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Honda has announced it will close its thin-film manufacturing subsidiary Honda Soltec spring 2014.

Technology giant, Apple has applied for the patent of a power management system to utilise portable solar panels, to the US patent and trademark office on Thursday.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has said it will extend a probe into imports of solar-grade polysilicon from Europe by six months.

US thin-film giant First Solar has seen its third quarter sales surge 51% compared to the same period last year.

The increase in global carbon dioxide emissions slowed last year because of a shift towards renewable energy usage, a major new study claims.

Global renewables project developer, New Generation Power, and engineer, procurement and construction company, Premier Solar Group have signed a power purchase agreement for 315MW of solar energy in Andhra Pradesh.

US-based manufacturer SunPower has raised its outlook for 2013, predicting revenues of between US$2.52 billion US$2.57 billion.

German state development bank KfW is to provide €654 million (US$900 million) for a Moroccan CSP project.

The requirement for local content in Saudi Arabia’s early solar power tenders could mean it misses out on global cost cuts, according to IHS.

Crystalline module manufacturer Jinko Solar has supplied 1.2MW of PV modules for a project in Chile.