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The Solar Dawn Consortium in Australia has cancelled plans to develop its beleaguered A$1.2 billion (US$1.3 billion) Western Downs facility, it has been announced.

Silicon crystallisation equipment supplier PVA TePla generated revenue of €83.7 million in the first nine months of 2012, slightly higher than the same period a year ago when revenue reached €77.3 million.

The Greek Parliament passes an austerity package, which included a tax on existing solar power plants.

Phono Solar’s mono- and polycrystalline solar modules were tested and certified by Intertek for conforming to UL1703 standards.

Domestic PV installations in Denmark have grown exponentially in 2012 reaching 223MW this month from just 17.5MW at the end of last year.

Adept Technology, which makes robotics equipment for the solar and other markets, has appointed Michael Schradle as its new Chief Financial Officer.

Plans for the first Desertec cooperation project between EU member states and Morocco have stalled after Spain failed to attend the official signing of the agreement.

A new “clean energy jobs fund” is to be created in California using money from a closed loophole that had allowed companies to avoid paying millions of dollars of tax in the state.

German PV project developer Conergy is set to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia after it secured an EPC contract for two PV plants in Thailand from Thai Solar Energy Company Limited (TSE), a local investor. The plants will be located in Suphanburi Province and Kanchanaburi Province and have a combined capacity of 21MW.

Philip Comberg was approved by the supervisory board of Conergy to stay with the company as CEO for three years, effective 1 January 2013.