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Canadian Solar has signed an agreement with Deutsche Bank for a CAD$104 million (US$99.5 million) loan.

Additional funding has been released for residential solar under the San Diego California Solar Initiative (CSI) programme.

PV equipment supplier, BTU International, has reported third quarter net sales of US$12.0 million, down 15.7% compared to US$14.2 million in the preceding quarter as little sales activity was generated from the PV sector.

Haraeus and DuPont have announced the end of their trade dispute over metal pastes used in the manufacture of solar panels.

Swaziland in southern Africa is line for a 100MW solar farm, according to local media reports.

Investor, Prudential Capital Group, has acquired a stake in a 130MW California PV project owned by independent power producer, Tenaska.

Module manufacturer Voltec Solar and project developer Ecosun Expert have finished work on a 2.5MW solar farm in Romania.

Hemlock Semiconductor continued to report positive financial results in the third quarter of 2013, despite the imposition by China of anti-dumping duties on imported polysilicon, notably from the US.

Wafer manufacturer, Green Energy Technology (GET), has said that its PV module manufacturing subsidiary, Apollo Solar Energy, is to expand production.

Two US PV manufacturers have announced milestones in the outsourced production of their equipment, suggesting the ‘fab-less’ and ‘asset-lite’ business model exist in the PV industry.