Renewable energy developer Sempra U.S. Gas & Power has dedicated the first phase of Arizona's Mesquite solar project, expected to become one of the largest PV plants in North America.
The Greek government is to introduce retroactive cuts to the country’s feed-in tariff in a bid to reduce a deficit in the fund it uses for renewable energy.
South Africa has inked agreements with the preferred bidders for nine solar projects under the second round of its national renewable energy procurement programme.
China Merchants New Energy Group Limited has inked a joint venture agreement with state-owned Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Investment Co which seeks to invest and build a 300MW PV plant in China.
A report commissioned by the group lobbying for trade duties on Chinese solar products has described claims made in an earlier study that tariffs would cost the European solar industry €27.8 billion as “highly questionable".
First quarter 2013 new order intake at manufacturing equipment specialist Singulus Technologies may have been at a low level but sales in the quarter increased to €22.8 million.
