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First Solar will start a 100MW manufacturing line for crystalline silicon cells for the residential distributed market from the end of next year with production scaling from 2015, it was revealed yesterday.

Shareholders in the beleaguered German manufacturer SolarWorld have given the green light to a comprehensive restructuring of the company’s finances.

South Korean business conglomerate SK Group has invested a further US$19 million into Texas-based CIGS thin-film PV module manufacturer HelioVolt.

Microinverter market leader, Enphase Energy continues to gain traction in international markets, reporting second quarter 2013 sales up 28% sequentially.

Sunpower Israel inaugurated the commercial operation of the largest solar power plant in Israel on Tuesday 6 August.

Leading PV energy provider (PVEP), First Solar, has claimed to be the first thin-film module manufacturer to have received ‘Thresher' test certification from TÜV Rheinland.

Chinese PV module manufacturer ReneSola is to provide solar plant installer Saferay with 29.1MW of its modules for use in construction of La Huayca II solar power plant, Chile.

First Solar has announced that it has purchased Element Power’s 1.5GW project pipeline for the US and Mexico.

US-based third-party ownership (TPO) PV installer Vivint Solar has secured US$200 million in two separate tax equity funds.

Energy utility Edison International has acquired SoCore Energy, a Chicago-based commercial rooftop solar developing company.