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Big name investors contributed US$37.3 million in LightSail Energy’s, an energy storage technology company, Series D funding round.

A report conducted by Clean Power Research for the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA) and the Pennsylvania Solar Energy Industries Association (PASEIA) notes that New Jersey and Pennsylvania deliver cost friendly solar power to consumers.

SiC Processing strikes deal to delay payments to major creditors until 28 February 2013.

Beneq, a Finland-based provider of equipment for advanced thin-film coatings, has announced plans to establish a subsidiary in Russia and set up operations in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Challenging competitive market conditions in Europe are forcing SunPower to re-evaluate its business strategy in the region after sales shrank and its European operations were loss-making in the third quarter of 2012.

A series of Suntech Power Holdings models have passed potential-induced degradation (PID) tests with flying colours.

Southern Solar is build a 100MW solar farm in phases, in Tamil Nadu, India, according to reports.

Schott Solar has completed delivery of over 17,000 of its PTR 70 receivers to Godawari Green Energy.

Energy management company Schneider Electric has secured over 100MW worth of projects in India with its new Conext Core XC Inverter in the three months since its launch.

The number of people employed by the US solar power industry increased by over 13% since 2011, according to non-profit solar education and research organisation, the Solar Foundation.