Companies

According to Qcells, the recipient companies are allegedly producing and selling products using laser enhanced contact optimization technology, for which it holds the patent.

The acquisition is part of the company’s plan to invest over €1 billion (US$1 billion) in French clean energy by the end of 2025.

Indian solar module manufacturer Waaree Energies has entered in a share purchase agreement with Italian renewables company Enel Green Power Development for the acquisition of its Indian subsidiary.

Investment firm EQT has acquired US-based distributed energy company Scale Microgrids for an undisclosed amount.

Finlay Colville, head of market research at PV Tech, reveals the top ten PV module suppliers last year which comprises only Chinese manufacturers.

With the close of this deal, LS Power takes ownership of 44 solar PV and wind projects across North America.

Share prices for inverter manufacturer SolarEdge have risen since the start of the week following news the company is cutting 400 jobs, its fourth layoff in the past year.

Dutch-based rooftop solar mounting solutions provider Enstall has completed the acquisition of PV mounting systems firm Schletter.

JinkoSolar has claimed a 33.84% conversion efficiency in a perovskite tandem solar cell based on n-type TOPCon technology.

Meridian Energy and Nova Energy have agreed to form a joint venture to build and operate one of New Zealand’s largest solar PV plants.