1200 uses an infrared light technology soldering process, which is said to offer easy maintenance, model change and diagnosis. Further, Mondragon Assembly stated that it has the best cell loading autonomy and has greatly lessened installed power and air consumption.
US solar giant First Solar and Indonesia’s PT. Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Services (PJB Services) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 100MW utility-scale PV projects in Indonesia in order to meet the country’s growing energy demand.
SunPower has announced plans to restructure its Fab 2 cell manufacturing plant in the Philippines. The company’s Fab 1 facility was shuttered in April this year with some equipment transferred from there to Fab 2, to reduce manufacturing constraints during the second quarter.
Yingli Green Energy Holding’s acted as the exclusive PV module supplier for what is being called the largest solar plant in Latin America to date. The company delivered 40MW of its PV modules for the project, which is being developed by Gestamp Solar and Solarpack in collaboration with other local companies.
China Sunergy and Japanese conglomerate INFiNi Group advised that they had signed a sales contract, which will see China Sunergy provide 1.65MW of its solar modules to INFiNi. The solar modules, slated to be shipped by the end of the month, will be installed in Okayama First Solar Plant. This is the first ground-mounted solar project for INFiNi.
