Companies

A personal perspective on why a solar company could take on its rivals and thrive in a year full of disruptions to the industry but report record results and revenue growth that is unlikely to be topped by any other PV manufacturer in 2018.

Firm walks PV Tech through plans to hit 1GW-plus in Spanish PV capacity within years, as well as its next steps in Portugal, Italy, Greece

Shell is to acquire German battery storage manufacturer sonnen in a bid to accelerate its home energy services position.

Firm hits 140MW PV capacity mark in the country by acquiring two SunPower-equipped plants through purchase of Andromeda PV's owner.

Harmony Gold confirms discussions to build 30MW project at Welkom as analysts probe for response to price hikes and financial woes of public utility Eskom.

Firm hails “breakthrough moment” as it bags contract from state's ISO for ordinary households to help network meet peaking capacity.

The recent announcement from India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) to approve a 12GW solar scheme for central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) – crucially mandating the use of domestically sourced solar cells and modules – represents the first key step towards India finally creating a route to stimulate multi-GW expansions for new cell and module facilities.

US-headquartered high-efficiency solar panel manufacturer SunPower Corp has started ramping production at its first volume manufacturing plant in Oregon, USA.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has surprised with an upwardly revised PV module shipment forecast for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger has sold its photovoltaic, semiconductor and sapphire wafering business to Precision Surfacing Solutions for CHF 50 million (US$49.8 million) in cash.