US-headquartered high-efficiency PV module producer SunPower Corp reported better than guided third quarter financial results but narrowed 2017 full-year guidance and continued net losses for the year and through 2018 highlight the competitive challenges faced by the niche player.
Inverter manufacturer Growatt is planning for growth beyond the borders of its native China and its traditional focus of PV products with a push in the US and the energy storage market.
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger is undertaking another round of cost cutting, product rationalisation and manufacturing restructuring to improve profitability.
Major Thai gas-fired power and rooftop solar IPP Gulf Energy Development PLC is preparing to launch an IPO after receiving approval from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
SPONSORED: Frustrated with the racking systems on the market, former installation company Esdec designed its own. A decade on it is expanding its geographic footprint and on the hunt for new distribution partners.
Specialist semiconductor and PV equipment supplier Intevac has reported delays in supplying a 12 unit order for its ‘ENERGi’ solar ion implant tool to a customer in China planning to ramp N-type mono IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cells and modules.
Organic farming cooperative Organic Valley has struck a deal on a community partnership that will see the company source 100% of its electricity resources from renewables by 2019, with the cooperative claiming that it is the largest food company in the world to do so.
Polysilicon producer REC Silicon ASA benefited from higher sales volumes and ASP increases to report a 23% increase in revenue in the third quarter of 2017.
