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Equipment suppliers serving the PV manufacturing sector are expected to see a new cycle of capital expenditure begin early next year that could reach US$10 billion by 2017, according to NPD Solarbuzz.

Plans to build a 150MW solar farm in Zimbabwe are nearing approval, according to the companies involved in its development.

Daqo New Energy has completed the de-bottlenecking project at its polysilicon plant in Xinjiang, China, which has started ramping to its expected nameplate capacity of 6,150MT.

The decision to penalise US polysilicon producers with heavy import duties by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as part of the ongoing trade war has led to both Wacker and OCI grabbing further polysilicon market share in the country.

Gujarat, India’s leading solar state, is to introduce a net metering policy in the coming weeks, according to local press reports.

The joint European PV GRID project has published a set of technical proposals aimed at enhancing the integration of PV systems onto the grid.

Thai PV manufacturer Solartron is planning to double its production capacity, according to local media reports.

REC Solar has released preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013, indicating sales to be around US$182 million, compared to US$148 million in the third quarter of 2013.

Tokyo Electron (TEL) has announced plans to discontinue its ‘micromorph’ turnkey thin-film production line operations, which it acquired after buying Oerlikon Solar in 2012.

The global solar microinverter and DC optimiser market is set to increase fivefold by 2017, according to a report from analysts GTM Research.