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PV Crystalox Solar has sold its polysilicon production operations in Bitterfeld, Germany to the former management team, contributing €12.3 million to the renamed Silicon Products Research Engineering Production in the process.

The capacity of solar and wind energy storage systems (ESS) could reach 21.8GW by 2023 as increased renewable energy generation makes the grid increasingly unstable, according to a Navigant Research report.

US-based ultra-thin silicon wafer start-up Crystal Solar is planning to complete pilot production of its ‘Epi Thin-Silicon’ technology this year with volume production targeted sometime in 2014.

A select group of Suntech Power Holdings bondholders have agreed a second time extension to talks over its US$541 million debt payment default.

Small France-based module manufacturer, Solarezo has entered bankruptcy proceedings in an effort to restructure its finances having a reported €50 million order backlog with only a 65MW production capacity, according to the company’s website.

German solar firm JvG Thoma is to supply an unnamed company with manufacturing equipment for a 10MW PV module plant in Nigeria.

International solar provider WIRSOL has appointed Mark Hogan as a new member of its board of directors.

China-based monocrystalline wafer producer, Comtec Solar, is constructing a new wafer plant at the Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone in Malaysia.

French renewables developer Axuo Energy is teaming up with R20, the international environmental body set up by former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to build 41MW of PV generation in Mali.

Chinese solar player Goldpoly has completed a 10.8MW PV project in the province of Fujian.