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Hawaiian Electric Company has selected the US’s largest PV installer SolarCity to develop a 15MW utility-scale solar power plant on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu.

Spanish utility giant Iberdrola has claimed that regulatory reforms that would essentially kill the country’s solar industry don’t go far enough.

Malaysia’s Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) has closed 2013 applications for its solar rooftop feed-in tariff after receiving an overwhelming demand for the latest quota it made available.

Solar manufacturer CNPV has attained certification from Japan Electrical Safety & Environmental Technology Laboratories (JET) for its range of modules clearing the way for them to enter the Japanese market.

Beleaguered PV equipment supplier, centrotherm photovoltaics, has given a cryptic account of deterioration in revenue expectations over the next two years, having recently reviewed its order backlog.

The Renewable Energy Company ASA has announced the results of its public share offering for its new division, REC Solar.

The head of the US’s solar trade body has called on the industry to unite against efforts to disrupt the country’s deployment of solar technology.

At Solar Power International 2013, 3M Renewable Energy is debuting its latest backside busbar tape, ‘4706’ which allows manufacturers to eliminate silver-based backside busbars, enabling cost savings and protecting against the volatility of silver prices.

Highlighting its ‘M250’ microinverter at Solar Power International 2013, Enphase System has enhanced its software capabilities to further target its fourth generation technology at the commercial rooftop market and enterprise level management of residential customer systems.

At Solar Power International 2013, SolarEdge will display its new extended line of high power single phase solar inverters with up to 11.4kWac power level.